Marc Jampole: Taking Back the White House
To win the Electoral College in 2020, Dems would do well to follow Trump’s lead and play to their base of progressive, young, minority and college educated voters..
Alexandra Ellerbeck, Avi Asher-Schapiro: Why Julian Assange’s arrest is troubling
After a seven-year standoff at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, British police on Thursday arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange–a development press freedom advocates had long feared. For years, journalists and … Continue reading
John Feffer: After Trump
Centrist liberalism is dead, and Trump is a disaster. But progressives can use what he’s done to remake America and its place in the world. Donald Trump has shaken up … Continue reading
Video: How Russia Hacked America — And Why It Will Happen Again
. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russian hackers attacked the U.S. on two fronts: the psychological and the technical. Hackers used classic propaganda techniques to influence American voters, bought thousands … Continue reading
Senator Bob Casey, Jr: A Brief Summary of the Trump-Russia Investigation
Russia’s efforts to intervene in and influence the November 2016 election are deeply troubling. Even more troubling are allegations of contact between senior officials on President Trump’s campaign and the … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Vice President Michael Pence, Mr. Clean
Michael Pence reminds me of the character Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption, who swims through a river of shit and comes out the end of the pipe, squeaky clean. Except … Continue reading
Bill Moyers, Steven Harper: The Trump-Russia Story Is Coming Together. Here’s How to Make Sense of It
Editor’s Note: The news is coming so fast and furious, from so many sources and in so many fragments, that it takes more than a scorecard to keep up with … Continue reading
Seth Abramson: The most important aspect of the Trump/Russia investigation
Below is an aggregation of a Twitter thread posted by Seth Abramson. 1/ Investigators are now trying to determine *exactly* when every member of the Trump campaign found out Russia was … Continue reading
Kaili Joy Gray: Russia is poised to steal 2018 election — and Trump is rewarding their attack
Donald Trump asked Russians to hack our election, and they did — in 39 states. When Donald Trump asked Russia to hack our presidential election, Russia was listening. A new and devastating … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Enjoy the Comey Show, But Don’t Be Distracted From The Real Battle.
James Comey’s testimony is small potatoes. Progressives need to organize at the state and local levels. With the mainstream media focused on James Comey’s testimony in front of Congress, and the Trump … Continue reading
Bill Moyers & Michael Winship: We Must Have a Special Prosecutor
The firing of FBI Director James Comey makes an independent investigation of Trump and Russia more important than ever. So Donald Trump fired James Comey because the FBI director mistreated … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Treason of the Republican Presidents
The GOP has a history of striking deals with foreign governments to help it win presidential elections while out of power. Nixon and Reagan did it… and possibly Trump. If … Continue reading
Michael Winship: For America’s Sake, We Need Answers about Russia. Now.
These first weeks of the Trump White House have felt like one of those tennis ball machines run amok, volley after volley shooting at us in such rapid fire that … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Make America Wait Again
Dirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age. Make America Wait Again. That’s what Donald Trump’s energy policy amounts to. Stop all the clocks, put the … Continue reading
