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Viewfinder: Trump Supporters Take Selfies at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting

Skippy Thomas, a member of the National Rifle Association, takes a selfie with President Donald Trump in the background during the NRA's annual meeting at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 26th, 2019.

Pacific Standard Staff

President Donald Trump hugs the United States flag during CPAC 2019 on March 2nd, 2019.

Ideas

‘Impeachment Will Help Republicans’ and Other Myths

As Democrats weigh the benefits of impeachment following the release of the Mueller report, here's what history says about the arguments for or against proceeding.

Seth Masket

News in Brief

Talking Barr’s Redactions of the Mueller Report With the ‘Yoda of Official Secrecy’

The attorney general will add four categories of redactions to the special counsel's report on Trump campaign collusion with Russia. Can each be challenged?

Jack Denton

Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and members of the alt-right march down East Market Street toward Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally on August 12th, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ideas

The Far Right Doesn’t Want to Beat the Left; It Wants to Exterminate It

Every right-wing authoritarian movement has one thing in common: a brutal clampdown on any persons or groups who promote equality.

Noah Berlatsky

Undocumented immigrants leave a U.S. federal court in shackles on June 11th, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.

Sanctuary Cities Don’t Need to Be Worried About Released Immigrants

As President Trump considers releasing detained immigrants in sanctuary cities, advocates remind residents that the vast majority of detainees have not committed any crime more serious than crossing the border.

Jack Herrera

Julian Assange waves to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates' Court on April 11th, 2019, in London, England.

Ideas

Why Trump Reversed Himself on WikiLeaks

Yesterday's indictment of Julian Assange had as much to do with the precedent of the Obama administration as Trump's anti-press zeal.

Alexander Sammon

President Trump Signs Two Executive Orders to Speed Approval of Fossil Fuel Projects

In two new executive orders, Trump seeks to expand executive power over pipelines and make it harder for states to block oil and gas projects.

Leah Dunlevy

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at a campaign rally in Fairfield, Iowa, on April 6th, 2019.

News in Brief

Bernie Says Immigration Threatens the Social Safety Net. Research Shows Otherwise.

The Vermont senator shares the same zero-sum mindset on immigration as his Republican counterparts, including Donald Trump.

Jack Herrera

Supporters wait in line before the start of a rally with President Donald Trump at the Van Andel Arena on March 28th, 2019, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

News in Brief

For Americans, Partisanship Trumps Values

We get upset when politicians from the other party act in ways that defy our moral values. When someone from our own party does it, we're not always so concerned.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

How to Circumvent the Electoral College and Enact a Popular Vote

Fourteen states have signed a law pledging their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, regardless of whether that candidate wins the state.

Alexander Sammon