We’re living not only in the age of Trump, but in the age of reaction to Trump.
Paul Waldman
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The Personal Presidency
Institutional forces, broad historical trends? Not in the Trump era, where everything is personal.
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Is There Any Problem Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Can’t Solve?
Inadequate GDP growth? Slow productivity gains? Belly fat, aches and pains, split ends? Tax cuts will solve your problem.
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Donald Trump, President of the Culture War
Squabbling with African American athletes is nothing surprising.
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Democrats’ Unsolvable Media Problem
Liberals are still all but helpless in the face of right-wing lies that mutate and evolve.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Why the Elite Media Want You to Think Trump Is an Independent
While it’s true that he arrived in office without the complement of ideological and partisan commitments most presidents carry with them, he has governed like the hardest of hard-right Republicans.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Donald Trump, Weakling
Contrary to what the president thinks, bluster and phony threats don’t make you strong.
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The Worst People
The president promised he’d surround himself with only “the best people,” but instead he’s helping Joe Arpaio and neo-Nazis.
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In Trump Country, Trump Supporters Support Trump
Nuclear war, zombie virus, the complete breakdown of society? It won’t shake their loyalty.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The ‘Many Sides’ of Trump’s Moral Rot
He can’t even bring himself to pretend to oppose white supremacists and neo-Nazis—and every Republican who supported him is culpable.