Anthony Fisher

New York

Senior Editor at MSNBC

Senior Editor and columnist, MSNBC Daily. No longer using this site, follow me at the other places.

Articles

Kristi Noem promised to "liberate" L.A. Then Sen. Alex Padilla was detained.

2 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Anthony Fisher

It’s understandable that the headlines about the news conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held in Los Angeles on Thursday are focused on Secret Service agents manhandling Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and throwing him to the ground after he attempted to ask Noem a question.
Riots and violence in LA won't stop Trump's mass deportations

2 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Anthony Fisher

President Donald Trump is spoiling for a violent fight on American soil. In response to protests in Los Angeles against his mass deportation regime — a small number of which have turned violent — Trump deployed thousands of National Guard members and roughly 700 Marines. He’s been pining to invoke the Insurrection Act for years, and now that his administration is filled with sycophants, he just might do it.
Trump and Musk’s followers will have to choose sides after their ugly breakup

3 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Anthony Fisher

The toxic bromance of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk was always going to end ugly. These are not guys who take two deep breaths — or even one — before they post or care whether a scorched-earth insult also makes them look bad. Another thing they have in common: They are both worshipped as demigods (or something even greater) by millions of people.
Opinion | Trump and Musk's followers must choose their sides

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Anthony Fisher

The toxic bromance of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk was always going to end ugly. These are not guys who take two deep breaths — or even one — before they post or care whether a scorched-earth insult also makes them look bad. Another thing they have in common: They are both worshipped as demigods (or something even greater) by millions of people.
Opinion | The Trump administration's big week of gaslighting and censorship

4 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Anthony Fisher

President Donald Trump has a well-deserved reputation for gaslighting, and several members of his Cabinet have taken great efforts to continue his willful duplicity. Over the course of the past week alone — in the name of academic, scientific and online “freedom” — Trump and his administration’s bigwigs have explicitly threatened free speech in at least a half-dozen different ways. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Opinion | The Trump administration's big week of gaslighting and censorship

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Anthony Fisher

President Donald Trump has a well-deserved reputation for gaslighting, and several members of his Cabinet have taken great efforts to continue his willful duplicity. Over the course of the past week alone — in the name of academic, scientific and online “freedom” — Trump and his administration’s bigwigs have explicitly threatened free speech in at least a half-dozen different ways. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The Trump administration just kicked its war on free speech into overdrive

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Anthony Fisher

The Trump administration just kicked its war on free speech into overdriveOver the past few days, members of Trump's Cabinet threatened or imposed censorship in at least a half-dozen different ways. President Donald Trump …
Opinion | Trump is taking a $400 million gift from the same government that funded Hamas

1 month ago | msnbc.com | Anthony Fisher

“I could be a stupid person and say no, we don’t want a free plane,” said the president of the United States about the Boeing 747-8 which the royal family that rules Qatar has offered as a gift. There are obviously ethical, legal and constitutional issues — to say nothing of security concerns — with President Donald Trump’s willingness to accept a $400 million donation from a Middle East petrostate with tens of billions of dollars of business interests in the United States.
Opinion | Trump is taking a $400 million gift from the same government that funded Hamas

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Anthony Fisher

“I could be a stupid person and say no, we don’t want a free plane,” said the president of the United States about the Boeing 747-8 which the royal family that rules Qatar has offered as a gift. There are obviously ethical, legal and constitutional issues — to say nothing of security concerns — with President Donald Trump’s willingness to accept a $400 million donation from a Middle East petrostate with tens of billions of dollars of business interests in the United States.
A white woman hurled the N-word at a child, and Trump fans blamed the ‘woke right‘

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Anthony Fisher

Shiloh Hendrix, a white Minnesota woman, went viral after repeatedly calling a child on a playground the N-word. The financial windfall she then received — reportedly over $700,000 — from crowdfunding donors, many of whom apparently saw in the unrepentant racist a fearless hero, is a despicable and miserable commentary on the current state of America’s soul. But it isn’t shocking. Far-right racism and white grievance culture have been ascendant and increasingly mainstreamed for at least a decade.