The Liberal Rehabilitation of George W. Bush Is Complete

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Sep 14, 2018 The #Resistance has welcomed to the fight against Trump the most disastrous president since Buchanan. It’s only deluding itself. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court Pick, Will Drive U.S. Law Hard to the Right

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jul 9, 2018 The president has chosen a candidate who poses a great threat to progressive values and causes—and one who might shield him from Mueller. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Issues Steep Demands for New Iran Nuclear Deal

JOSH LEDERMAN / The Associated Press May 21, 2018 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatens "the strongest sanctions in history" if Iran doesn't change course. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bills to Curtail LGBT Rights Failing in U.S. Legislatures

DAVID CRARY / The Associated Press Apr 17, 2018 In Republican-led states where these types of bills surface, moderate GOP lawmakers and business leaders fear the loss of conventions, sporting events and corporate headquarters. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 1, 2018 Don’t buy the oily declarations from the tech billionaires and others that they want to help you survive financially. What they want is to more fully stuff their own pockets. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Empty Piety of the American Press

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 11, 2018 What we are offered by broadcast and print news outlets is great entertainment. It is great for ratings. It is great for profits. But it is not moral, and it is not journalism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Appoints Heritage Foundation Staffer to Health and Human Services Post

By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica Mar 27, 2017 Roger Severino (pictured), the new head of the agency's Office for Civil Rights, has opposed transgender patients’ rights, same-sex marriage and Planned Parenthood. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 5 Possible Outcomes

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Republicans: Insane or Just Crazy?

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Sep 23, 2013 "Washington," said the late Art Hoppe, a San Francisco Chronicle humor columnist, "is several miles square and about as tall as, say, the Washington Monument. It is surrounded on all four sides by reality." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The End of Obamacare?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 18, 2013 President Obama will veto the House effort to delay the individual mandate, weeks after volunteering to delay the employer mandate. Meanwhile, the Heritage Foundation cheers the demise of its own idea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Tea Party Favorite Jim DeMint to Quit Senate

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 The conservative South Carolina senator announced Thursday that he would step down next month to run a conservative think tank. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )