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“…Warning of an overbearing attitude by Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg in the face of the events in the United States – and the suspension of Donald Trump’s accounts on that company’s platforms – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that it is important to create alternative media as a counterweight to the actions of executives from social networks and traditional media. In answering a question, related to what happened in the neighboring country, he said that his government will support the alternative media, to guarantee the people the right to information, in the face o...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? On Sunday, Donald Trump backed down from his previous threat to veto a measure that secured $900 billion in pandemic relief while also funding the federal government until next September. With his delayed signing of the measure, Trump once again showed himself to be a blowhard who is quick to make loud ...

Michelle Goldberg: Just how dangerous was Trump? Trump’s ability to envelop his followers in a cocoon of lies is unparalleled. FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump talks on a phone call with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, applaud in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said the administration removed Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a...

Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, there’s been an argument on the left over the sort of threat he poses. The American left’s most famous figures — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky — saw Trump as an authoritarian who could, if re-elected, destroy American democracy for good. But another strain of left opinion viewed Trump’s fascistic gestures as almost purely performative, and believed his clumsiness in marshaling state power made him less dangerous than, say, George W. Bush. A leading proponent of this posit...

Opinion: Just how dangerous was Trump? 15 Dec, 2020 09:30 PM 5 minutes to read President Donald Trump failed to bend the state to his will, but he still broke the country, writes Michelle Goldberg. Photo / Anna Moneymaker, The New York Times President Donald Trump failed to bend the state to his will, but he still broke the country, writes Michelle Goldberg. Photo / Anna Moneymaker, The New York Times New York Times OPINION: Throughout Donald Trump's presidency, there's been an argument on the left over the sort of threat he poses. The American left's most famous figures — Alexandr...