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Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law

6 days ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

Politics / April 18, 2025 Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of LawWhat’s going on here fits the description of “fascism” to a tee. Ad Policy US President Donald Trump, center right, and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, center left, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2025.
America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment

1 week ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

Politics / April 11, 2025 America Is Now One Giant Milgram ExperimentStanley Milgram would have understood this morally cretinous moment all too well. Edit Ad Policy A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia’s arrest and deportation d at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.
America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment

1 week ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

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Were They 'Getting Yippy' or Was Trump Manipulating the Market?

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

Economy / I don’t know exactly what went down in the hours before Trump publicly announced a “pause” on tariffs, but it merits investigation.
Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sasha Abramsky |Samantha Borek

Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.
The President Isn’t Your Friend

2 weeks ago | sfreporter.com | Sasha Abramsky

here really is only one political story this week, the inevitable story of cause and effect. Trump was warned for months, by economists from across the political spectrum, that a broad-brush approach to tariffs, a policy he has repeatedly labeled “beautiful,” would trigger an economic calamity. Yet Trump—as is the wont of a supremely arrogant man who believes himself to be “a very stable genius”—chose to ignore the collective wisdom.
Governor Newsom, It's Time to Get Off the Sidelines

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Sasha Abramsky

Politics / April 4, 2025 Governor Newsom, It’s Time to Get Off the SidelinesThe California governor was careful not to provoke Donald Trump after the election, but that didn’t stop the president from launching a full assault against his state. Ad Policy California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a press conference on February 01, 2023 in Sacramento, California.
Trump Dumping Musk Is Not Enough to Stop the Wreckage of the Federal Government

3 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sasha Abramsky

Trump Dumping Musk Is Not Enough to Stop the Wreckage of the Federal Government Even if Trump splits with Musk, the tech bro’s strategy of wrecking institutions and pushing legal limits will live on.
Trump Dumping Musk Is Not Enough to Stop the Wreckage of the Federal Government

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sasha Abramsky

1 day agoThe president is pleased with Elon Musk, but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability. President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as …
What Will You Do?

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Kaveh Akbar |Laura Jedeed |Sasha Abramsky |Tanvi Misra

Activism / March 28, 2025 What Will You Do? What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list? Ad Policy Rumeysa Ozturk being arrested byICE.(CBS News)Tonight I opened Instagram on my iPhone and the very first thing it showed me was a video of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, being arrested by ICE.