The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week.
Trumpâs catastrophic âLiberation Dayâ has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called âenemy aliensâ are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts. And Signalgate promises to be the first of many incompetence scandals that expose the brutal violence at the core of the American empire.
At a time when elite universities, powerful law firms, and influential media outlets are capitulating to Trumpâs intimidation, The Nation is more determined than ever before to hold the powerful to account.
In just the last month, weâve published reporting on how Trump outsources his mass deportation agenda to other countries, exposed the administrationâs appeal to obscure laws to carry out its repressive agenda, and amplified the voices of brave student activists targeted by universities.
We also continue to tell the stories of those who fight back against Trump and Musk, whether on the streets in growing protest movements, in town halls across the country, or in critical state electionsâlike Wisconsinâs recent state Supreme Court raceâthat provide a model for resisting Trumpism and prove that Musk canât buy our democracy.
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In solidarity,
The Editors
The Nation

