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Can Democrats Hold a Principled Line Against ICE Funding?

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Feb 4, 2026 After listening to voters and threatening the future of paramilitarized immigration enforcement, Democrats sign a budget deal that sets the stage for half-measures and spineless compromise. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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How To Message a State Murder Spree

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Jan 30, 2026 It’s really not that hard. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Slashed Subsidies and the Single-Payer Solution

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jan 26, 2026 After decades of selling defeatism disguised as pragmatism, it’s time for Democrats to embrace "Medicare for All" — and confront the forces standing in the way. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Just Say ‘No’

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Jan 23, 2026 We're all disposable to Trump, but as the people of Minnesota have shown, we can't wait for someone else to stop his ethnic cleansing campaign. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Letter From France: Rise of the Nationalist Warrior Cop

Christopher Lord / Truthdig Jan 21, 2026 Military-style policing is fueling social conflict in a country teetering on the edge of far-right rule. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Mamdani’s NYPD Problem

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Jan 20, 2026 The mayor’s decision to reappoint Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch does not bode well for his reform agenda — or his ability to protect New Yorkers from ICE. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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ICE and the Dual-State Regime

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 19, 2026 The Nazi political theory behind ICE lawlessness. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Mar-a-Lago and the Siege of Minnesota

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Jan 16, 2026 Warfare on one of the states should be treated as an attack on all. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Crude Expectations

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Jan 15, 2026 Trump’s boasts about what he can do with Venezuela’s oil industry are already looking empty. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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If Birthright Citizenship Is Conditional, No One Is Safe

Katherine (Hyun-Joo) Mooney / Truthdig Jan 14, 2026 Revising the 14th Amendment would threaten the legal foundation that allows adopted children to become U.S. citizens. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Where Are the Democrats on Venezuela?

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jan 5, 2026 Party leaders have refused to condemn outright the Trump administration’s most audacious violation of international law. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The Old Fangs of MAGA’s New Nativism

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jan 2, 2026 No longer pretending to target only “criminals,” the GOP has embraced an older, uglier and explicitly white nationalist strain of anti-immigrant politics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )