Caitlin Johnstone: Trump’s ‘Commie’ Freakout
The U.S. president is inventing fictional monsters to fight as he tries to prevent massive losses in the midterms. Caitlin Johnstone As self-styled “democratic socialists” make some advancements in blue…
Colorado Primary Results Register Another Victory for Democratic Socialism
Austin Sarat Melat Kiros, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander and Claire Valdez, are hardly household names. But if President Trump and his MAGA allies have their way they will soon…
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment
Joshua Scheer Birthright Citizenship Survives—for Now. The Project to Redefine Who Belongs Continues. In a 5–4 decision issued on June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment…
Trump’s Federal Lawyers Ramp Up Their Attacks on Demonstrators and the Left
By Flint Taylor This article was originally published by Truthout Prosecutions of anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protesters are part of a broad effort to crack down on dissent. In March of…
President Trump Goes Public About His “Brad Raffensperger Re-Run”
Austin D. Sarat Move over, Brad Raffensperger . He was the Georgia Secretary of State who, in January 2021, received a call from President Trump demanding that Raffensperger find more…
Trump Trapped by his Self-Inflicted War
John Feffer for Foreign Policy in Focus Donald Trump has always considered himself exceptional—that is, an exception to the rules. As a tycoon, he has demonstrated that multiple bankruptcies and…
I was DOGEd from USAID: 14 Million Will Die
Alex Poppe Informed Comment JD Vance recently sat down with “Interesting Times” podcast host Ross Douthat. When Ross Douthat pointed out that the Trump administration had been “more hostile than…
An American Anthem: A Declaration for the Republic at 250 Years
An American Anthem: Beware The Impostures of Pretended Patriotism Ron Kovic, Author of “Born on the Fourth of July” For Alex Pretti and Renee Good “You can cut all the…
“Israel in Panic Mode? Max Blumenthal Says Iran War Backfired”
In a wide-ranging conversation with Glenn Diesen, journalist Max Blumenthal argues that the failed U.S.-Israel war against Iran has exposed new political fractures in Washington, accelerated public opposition to unconditional…
“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid
Anna Maria Barry-Jester ProPublica After the Trump administration upended the world’s largest foreign aid provider last year, terminating thousands of programs and firing nearly all of its staff, its plan…
The Joke Is On Us
The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism. Chris Hedges The buffoons who orchestrate fascism, with its quack science, idiocy, penchant for violence…
This Is Why Trump Was Necessary
Nate Bear Do Not Panic Iran has forced the US into one of the biggest strategic defeats in its short, violent and bloody history. The memorandum of understanding with Iran,…
They Tried To Deport Me, Went On Tucker’s Show, And Trump Has Ended His Idiotic War
Joshua Scheer Editor’s Note: The following note was sent by Trita Parsi to me and many others, and it is worth both reading and watching. Parsi is responding to the…
Iranian Officials Say Psychologists Helped Craft Messages to Trump During Negotiations
Joshua Scheer Just a few months ago, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill was reporting that the Trump administration appeared determined to force Iran into submission through military pressure, economic warfare, and…