Shock and Awe, the White Supremacy Version
The Trump administration wants to roll back the clock to before the civil rights movement.| paulwaldman.substack.com
The Trump administration wants to roll back the clock to before the civil rights movement.| paulwaldman.substack.com
He's still the world's richest man. But things aren't going well for him.| paulwaldman.substack.com
If there's something Trump can make worse for everybody, he will. He thinks that'll help him politically, and sometimes it might.| The Cross Section
You may be mostly mad about authoritarianism, but normie Americans are going to start getting madder, too.| The Cross Section
A little Nazi stuff? What's the big deal?| The Cross Section
There is no such thing as genuine progressive public opinion, and therefore mass and mobilized opposition to Trump doesn't count.| The Cross Section
It's cool to support the Rebellion. It's not cool to support the Empire.| The Cross Section
They're beginning to get the picture, but this should be only the start.| The Cross Section
He has a talent for saying the worst thing at the worst time.| The Cross Section
Their machine is so effective that even liberals don't realize it's warping their views.| The Cross Section
Protecting the status quo when voters are desperate for change is not a good strategy.| The Cross Section
Trump's message is: Sure you caught me. Who cares? Think of it as "Fake News!" 2.0.| The Cross Section
The savvy scolds said lefties were overreacting to Trump a year ago, and calling him "fascist" was crazy. How's that looking now?| The Cross Section
Moments like this one are what their political/media machine was built for, and they are ready to go berserk.| The Cross Section
It's like climate change: Trump may not be solely responsible for any one act of violence, but he's the reason things have gotten so bad.| The Cross Section
Forget ideological differences - Democrats need a leader who will act with authority.| The Cross Section
What Xi and Putin have in common with the masters of Silicon Valley| The Cross Section
Is it JUST about her being a Black woman? No. But it's the elephant in the room, and the coverage of the controversy is almost completely ignoring it.| The Cross Section
Take a cue from Zohran Mamdani and praise what's great about your town, your state, or your country. It's something Republicans don't know how to do.| The Cross Section
Things have been mostly peaceful until now. But he's looking to escalate, to justify a brutal crackdown.| The Cross Section
Wonks and hacks used to be at odds. Guess how Trump solved that problem.| paulwaldman.substack.com
Slicing politics open to peer inside its disturbing innards and determine how it all works. Click to read The Cross Section, by Paul Waldman, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.| paulwaldman.substack.com
A conversation with Henry Farrell about how the land of hippie-technologists turned into a haven for right-wingers with grand and malevolent ambitions.| paulwaldman.substack.com
Blue-collar votes sent Trump back to the White House. Now his plutocratic administration moves in to screw them over.| paulwaldman.substack.com
