Tag: MAGA

Robert S. Becker on the deeper, still-unfolding costs of Trumpism beyond its constitutional violations.

The Iran debate is increasingly about the limits and costs of war—and the relationship between Washington’s interests and Israel’s priorities.

Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.

It's as if America was feeling so bad about itself that it had to replay the politics of self-mutilation, as if loaded with masochists.

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Under duress, wealth shares its spoils,/ But never forsakes its octopus coils.

As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?

That’s why disgruntled ‘24 voters endure the brokenness of the marriage made in hell—with now everyone’s life but the rich far more aggrieved than a year and a half ago, two years ago, or four years ago.

Either America the once beautiful (now shabby) is done for—or we all have front row seats to the greatest public train wreck since Richard Nixon.

The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?