Republicans

Kirill Benediktov25.06.2026

While the world’s attention is focused on the U.S. and Iran emerging from the Middle East crisis, an even more unpredictable drama is unfolding behind the scenes of Washington politics: the rivalry between the two most likely successors to Trump in 2028, J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio. Evidence that this struggle is intensifying can be […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky23.05.2026

America First — Republicans have sided with the rebellious Thomas Massie, who was attacked by Trump for criticizing the war in Iran. Tucker Carlson has joined the fray. Lauren Boebert of Colorado has become the latest Republican to fall out of favor with Trump. She received her share of “happiness” for supporting Thomas Massie, a […]

Robert Reich14.11.2025

Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented? The asymmetry explained Chuck Schumer couldn’t hold his senators together at a time when their unity and toughness were essential. Yet Trump cracks the whip and gets all Republicans to do his bidding. Does this mean Schumer should go? Yes. But the problem runs deeper — […]

Kirill Benediktov03.07.2025

Perhaps, the current quarrel between Trump and Musk may be a well-staged performance. It flared up again at the right time — after the reconciliation reached three weeks ago. Right now, the decisive battle is unfolding in the US Congress over the “Big Beautiful Bill”, which — if Trump wins — will give him powerful […]

Robert Reich09.04.2025

In unity, there’s strength to confront Trump. In disunity, cowardice. Why didn’t the nation’s top 20 law firms sign a friend-of-the-court brief against Trump’s vindictive executive orders? What their associates, coming associates, and law school deans ought to do. Let me first congratulate the 504 law firms that have thrown their support behind Perkins Coie […]

Robert Reich04.04.2025

In many ways this was another horrific week. Like a terrible hurricane, the Trump dictatorship is sweeping more people into its maw while further destroying our public institutions and wrecking what’s left of our civil norms. Yet this week also featured 11 reasons for modest optimism: 1. Wisconsin Supreme Court vote Despite Elon Musk’s hysterical […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky18.12.2024

Liz Cheney is suspected of pressuring witnesses and conspiring to destroy evidence in the January 6 events. Donald Trump was the first to publicly call for criminal prosecution of Liz Cheney (the daughter of that same Dick Cheney). He said that she and some other members of the House Select Committee (then controlled by Democrats) […]

Oleg Yasinsky07.11.2024

Some bastards lost the US presidential election. Others won it. The peoples of the world – their food – watched this process, like the heroes of “Jurassic Park” watch a fight between dinosaurs, where both sides are representatives of the fauna hostile to us. The times have come when decent people have no right to […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky02.11.2024

Stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at Madison Square Garden. In fact, harsh jokes in stand-up performances are commonplace, and Hinchcliffe’s words were taken out of context, but during the election season, it is precisely taking individual words out of context and twisting what was said that becomes almost […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky28.10.2024

But there were exceptions. What scared the mainstream so much and why was the chorus of voices incomplete? Donald Trump’s speech at Madison Square Garden in New York City, along with his wife and allies (including Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson) seriously scared the entire liberal mainstream. It wasn’t clear how to react. And then […]

Washington-Style Game of Thrones

Trump vs Kentucky Republicans: Conflict Gaining Momentum

Undisciplined Democrats and Regimented Republicans

Is the Current Quarrel Between Trump and Musk Staged?

In Unity, There’s Strength to Confront Trump

Additional Small Reasons for Modest Optimism

Liz Cheney May Be Investigated

Who Won The Election?

Democrats Boost Puerto Rican Joke At Trump Rally

Trump’s Rally in New York Called “Racist” in a Copy-Top Form

New York to Freeze AI Data Center Construction

ICE Officers Temporarily Barred from Conducting Traffic Stops

Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.3)

Paradise Blown Apart