Topping the Grift Sundae
Why Trump’s $10 Billion IRS Claim Is Raising Alarm Bells The legal settlement under discussion between the IRS and Donald Trump is so blatantly outrageous that... Read more.
America First Meets China First
There has been a flood of commentary spilled this week as Donald Trump visits Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today, most focusing on the power dynamics between the... Read more.
A Generation of Restoration: Can America Repair What Trump Broke?
Jamie Raskin Warns Repairing Democracy Will Take Years Obviously breaking things is much easier than remaking them. Restoration to bring new life and trust to what... Read more.
Gauging ‘Independence’ from Trump
Tuesday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, the recent forced resignations from the Cabinet and the poorly veiled entreaty to two Supreme Court justices... Read more.
Still Rewriting the Past
Of course, it’s no surprise that the efforts to rewrite a past that casts ill thoughts on Donald Trump’s legacy are still the subject of intense attempts to... Read more.
No Goals, No Game Plan: The U.S. And Iran Enter Ceasefire Talks From a Worse Position Than Before the War
With undefined objectives, a defiant Iran, and JD Vance leading the delegation, the diplomatic table may already be set for failure — and the price is more war.... Read more.
Holding Our Breath: Who Doesn’t Love A Good Rescue Story?
Heroic Iran Rescue Masks Bigger Risks in Trump’s Expanding War Heroic effort apparently involving hundreds of special operations forces, aided by CIA deception,... Read more.
Free Speech for ‘Gay Conversion’
Conversion Therapy Ruling Tests Free Speech Limits Earlier this week, the majority-conservative Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s laws barring therapists... Read more.
Knocking Off Iranian Leaders
Trump’s Iran Strategy in Doubt After Israeli Assassinations of Key Figures Israeli raids have killed another pair of Iranian leaders seen as important to any attempt... Read more.
Avoiding Any Blame in Iran
There’s plenty of boastful propaganda from and for this Trump administration when things look like a military rout against Venezuela’s Nicolás Madura, drug... Read more.