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Steve Bannon

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court on August 20, 2020 in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

'Even Nixon Didn't Pardon His Cronies on the Way Out': Trump Grants Clemency to Bannon on Final Day of Presidency

"Amazingly, in his final 24 hours in office, Donald Trump found one more way to fail to live up to the ethical standard of Richard Nixon."

Jake Johnson ·

"I'd Put the Heads on Pikes": Former Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Calls for Beheading of Fauci and FBI Chief

"Former top White House aide is advocating for the murder of two government officials for being disloyal to Donald Trump."

Jake Johnson ·

"The real issue facing voters this election, according to pro-Trump conspiracy hawkers, is a laptop they claim belongs to Hunter Biden—and the QAnon-inspired theories that its contents avowedly bear out." (Photo: Rick Loomis/Getty Images)

How Our Politics Came Undone

Under Trump, our notion of shared truth has been shattered. In its place, monsters have swarmed.

Miles Kampf-Lassin ·

Quietly Signed Trump Order Denounced as 'Declaration of War' Against Federal Employees

The order sets up Trump's "cronies to burrow into permanent jobs in the U.S. government," said one critic. 

Julia Conley ·

Steve Bannon speaks before introducing Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore during a campaign event at Oak Hollow Farm on December 5, 2017 in Fairhope, Alabama.

Steve Bannon Arrested for Fraud Related to Role in Privatized Border Wall Scheme

The "We Build the Wall" campaign, led by Iraq War veteran Brian Kolfage, raised over $25 million.

Andrea Germanos ·

'Wednesday Night Massacre': Trump's New Right-Wing Propaganda Chief Initiates Purge of US-Funded Media Outlets

"The Breitbart crowd may be getting a taxpayer-funded global platform."

Julia Conley ·

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, seen here in Pisa at a meeting of the Tuscan University Movement in March, owes much of his success to the largesse of American donors, the authors argue.

The American dark money behind Europe's far right

From Britain to Hungary to Italy, the far right is on the rise. openDemocracy investigations over the past year have revealed the vital role of US Christian conservatives

Mary Fitzgerald ·

If we, the people, are serious about stopping Trump, we’ll take to the streets en masse to engage in substantial and unrelenting civil disobedience. (Photo: Fabrizio Spano / Flickr)

The Only Solution to America's Political Crisis

If we’re serious about popular sovereignty, we’ll stick around to "dismantle the corporate state" that birthed both Trump and the inauthentic opposition party

Paul Street ·

Steve Bannon's Archipelago and the Rise of the Global Populist Right

The burning flames of political climate change

John Feffer ·

The hollowing out of our democratic institutions, which cannot be blamed on Trump, makes tyranny inevitable.(Photo: Mr. Fish / Truthdig)

Creeping Toward Tyranny

Capitalists, throughout history, have backed fascism to thwart even the most tepid forms of socialism

Chris Hedges ·

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