When it comes to the midterms, things are starting to tilt in the Democrats’ favor Pressure is mounting on Republican candidates, while Democrats finally appear to be hitting their stride The Guardian - US · Aug 11, 2022
A never-before raid: What now? No former president has ever attempted a coup to remain in office Salon · Aug 10, 2022
Biden can still stop Trump, and Trumpism – if he can find a bold plan and moral vision The US president is struggling and his divisive rival still has the Republican party in his grip. But there are reasons for hope, says Guardian US columnist Robert Reich The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022
Trump’s worst toadies hold degrees from Harvard and Yale. Did they learn anything? Politicians educated at some of the US’s most elite universities are spreading conspiracy theories that they surely know are untrue. What happened to ‘service and stewardship’? The Guardian - US · Aug 7, 2022
Kansas’s vote to protect abortion rights upends US midterm elections – as it happened Kansas voters back measure to protect abortion rights in sign overturning of Roe v Wade will have unpredictable effects ahead of November elections The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2022
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema act out of ego, not principle If there’s one thing the two supposedly Democratic senators love, it’s media attention The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2022
Workers are being punished for inflation. The real culprit is corporate greed Big corporations are using inflation as cover to raise prices. Yet the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates – further hurting Americans The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2022
Trump’s attempted coup continues – even after January 6 hearings are over for now The committee has produced history’s most detailed account of an American president’s cruel and seditious pursuit of power. Even now, Trump continues to push states to alter the outcomes of the 2020 election The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2022
Perhaps it’s time to kick Joe Manchin out of the Democratic party At every opportunity, Manchin has sabotaged Democrats’ agenda. What’s going on here? It’s spelled m-o-n-e-y The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2022
As a 76-year-old let me say: Joe Biden is too old to run again I’m sure the president is experiencing some diminution in the memory department. I know I am The Guardian - US · Jul 17, 2022
Boeing, GM, FedEx: these are as complicit as the far right in threatening US democracy Corporations are underwriting the thuggery of Trump and his allies – all because they want to pay as little tax as possible The Guardian - US · Jul 14, 2022