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Karen J. Greenberg

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s Failed State:  America’s Daunting New World and the Coming Election

Donald Trump’s Failed State: America’s Daunting New World and the Coming Election

Karen J. Greenberg

By Karen J. Greenberg | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – These past few months, it’s grown ever harder to recognize life in America. Thanks to Covid-19, basic day-to-day existence has changed in complicated, often confusing ways. Just putting food on the table has become a challenge for many. Getting doctors’ appointments and medical care can take […]

Corruption
“I don’t take Responsibility:” US has the Worst Pandemic Response, but can Trump be held Accountable?

“I don’t take Responsibility:” US has the Worst Pandemic Response, but can Trump be held Accountable?

Karen J. Greenberg

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Whether you consider the appalling death toll or the equally unacceptable rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, the United States has one of the worst records worldwide when it comes to the pandemic. Nevertheless, the president has continued to behave just as he promised he would in March when there had been […]

Donald Trump
Coronavirus and the End of American Exceptionalism

Coronavirus and the End of American Exceptionalism

Karen J. Greenberg

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Remember the song “Over There”? “Over there, over there Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tumming everywhere…” Maybe not, since it was popular so long ago, but it was meant to inspire American troops saying goodbye to their […]

Authoritarianism
While Rome Burns:  With 2020 Election in Doubt Trump Gets what he’s always Wanted

While Rome Burns: With 2020 Election in Doubt Trump Gets what he’s always Wanted

Karen J. Greenberg

(Tomdispatch.com) – Last month, Donald Trump retweeted a doctored photo of himself playing the fiddle that was labeled “My next piece is called: nothing can stop what’s coming.” It was clearly an homage to the Emperor Nero who so infamously made music while Rome burned. To it, the president added this comment: “Who knows what […]

Donald Trump
How Democracy Ends:  Not With a Bang But With a Whimper

How Democracy Ends: Not With a Bang But With a Whimper

Karen J. Greenberg

By Karen J. Greenberg | – (Tomdispatch.com) – In this fast-paced century, rife with technological innovation, we’ve grown accustomed to the impermanence of things. Whatever is here now will likely someday vanish, possibly sooner than we imagine. Movies and music that once played on our VCRs and stereos have given way to infinite choices in […]

Congress
Trump’s War on our Language:  Fudging, Waffling and Lying weave Alternative Universe

Trump’s War on our Language: Fudging, Waffling and Lying weave Alternative Universe

Karen J. Greenberg

( Tomdispatch.com ) – These days, witnessing the administration’s never-ending cruelty at the border, the shenanigans of a White House caught red-handed in attempted bribery in Ukraine, and the disarray of this country’s foreign policy, I feel like I’m seeing a much-scarier remake of a familiar old movie. The cast of characters and the headlines […]

Immigration
What the Child Detentions at the Border Really Tell Us about Trumpism

What the Child Detentions at the Border Really Tell Us about Trumpism

Karen J. Greenberg

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Lately, I’ve been thinking about the Grimm’s fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. Terrified by cruel conditions at home, the brother and sister flee, winding their way, hungry and scared, through unknown woods. There, they encounter an old woman who lures them in with promises of safety. Instead, she locks one of […]

censorship
How Democracy Dies:  Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

How Democracy Dies: Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

Karen J. Greenberg

The post-9/11 period stands out in American history for its relentless reliance on redacting material in government reports

Donald Trump
Statue of Liberty, R. I. P.:  Trump and the End of Citizenship

Statue of Liberty, R. I. P.: Trump and the End of Citizenship

Karen J. Greenberg

Halfway through Trump’s presidency, his administration has moved to use citizenship as an exclusionary factor

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