Saturday, April 5, 2025

■ The Week in Review

1,000+ 'Hands Off!' Protests Planned Across US Saturday in Mass Mobilization Against Trump

"Immigration. Medicaid. Workers' rights. Unions. Education. You name it—we're drawing the line," wrote one union.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Apr 4, 2025

Poll Has AOC Leading Schumer by Nearly 20 Points in 2028 New York Primary

"What AOC is doing is leadership—and people see that," said one observer.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Apr 4, 2025

New Projected Cost of Trump-GOP Tax Cuts for the Rich: 'Staggering' $7 Trillion

"What Republicans are trying to jam through Congress right now is a level of economic recklessness we’ve never seen before," said a group of Democratic lawmakers.

By Jake Johnson • Apr 4, 2025

Teasing Another Senate Run, Independent Dan Osborn Says 'We Could Replace a Billionaire With a Mechanic'

"Working-class candidate v. billionaire political race. I'm here for it," wrote one longtime progressive strategist.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Apr 3, 2025

'Batsh*t Crazy' Trump Tariffs Should Be Seen as $7,000 Tax Hike on Workers, Says Economist

Instead of strategically imposing tariffs, Trump has chosen to "give the country the most massive tax increase in its history, possibly exceeding $1 trillion on an annual basis."

By Jessica Corbett • Apr 3, 2025

'Welp, There Goes the Economy': Trump Tariffs Trigger Global Alarm

"He's taking a sledgehammer to the economy and pursuing unpopular, reckless trade policies that will do nothing to benefit workers and only serve to increase costs for consumers," warned one expert.

By Jessica Corbett • Apr 2, 2025

Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Fence to Protest Khalil Detention

"As Jewish students, we grew up learning about the rise of fascism, learning about how important it is to stand up when you see injustice in the world," said one protester.

By Julia Conley • Apr 2, 2025

50+ Groups to Schumer: 'Time to Step Down as Senate Minority Leader'

"We need a leader who will tell a clear story about what Musk and Trump are doing... rally the people and organize in congressional districts across the country, and... engage forcefully and clearly in the media."

By Jessica Corbett • Apr 2, 2025

'They've Come to Collect': Report Details Crisis of Billionaires Buying US Elections

"The billions of dollars of donations these oligarchic clans give candidates, parties, and particularly outside spending groups drown out the voices and concerns of ordinary voters," according to the report.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Apr 2, 2025

'This Guy Is Toxic': Susan Crawford Defeats World's Richest Man Elon Musk in Wisconsin

"As a result of your strong grassroots organizing, you have defeated the wealthiest person on earth," said Sen. Bernie Sanders to the state's voters after the Supreme Court race was called. "You have set an example for the rest of the country."

By Jon Queally • Apr 1, 2025

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■ Opinion

When Fascism Comes to America

The list of common characteristics in the study of 20th-century fascist dictators and their regimes includes 14 categories in all, and Trump and his MAGA disciples have already exhibited characteristics in most of these categories.

By Bill Durston • Apr 3, 2025

Trump's Absurd Trade Policies Will Impoverish Americans and Harm the World

America’s trade deficit is a measure of the profligacy of America’s corporate ruling class, more specifically the result of chronically large budget deficits resulting from tax cuts for the rich combined with trillions of dollars wasted on useless wars.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs • Apr 2, 2025

The Worst Political Decision Since Nixon Taped Himself Committing Crimes

How the Democrats handed Trump the election on a bitcoin-plated platter—and most still don't think they did anything wrong.

By Les Leopold • Apr 1, 2025

Democrats, Call Them Names—But Do It Right

Rather than focusing on personal insults, Democrats should be using labels like “Pro-Cancer,” “Job-Killers,” “Anti-Constitution,” and “Healthcare-Cutters” to tar congressional Republicans.

By Geoffrey Levin • Mar 30, 2025

Trump's Interior Life Is a Clown Car of Neurotic Conflicts—And So We All Must Suffer

Everyone is so used to Trump’s compulsive sense of grievance and defensive arrogance that it no longer seems to be the impairment that it actually is.

By Michael Bader • Mar 28, 2025