Trump’s GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why?
The morality of today’s Republican Party has been laid bare. But it boggles the mind the depth of this destruction and cruelty. By: THOM HARTMANN Jul 14, 2026 Common Dreams…
‘A Moral Obscenity’: Trump Budget Pairs Record Military Boost With Billions in Cuts to Social Programs
“To pay for his endless wars, he wants the biggest increase to military spending in 70 years,” said Rep. Greg Casar. “Hell no.” By: Jake Johnson April 3, 2026 President…
‘Deranged and Dangerous’: Trump Says ‘I Guess’ Americans Should Expect a Deadly Attack on US
By: JAKE JOHNSON Mar 06, 2026 “We have totally unserious, completely incompetent people taking us into mindless, deadly war,” said Democratic US Sen. Chris Murphy. In an interview with TIME…
While Cost of Living Soars and Healthcare Taken Away, Trump Spending $1 Billion Per Day in War of Choice With Iran
“We can’t afford to keep our hospitals open, but we can afford a billion dollars a day to bomb Iran?” By: JON QUEALLY Mar 05, 2026 With fresh reporting that…
500 Richest People Gained Record $2.2 Trillion in 2025, Fueling Calls for Wealth Tax
“If the monstrous political-economic system that is tearing our planet, the climate, and its people apart isn’t brought to its knees—then humanity will be,” warned one climate scientist. By: Jessica…
The Roberts Court Will Be Remembered for Surrendering to Trump
Instead of healing divisions on the bench, Roberts and his Republican confederates old and new have issued a blistering succession of polarizing and reactionary majority opinions. By: Bill Blum August…
Trump’s Gestapo-Style Raids Mimic Nazi Dictatorship Playbook
By: Chuck Idelson Aug 25, 2025 Common Dreams Editor’s Note: the following article is republished here from the Common Dreams website. As with Trump’s march to autocratic power, the parallels…
Attack on Padilla Proves We Are Living in an Early-Stage Police State
Dictators can’t be dictators without first cowing the people, terrifying even elected officials, and asserting their absolute and unlimited power to use violence any where, any time, and under any…
The Only Demand Trump Needs to Hear: ‘You’re Fired!’
Given his wreckage of lives, livelihoods, health, safety, and freedom of speech here and abroad in just 100 days, Trump invites daily the unifying command arising out of his declaration…
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…