"This is the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close."
"So many people are predisposed to believe that Trump’s second term is as incompetent as his first term."
"[make] it clear he was eager for his people to make money off the private info only he knew."
"a tool to try to compel pledges of loyalty"
"It’s not economic policy, it’s not trade policy. It’s a political weapon designed to collapse our democracy."
"this week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won't understand how the tariffs make economic sense. That's because they don't. They aren't designed as economic policy. The..."
"the tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry."
"the people still have the power."
"Americans want the Democratic Party to stand up and fight and to take risks"
"Ultimately, popular mobilization is the only way to tame Trump."
"There’s not a single day that goes by, seemingly, without a court order reversing something blatantly illegal the White House has done."
"They are getting ready to destroy Social Security. Because the billionaires don't need it."