Not surprisingly, his look back at his first year as our re-elected president bore no resemblance to anyone else’s 2025.
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Constitutional Softball: Congress Gives Up Its Power of the Purse
After the shutdown deal, Trump has gone right back to withholding funds and dismantling appropriated entities.
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A Talent for Comedy and Liberal Politics
Rob Reiner was a mainstream liberal, devoted to expanding social rights and benefits to people arbitrarily denied them.
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Pepsi and Walmart’s Monopolization Machine Revealed
An unsealed lawsuit that Trump’s FTC tried to bury puts the pricing schemes of business on full display.
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The Republicans’ Endangered Health
The refusal to extend ACA subsidies becomes a huge political liability and signals deepening splits.
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Will the Court Rule for Trump or for Wall Street?
As the Supreme Court now considers whether Trump can take over the Federal Reserve, we lose either way.
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Shooting the Wounded
Is the order to kill survivors the exception to U.S. conduct, or the norm?
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Trump’s Newest Policy: Is It Racist? Is It Megalomaniacal? It’s Both!!
Free admission to our national parks on MLK’s birthday has been canceled. Free admission on Trump’s birthday has replaced it.
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Democratic Wave or Republican Swamp
Can Trump revulsion and voter mobilization overcome voter suppression?
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Trump’s Self-Imposed Economic Trap
Even if he gains control of the Fed, monetary policy can only do so much—and Trump rejects other policies that could cut the high cost of living and improve growth.