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Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. His latest book is Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy.
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Will Trump Attack Iran?
It’s a far less promising military gambit than Venezuela, but Trump today is more desperate for a distraction.
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Trump’s Steady Loss of Support From Republicans and Courts
Every day’s headlines produce another Trump tantrum and more defections from House and Senate Republicans—and court decisions.
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Resistance Comes to Higher Education
Trump’s threat to revoke universities’ accreditation meets a political and legal dead end.
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The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging
As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.
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Isolating ICE
Democrats offered a way out of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but Republicans refused to play. What now?
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House Says No to Tariff Man
Speaker Mike Johnson can’t hold a united Republican caucus to support Trump’s unpopular and economically perverse tariffs.
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The Next Financial Collapse
In the coming crisis, the Fed is not likely to be in good hands.
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Republican Frostbite
Defense of ICE has become a political loser, and the deal to trade reforms for continued funding is off the table.
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After The Washington Post
What will it take to preserve a great newspaper in the nation’s capital, and to sustain independent daily journalism generally?