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Kyle Sweetser, who's running for Senate as a Democrat, told Salon he's disgusted by Trump and his imitators

ANALYSIS: The GOP is all on board for Medicaid work requirements. Beyond that, there’s little unity yet, writes John Bowden

"I said now that they're banning it, I want to join, just because they're telling me I can't," the Kentucky senator tells Reason.

A decade ago, it was easy to believe US identity was a settled question. Now, as our institutions acquiesce to barbarism, the US’s promise has been traded for chaos

COMMENT: As the US president coins a new term for the growing army of critics speaking out about his tariffs policy, Sean O’Grady says that ‘Panicans’ everywhere should rise up and wear the label with pride – ideally, on red baseball caps

Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in their own Land, which explored the motivations and resentments of working-class conservatives in Louisiana, was named one of six books to help understand Donald Trump’s win by the New York Times when he was first elected president, in 2016. (Another was Hillbilly Elegy, by now…

Whether among executives, lobbyists or university trustees, an elite backlash to the Trump administration won’t. Only working people can resist Trump

His failure in Wisconsin could provide a model for the defeatist Democrats. Instead of fearing him, they should make him a symbol

During confirmation hearings, Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Israel, told senators that he would “respect and represent the President,” not his own views. But the Baptist minister’s views on the Middle East – and their religious roots – came through.