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Avoid the Trump Trap

From Maduro to Iran to the Fed, reflexive resistance risks turning the left into defenders of an indefensible status quo. Don't fall for it, Corbin Trent argues

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Corbin Trent, A Fight Worth Having, and The Ink
Jan 13, 2026
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Is your autocrat’s enemy your friend?

Donald Trump’s accelerating pressure campaign to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell came to a head this weekend with Powell’s startling video announcement that the Department of Justice had served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas and was threatening a criminal indictment centering on Powell’s alleged mismana…

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