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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on Sept. 26, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Did Donald Trump get duped by Fox News?

Sophia Tesfaye
Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest President Donald Trump's threats against the city. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump looks ready to invade Chicago

Chauncey DeVega
Woman holds an upside down US flag to protest against President Donald Trump outside the US Capitol ahead of his joint address to Congress in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

American democracy is not a lost cause

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How Orbán inspired Trump's media assault

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump pumps his fist before boarding Marine One at the White House on Sept. 7, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Trump's Chicago invasion is now upon us

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump prepares to speak after watching the 250th birthday parade of the U.S. Army, which also coincides with his own birthday, on June 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump confronts the limits of his power

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump holding a bible (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump would rather talk about his soul

Chauncey DeVega
Demonstrators protest in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 08, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Judge chides Trump on LA — and warns us

Austin Sarat
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President Donald Trump announces on Sept. 2, 2025, that U.S. Space Command will move its headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's long weekend of humiliation

Amanda Marcotte
A National Guard soldier holds an M4 carbine while on patrol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. (BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

As democracy fails, look for the helpers

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump speaks during a three-hour, 17-minute Cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Will we even notice when democracy dies?

Mike Lofgren
Federal agents on an armored vehicle, Los Angeles, July 7, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump's theater of cruelty

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
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New poll says 3 of 4 Americans believe democracy is at risk and trust their political leaders even less. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump is conservatism’s realization

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump speaks during a three-hour, 17-minute Cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump can do anything he wants

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Don't be duped by Trump's dictator jokes

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | A supporter of President Donald Trump prays outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Trump keeps talking about heaven

Chauncey DeVega
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Demonstrators protest the Trump administration's executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian Institution march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on May 3, 2025. (Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's crime against American history

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on Aug. 21, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MAGA knows DC takeover isn't about crime

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Beware of Trump's Budapest peace talks

Chauncey DeVega
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Democrats need New Deal-style politics

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump outflanks Dems with DC takeover

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Image)

Why MAGA calls Trump "Daddy"

Amanda Marcotte
Members of the National Guard patrol near the Capitol and Union Station on Aug. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump's DC actions scratch an old itch

Sabrina Haake
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "American Hell" is everywhere

Brian Karem
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