There were many reasons behind Trump’s decision to attack — but none of them were about US national security Published March 14, 2026 11:23AM (EDT) salon.com Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot in Tehran after U.S. and Israeli attacks, March 8, 2026. (Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty Images) Iwas off by three days. I had…
Abolish ICE? Absolutely — and DHS too
No reform can fix Trump’s corrupt secret police — and the whole bureaucracy of repression should go as well Published February 28, 2026 6:45AM (EST) salon.com Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026. Behind her is Border Patrol official Greg Bovino. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via…
No, We Can’t Just Wait for Dictators to Die
If history proves anything when it comes to authoritarian fascists, it’s that patient optimism is not a virtue. Feb 11, 2026 Common Dreams Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a professor of history at New York University; her Wikipedia biography describes her as “a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders.” With these credentials, she has written an opinion piece in the New York Times telling us…
Trump abolishes the Second Amendment
MAGA’s duplicity leads to a total reversal on gun rights — along with a dizzying 360 on foreign policy Published February 7, 2026 10:45AM (EST)salon.com Firearms store in Orem, Utah, March 2020. (George Frey/AFP via Getty Images) Anyone who has paid the remotest attention to politics over the last decade will have noticed that the adherence…
The Trump-Class Battleship: Worst Idea Ever
It’s not just ruinously expensive; it would weaken the Navy. January 21, 2026 washingtonmonthly.com Floating target: Donald Trump’s proposed ‘Trump-class’ battleship would drain billions, weaken the U.S. Navy, and hand China a strategic advantage. Credit: Associated Press It is virtually impossible to name a single initiative of Donald Trump’s that isn’t either supremely stupid or downright satanic….
The madness of George Will: Last lonely never-Trumper forges on
Legendary Washington Post columnist bailed on GOP over Trump — but hasn’t changed his mind about anything else Published December 20, 2025 6:30AM (EST) salon.com Writer and commentator George Will attending a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Sept. 21, 2023. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) The last decade has seen a…
Trump regime isn’t fascist, claims leading intellectual: It just looks that way
Mark Lilla claims MAGA isn’t even conservative, let alone fascist. This kind of cowardice won’t age well Published November 1, 2025 in Salon.com If there is one thing you are supposed to know about Mark Lilla, it is his status as a public intellectual. A professor of humanities at Columbia, Lilla is a longtime contributor to…