Just one week into the Trump presidency, the newly inaugurated president and his circle of sycophants are working overtime to convince us that words
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Park rangers go rogue on Trump
Everybody loves park rangers. You know, those folks in the Smokey-the-Bear hats. Friendly, courteous, helpful. Now they are emerging as rogue force of resistance
Trump’s wall could ding you at the supermarket
Trump’s wall could affect your weekly trip to the supermarket. Instead of getting Mexico to pay for his pet project, as he loudly promised
Whose idea is it, anyway? The Trump whisperers
Donald Trump does not have many policy ideas of his own. But he does have handlers, and behind-the-scenes influencers, and Trump whisperers who have
Alternative facts and the need for footnotes
We have entered the era of “alternative facts.” Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, is the person Trump always wants speaking for him
Trump’s disgraceful CIA visit: Kurt Eichenwald’s full Tweet storm
Newseek reporter Kurt Eichenwald has unleashed a long Tweet storm explaining why intelligence professionals are so outraged about Donald Trump’s performance at the CIA
Political civility during the Trump administration
If one assumes that “divide and conquer” remains the ruling class’s favorite weapon, many leaders must be applauding Donald Trump for having done such
Trump’s tweets: a taxonomy of trouble
We have done such a poor job of processing Donald Trump’s tweets. Our reaction has always been to immediately parse the literal content. Fact-check
Trump’s inauguration transcript: A demagogue’s dictionary
Trump’s inaugural speech was a speech for the ages: The Dark Ages. If you couldn’t bear to watch it, you can gag your way
Will democracy outlast Trump? Only if we work at it
How does American democracy outlast Trump? We are about to experience the presidency of the least experienced, least qualified, most uninformed, most autocratic and