Ian Reifowitz
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How Trump’s Criminality Harkens Back To The Confederacy
Donald Trump broke new ground as the first president—the first American, period—to be impeached twice. However, thinking of him solely in those terms fails by a long shot to capture how truly historic his crimes were. → Read More
Obama Policies Fueled Our Economic Boom. Don't Let Trump And His Rich Man's Tax Cut Steal The Credit
Donald Trump is good at certain things. (Please take a deep breath and don’t throw your mouse or laptop at the wall.) I have not come to praise Mr. Lost ... → Read More
Did You Know Trump Made It Easier For Banks To Get Away With Screwing The Poor And Minorities?
Let’s start by talking about Republican economic philosophy. To be sure, popular vote loser Donald Trump has not played a part in developing that philoso... → Read More
Americans Repudiated Trumpian Racism
One and done. That phrase normally refers to college athletes leaving school after a year, but it also accurately describes what the American peopl... → Read More
Trump's Trickle-Down Rich Man's Tax Cut Is Simply Cruel To Many Middle-Class Families
Let’s start with the big picture. House Republican leaders just put out their tax plan—after, of course, negotiating only with other Republicans on its p... → Read More
Speeches Do Matter. But What Actions Are Flake, Corker, And McCain Willing To Take To Stop Trump?
And are others willing to join them? → Read More
Roy Moore Win Means GOP Civil War? Please. Rich Man's Tax Cut Shows What Really Unifies Republicans
Republican incumbents have been challenged and beaten by more extreme right-wingers. → Read More
The Timing Of Trump's Most White Nationalist Week Yet Is No Coincidence
The bait and switch: it’s one of the oldest tricks in politics—one of the oldest tricks in life. It’s a fundamentally dishonest ploy, and typically appea... → Read More
Right-Wing 'News' Sites Distract From Nightmare Trumpcare With Scary Fairy Tales Of Freedom Lost
Do you know people who like to watch horror movies? It’s puzzling why people want to have the bejeezus scared out of them, but to each his own. When it c... → Read More
Sorry, Zombie Trumpcare, But That's Not Freedom
Those stricken with cancer or other expensive illnesses will now be able to bask in the glow of their new freedoms. → Read More
The DNC Supporting Heath Mello Is Exactly What A 50-State Strategy Looks Like
Democrats need to elect people to local office who can, down the road, run for and win federal office. → Read More
Ian Reifowitz
Ian Reifowitz is the author of Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity (Potomac Books), and Imagining An Austrian Nation (East European Monographs/Columbia University Press). He is professor of Historical Studies at SUNY-Empire State College, and a Contributing Editor at Daily Kos. → Read More
I Am Incredibly Enthusiastic About Voting For Hillary Clinton. Here's Why.
I’m more than just ready for Hillary, I’m chomping at the bit to vote for her. → Read More
Remember How Republicans Like Trump Said Minimum Wage Increases Hurt The Economy And Cost Jobs?
Trump and his fellow Republicans have been wrong for a very long time. → Read More
Right-Wing Identity Politics: Rush Says Hillary Likes Muslims (Them) More than Gun Lovers (You)
When it comes to ginning up paranoid anger on the right, there is a difference between Rush Limbaugh and the average yahoo on the internet. Rush is much ... → Read More
'NRA vindicated as gun owner wins first American gold medal by exercising second amendment rights'
Apparently, that’s the only headline—and it would need to have appeared above the fold in every newspaper and media website around the country—that would have satisfied some people. Yes, this is now a thing. They are out there, complaining... → Read More
Scolding an attack on the Khans is easy. What'll they do when Trump says Hillary stole the election?
No one really expects Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, or any of the most prominent Republican elected officials to actually renounce their support for Donald Trump, let alone endorse Hillary Clinton for ... → Read More
Barack Obama has fundamentally transformed how we understand our national identity—for the better
This is Hillary Clinton’s time. We are rightfully going to spend the next 100 days talking mostly about her ideas, her record, and why we must elect her the next President of the United States. ... → Read More
It's still the economy, stupid—and that's a major plus for Hillary
Mercifully, Donald Trump is done with his convention, and what a shambletastic trainwreck it was. Now it’s Hillary Clinton’s turn. For all the other important themes on which this campaign will ... → Read More
Donald Trump is right about one thing: America is in grave danger
From him. Donald Trump is, right now, the greatest domestic threat to democracy our country has seen in our lifetimes. He lies about the crime rate in order to scare people into voting for a would-be Caesar who claims he will keep us safe. Trump not... → Read More