Max Burns

New York

Democratic Strategist, @SiriusXMProg Host & Founder, Third Degree Strategies Contributor: @MSNBC @TheHill @DailyKos @damemagazine Former: @CNN, @NewsNation

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Trump's irrational trade temper tantrum could be the end of America as we know it

2 weeks ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

The vibe is deteriorating in America, and it isn’t just because the stock market has vaporized over $11 trillion since Donald Trump’s inauguration. Even loyalists like hedge fund manager Bill Ackman now seem terrified of the erratic hell storm they’ve unleashed.
Democrats won't win back voters with a Gavin Newsom podcast

1 month ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

A new survey out this week from CNN offered another reminder that, whatever they may be telling themselves in the Beltway, Democrats are about as popular as a skin rash. The party is now skidding along its lowest favorability levels in history, dogged by voters who simply don’t take Democrats seriously.
The public is losing patience with Trump — it’s time for Democrats to pounce

1 month ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

When the stock market swooned last week following another round of trade war panic, the White House asked angry Americans to blame the spirit world. “We’re seeing a strong divergence between the animal spirits of the stock market and what we’re actually seeing unfold from businesses and business leaders,” one official told reporters on Monday. There’s another, less metaphysical reason why the stock market is unstable and millions of Americans are souring on President Trump’s second administration.
Republicans’ shocking about-face on Russia

1 month ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

Conan O’Brien swipes at Trump with ‘Anora’ joke at Oscars: Americans ‘excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian’Like a gang of political “Mean Girls,” the Republican Party is totally committed to making Russia happen. The last two weeks leave no question about President Trump’s feelings toward Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Trump's speech will be a victory lap, but watch out for his inevitable stumble

1 month ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

Conan O’Brien swipes at Trump with ‘Anora’ joke at Oscars: Americans ‘excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian’The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Donald Trump is a president at the height of his political power — and well aware of it.
It's only a matter of time before Elon Musk makes Trump mad

1 month ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

After another exhausting week of Elon Musk’s chaotic West Wing antics, even President Trump is starting to understand why America has only one president at a time. Far from being an extra hand in his effort to dismantle the federal government, the mega-billionaire is rapidly becoming one of Trump’s biggest political and legal liabilities.
What to expect as Trump’s anti-labor agenda takes shape

2 months ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

President Trump’s National Labor Relations Board just released its first general counsel memo — that is, the document outlining the NLRB’s priorities and legal guidance for the coming term. And oh boy, is it a doozy. Acting general counsel William Cowen’s memo erases the last four years of progressive NLRB governance under his predecessor, Jennifer Abruzzo.
Forget about the swamp — Trump’s bringing corporate sleaze into DC

2 months ago | thehill.com | Max Burns

The Carnegie Institution’s 123rd anniversary this week is a reminder that our country used to shame its plutocrats into caring about the rest of us. The political populism of Carnegie’s Gilded Age has surged back to relevance with President Trump’s MAGA movement — but this time, Republicans want to ensure it aids the ultra-rich instead of the working class.
Trump’s Egregious Executive Orders Won’t Lower the Price of Eggs

Jan 21, 2025 | damemagazine.com | Max Burns

Surprise! The new-old president has made it his mission to betray his promises to his voters and spite the previous administration and the country. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism? The executive orders were already on the Resolute Desk by the time Donald Trump began his inaugural address at the Capitol.
Democrats disappoint yet again at Hegseth confirmation hearing

Jan 15, 2025 | thehill.com | Max Burns

If Senate Democrats’ uncoordinated performance at Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday is a sign of things to come, Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks can breathe easy. Hegseth breezed through the bulk of the four-hour hearing, most of which he spent talking over Democrats who quietly waited for the “Fox and Friends” host to finish his monologues. Only a few lawmakers tried pushing back on Hegseth’s motor-mouthing, among them Sens.

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Max Burns @themaxburns

15 Apr 25

RT @themaxburns: From the U.S. Holocaust Museum: "What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it f…

Max Burns @themaxburns

14 Apr 25

You could have asked

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@MikeRoe @assassinrk42 @themaxburns @JessicaTarlov For extra context, I thought this thread was about the now-common (yet false) depiction of the entirety of Gaza as a "concentration camp", a common propaganda trick of Hamas.

Max Burns @themaxburns

14 Apr 25

A president willing to ignore a unanimous Supreme Court order isn't too concerned about legalities like that.