MAGA’s Ugly, Hateful Response to Bridge Horror Is About to Get Worse

It should go without saying that Baltimore’s plight does not deserve to be smeared with degenerate culture-warring, demagoguery, and extortive threats. Disasters strike all parts of the country. And in this case, the horror doesn’t only impact the immediate area. Continue reading MAGA’s Ugly, Hateful Response to Bridge Horror Is About to Get Worse

How Trump Iced Ronna McDaniel, Completing MAGA’s Takeover of the GOP

This week, Donald Trump announced that he wants Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel replaced with a loyalist: Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina Republican Party. Behind the jockeying looms a very big story: the Trump-MAGA takeover of Continue reading How Trump Iced Ronna McDaniel, Completing MAGA’s Takeover of the GOP

MAGA’s Ugly New “Civil War” Fantasy Should be Taken Seriously

Far-right personalities are fantasizing about “civil war” again, amid a standoff between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the feds over border enforcement. That may seem silly, but unbridgeable differences over immigration truly are driving many big stories of the moment, Continue reading MAGA’s Ugly New “Civil War” Fantasy Should be Taken Seriously