State resolutions are under-utilized right now and could be a significant mobilizing factor for the Democratic party
The Democrats hold in their hands constitutional means yet unused to check the Trum…
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Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist? | Sidney Blumenthal ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The US defense secretary’s belief that the military should not be held to account has been a defining factor in his career
Pete Hegseth’s office is located on the third floor of the Pentagon, in the E…
3 months ago
Republicans will be left holding the bill for Trump’s policies in the midterms | Sidney Blumenthal ⊖
The abject obedience of GOP members for the president has not augured well in the 4 November elections
The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory Donald T…
The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs | Sidney Blumenthal ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The president is lashing out before the supreme court’s impending decision on his absurd policy
Halloween came early for Donald Trump. Ronald Reagan spooked him. Trump had a startled reaction to the T…
4 months ago
Donald Trump has built a regime of retribution and reward | Sidney Blumenthal ⊖
The president’s purges and attacks on his enemies have developed into a system in which injustice is made routine
Donald Trump’s voracious desire for retribution has quickly evolved into a regular and…
5 months ago
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal ○
Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death
Donald Trump’s thuggish campaign to bully his way to the Nobel peace prize should not be the cause for the committee to reject him. There ar…
Trump wants to rewrite American history. Maybe he should learn it first | Sidney Blumenthal ○
The president seeking to overhaul the Smithsonian has a dark vision of the past that he’s using to advance his agenda
Of all the presidents, Donald Trump – the man who would remake the Smithsonian and…
The Cracker Barrel mess exposes the cynicism of the rightwing culture war | Sidney Blumenthal ○
The restaurant means little to activists – it’s simply a tool to bludgeon perceived enemies and flex conservative power
First they came for the Smithsonian. Then they came for Cracker Barrel.
Whether i…
8 months ago
Trump’s insurrection routine: fuel violence, spawn chaos, shrug off the law | Sidney Blumenthal ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Four years after the January 6 attack, the president is toying with invoking the Insurrection Act to respond to a conflict he provoked
Donald Trump’s stages of insurrection have passed from trying to …
The right is breaking ranks over Trump and his tariffs | Sidney Blumenthal ○
A trade court ruling is exposing the civil war on the right, as key legal establishment figures oppose the president
Donald Trump’s trade war has become his quagmire: legal, economic and political. On…