Trump’s ‘America First’ nightmare isn’t the only way to think about U.S. identity.
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Don’t Expect Corporations to Save Us From Trump
Restoration of democracy will require containing both Trumpism and corporate excess, which feed on each other.
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The Coup Has Failed
Trump’s falling approval ratings reveal an out-of-touch presidency, and have given space for allies to turn against him.
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Guess What, America? We’ve Been on the Wrong Side All Along!
Today on TAP: Democracies are out. It’s KGB and KKK; now we’re with them all the way!
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The Man Madison Warned Us Against
He authored the Constitution to forestall the rise of a despotic president. We’ll soon see if those safeguards suffice.
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The People, Yes
Today on TAP: What happens when democracy so badly fails to deliver the goods that the citizenry freely choses dictatorship?
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A Plan for the Resistance
Today on TAP: Come April, it will be time to celebrate—and renew—America’s 1775 revolt against usurping monarchs.
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Corrupted Capitalism and Dithering Democrats
America needs a true opposition party.
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Trump’s America Inspires Only Fear
Today on TAP: As with Trump himself, our relationships are now based on others’ submission to our power, not admiration of our character.
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Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump?
If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule.
