Trump Watch

Voters are increasingly calling “bullshit” on opposition tactics that prioritize institutional norms over populist antagonism.

Donald Trump ascended to the presidency for a second time by pledging to bring down the rising cost of groceries and housing, essentials that every American needs, but increasingly few find affordable. Then he flipped that promise on its head. Instead of putting the full weight of the presidency behind addressing economic insecurity, the president’s first year was a blatant exercise in how to turn corruption into a governing principle, enriching the already rich by extracting wealth from the same people bearing the brunt of rising costs.

Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.

Outbreaks across the South are just the “cost of doing business” for Trump 2.0.

Warsh’s record suggests commitment to class and personal self-interest, not a broader dedication to an intellectually consistent view of the public interest. 

Big Tech is driving up the costs of necessities—now and in the future.

The Revolving Door Project released a report cataloging the cataclysmic impact of Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” today. The report marks the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump creating the task force, which devastated the federal civil service and paved the way for Trump’s unprecedented imperial presidency.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.

Americans rang in 2025 with champagne. The Trump administration rang in a public health nightmare.

The Trump administration has been criminally negligent when it comes to disaster mitigation and response. Check out our interactive timelines documenting the White House’s pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty.

The Trump administration doesn’t need to formally eradicate FEMA to destroy it.

The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.

One of the defining characteristics of American life in the twenty-first century is its extreme imbalance: excess amid scarcity. While the world teems with a surplus of disposable consumer goods, essentials like healthcare, housing, education, and energy are prohibitively expensive. Much of this imbalance is by design. Powerful corporations profit from distorting public goods into private commodities, and individual and collective choices are replaced by corporate prescriptions that do not meet our needs. This dynamic is particularly visible in the tech industry forcing artificial intelligence into every corner of our lives, regardless of whether it is wanted.

For far too long, the wealthy and powerful faced no consequences for even the most egregious acts. Working class Americans, doing their best to get by, are shown every day that they live in a country that bends over backwards to serve a privileged few.

Recent history reveals a better way to politicize public health.