Juan Cole / Informed CommentAug 24, 2023
Republicans refuse to acknowledge the most profound threat to America's future—the climate crisis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMar 11, 2016
Thursday's subdued debate in Miami focused on ideas for change, but Donald Trump's competitors failed to pose a substantial challenge even as they played to their strengths and kept things civil. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigFeb 26, 2016
Donald Trump was the one to beat, and the other four candidates—Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ben Carson—knew it all too well. Update: Rubio momentarily took control in a rat-a-tat series of attacks that simultaneously painted Trump as a hypocrite and made light of Rubio's prior debate stumbles. Donald Trump was the one to beat, and the other four candidates—Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ben Carson—knew it all too well. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJan 31, 2016
At the Trumpless GOP debate last week, the candidates once again promised to bankrupt us with military and intelligence spending and to commit vast war crimes -- with reckless disregard for the lives of women, children and noncombatant men -- of the sort not openly plotted since the demise of the Axis powers in 1943-45. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 29, 2016
In light of the love fest over the Fox News anchor, we thought it worth remembering Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" takedowns of two of Kelly's more unfortunate rants, including her declaration that Santa Claus "just is white" and her "fair and balanced" approach to the news. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 16, 2015
At the final debate of 2015, the Republican presidential candidates laid out how each would be a wartime president, with the most aggressive pledging to rebuild and unleash the full force of the military to slaughter Islamic State globally, confront Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Syria and eastern Europe and conduct cyber warfare and other actions against China. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigDec 16, 2015
If ever there was any doubt, the main topic during the first part of the fifth Republican presidential debate was indeed how to defeat the threat of terrorism overseas and at home. Updated Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2015
Don't want to sift through all the video footage of Tuesday night's Republican debate? Here are some of the highlights to get you caught up on the headlines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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