Recent articles
July 16, 2026
Calmes: Send Trump a message that the ICE killings have consequences
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) could block confirmation of the president's personal lawyer to be the next attorney general.
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July 9, 2026
Calmes: Trump decries 'communism' while his government takes ownership of companies
As former Republicans recently said, 'Trump is the closest we've ever come to communism.'
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July 2, 2026
Calmes: The Supreme Court failed the test posed by Trump
The conservative justices seem willfully obtuse about this executive's autocratic impulses.
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June 25, 2026
Calmes: Don't let Trump empower Todd Blanche, his modern-day Roy Cohn
Trump has created a small caucus of Republicans who feel they no longer owe him anything. Those lawmakers could block the president's attorney general nominee.
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June 18, 2026
Calmes: In the land of immigrants, Trump's refugee policy is overt racism
The administration has ushered in an overtly racist refugee policy. Our country should be better than this.
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June 11, 2026
Calmes: Trump is stealing Americans' faith in elections
The U.S.'s election systems are secure and fair, but that's harder for many to believe after a decade of lies from the president.
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June 4, 2026
Calmes: As we approach July 4, the capital is, fittingly, a mess
The adulatory banners and ego-driven construction projects hardly send the message appropriate for a people who renounced a king.
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May 28, 2026
Calmes: Enough navel-gazing, Democrats. Focus on the future
The party's advantage in these midterm elections is entirely thanks to Trump's and Republicans' own unpopularity.
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May 21, 2026
Calmes: Obama's strong terms curbed Iran. Trump struggles to secure even a weak deal
Since 2018, the president's actions have allowed Iran to rebuild its nuclear program. Now he is in a quagmire of his own creation.
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May 14, 2026
Calmes: Trump surrendered to China before he even landed there
The president has humiliated himself by sacrificing the U.S. economy and U.S. military readiness, handing victories to our geopolitical rival.
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May 7, 2026
Calmes: Trump's judicial nominees are fact-challenged and unfit
Wannabe federal judges are going along with the president's delusions for the sake of their careers. That should be disqualifying for a judge.
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April 30, 2026
Calmes: Americans aren't buying Trump's schtick anymore
A growing majority of Americans see Trump as a cartoonish caricature of himself. And that includes some of his own voters.
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April 23, 2026
Calmes: Even Trump's base doesn't believe him anymore
People who once stood behind the president's most favored conspiracy theories (birtherism) are now promoting theories in which he is the deceiver (Butler assassination attempt).
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