MAGA World in Meltdown Mode Over Fani Willis Ruling

Donald Trump’s supporters lost their minds on Friday following a judge’s decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on her election interference case against the former president. Georgia Judge Scott McAfee determined Friday that Willis had Continue reading MAGA World in Meltdown Mode Over Fani Willis Ruling

If Trump and His Heroes Ruled the World | The New Republic

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt In 2019, President Trump was waiting for a meeting with Egypt’s president. “Where’s my favorite dictator?” he asked aloud. The Wall Street Journal suggested that, “even if lighthearted, Mr. Trump’s quip drew attention to an uncomfortable Continue reading If Trump
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In Nikki Haley’s Candied World, Even Losing is Winning—For Now

Inside the Grand Ballroom, Haley appeared not a puppet as much as an actor playing the part of an ambitious striver in a Netflix show about U.S. politics. She offered a little of something to almost everyone. Anti-Democrat signage and Continue reading In Nikki Haley’s Candied World, Even Losing is Winning—For Now

How Corporate America’s Obsession With Creativity Wrecked the World and Brought Us Elon Musk

“and everyone is at least potentially creative, how come inequality is compounding along the same old lines of race and class? And considering how many of our modern problems come from having too much new stuff too quickly, what reason Continue reading How Corporate America’s Obsession With Creativity Wrecked the World and Brought Us Elon Musk

Japan’s Incomplete Reckoning With World War II Crimes

Less well known in this country are the great cruelties practiced by Japanese forces in other countries in Asia. There were no equivalents of the Nazi death camps, but Japanese soldiers routinely raped, tortured, and murdered civilians in China, the Continue reading Japan’s Incomplete Reckoning With World War II Crimes

Eric Adams Is Breaking New Ground in the World of Kleptocracy

But Adams’ reported receipt of Turkish campaign funds, hidden behind a range of cut-outs, indicates that foreign regimes are no longer interested just in federal elections—they now have their eyes on local, municipal elections as well. Put another way: The Continue reading Eric Adams Is Breaking New Ground in the World of Kleptocracy