Politics
January 14, 2026
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The Defiance Is Steadily Building, in Increasingly Unlikely Places

Politics / January 14, 2026 It’s the protesters on the streets in Minneapolis fighting ICE, DOJ lawyers who’ve resigned over the investigation into Renee and Becca Good—and many more opposing Trump’s abuses. Ad Policy Demonstrators during a protest in Minneapolis on January 8, 2026. An ICE officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in […]

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January 13, 2026
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Hell Cats vs. Hegseth | The Nation

In 2018, they called themselves “the Badasses”—a cadre of female national-security and military veterans running for Congress as Democrats, in what turned out to be a wave of anti–Donald Trump victories and a landslide for women candidates. All five—Michigan’s Elissa Slotkin and Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger, both ex–CIA officers; New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill and Virginia’s Elaine […]

Politics
January 12, 2026
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Is the Sports World Finally Giving Up Its Right to Remain Silent?

Activism / January 12, 2026 Last year, in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism, the sports industry remained quiet. Now with the killing Renee Good, it may be waking up to the dangers of this administration. Ad Policy Minnesota Frost and Seattle Torrent take part in a moment of silence for Renee Good at Grand Casino […]

Politics
January 11, 2026
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Dismantling the Meme Logic Behind Renee Good’s ICE Execution

Politics / January 9, 2026 The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat. Ad Policy A sign in Minneapolis commemorates the killing of Renee Good. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images) There was the one in Ferguson. The one in Minnesota where the licensed gun […]

Politics
January 10, 2026
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European Cowardice Is Empowering Trump’s New Imperialism

NATO allies don’t want to confront Trump’s aggression. But they may ultimately not have a choice. Ad Policy President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) On Tuesday, European leaders met in Paris to try and […]

Politics
January 09, 2026
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Abolish ICE or GTFO | The Nation

Politics / January 9, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent makes the case to get rid of ICE, explores George Conway’s congressional campaign—and shares his New Year’s resolution. Ad Policy Demonstrators in Minneapolis protest the murder of Renée Good. (Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images)   This […]

Politics
January 08, 2026
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After the ICE Killing in Minneapolis, Will Truth Prevail?

Politics / January 7, 2026 Can Trump and Kristi Noem maintain their blatant lies in the face of multiple videos that show the victim was trying to drive away when she was shot three times by an ICE agent? Ad Policy Law enforcement and a protester on the scene after an ICE agent shot and […]

Politics
January 07, 2026
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Trump’s Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy

Politics / January 7, 2026 The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist “Donroe doctrine” would do well to look back to Trump’s roots in New York real estate Ad Policy Donald Trump surveys the Manhattan skyline in 1987. (Joe McNally / Getty Images) In 2018, an unnamed staffer in the first Trump […]

Politics
January 06, 2026
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Democrats Are Doing What They Do Best on Venezuela: Nothing

Politics / January 6, 2026 Donald Trump staged an illegal coup. Chuck Schumer’s response? Empty words and meaningless parliamentary maneuvers. Ad Policy (MS Now) In a colossal show of both imperial hubris and reality-TV-grade carelessness, America’s ruling regime has kidnapped a world leader and his wife and ordered them to go to trial on overblown […]

Politics
January 05, 2026
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Donald Trump Is Drunk on War

Politics / January 5, 2026 The Venezuelan coup opens the gates to a new era of imperial plunder. Ad Policy Protesters participate in a rally near the US embassy to denounce the US attack on Venezuela on January 5, 2026, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images) Donald Trump started 2026 with a […]