Opinions & Commentary

A 30-year campaign of intimidation turned watchdogs into lapdogs, and now the consequences are impossible to ignore.

We know it isn’t merely a political party that you’re threatened by, trying to silence, consumed with hatred for, and seeking to eradicate—it’s the American people.

Trump is once again trying to talk his way out of the latest violent episode in his miserable life.

The human and civil rights of our people, the future of our children, the integrity of our nation, our standing in the world, and the defense of our Constitution are all far too important to squander as a middle finger to people we want to piss off.

Since Trump has painted himself in a corner he has to do something. The breadcrumbs of what he might do are already visible.

What Joe Kent saw from inside the system, and why his departure signals that the guardrails are collapsing faster than anyone on the outside fully understands.

Trump has been operating solely in the bounds of treason since his first term and his then feeble attempts to subvert the Constitution.

Congress has the power, on an almost immediate basis, to remove Trump from office along with all of his self-serving appointees. So the question is why aren't they doing just that?

Trump has managed to take himself hostage, and is trying to use our military to gain his release.

Killing for sport is an evil, and Pete Hegseth is yet another sinister angel of death let loose by MAGA fascists at the edge of an abyss. What comes next is not an abstract question.

From campaigning to destroy NATO to selling out Ukraine to letting Russia help kill American soldiers in the Gulf region, Trump’s goal appears to be, to “Make America Russia.”

Trump's war against Iran is already a study in "competence," with the deaths of school girls, the supreme leader and all his potential replacements. Add to this a carrier with 5000 crew and broken toilets.

Bombed boats, dead fishermen, starving children, and broken families reveal the human cost of power without empathy.

Our Democracy is in peril, but our most treasured relationships with people are in tatters, too. We are trying to salvage both, and it’s exhausting.

We actually can have the kind of society we want and we can get rid of the insanity at the top of ours faster than we might think.

Kristi Noem sat at the top of a system that was a conspiracy of cruelty and contempt for the rights of the American people, federal law, judicial orders, basic decency and respect for human rights.