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The cuts in the GOP bill were authored by congressmembers who not only attended college, but in many cases went to Ivy League schools and hold advanced degrees. https://trib.al/Qy2d1Nd

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“Trump is failing according to his own account. So where does this go? It just seems like a deeply contradictory position.” https://trib.al/dgVTuSD

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President Trump just awarded Emil Bove, his personal lawyer (who unsuccessfully defended him in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial), with a nomination for a lifetime appointment. https://trib.al/X3lE4jU

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Scott Pelley's commencement address at Wake Forest University—a fairly conventional call for civic engagement and democratic values—has generated hysteria in MAGA world. When you’re running the exact authoritarian playbook Pelley described, any critique is a threat. https://trib.al/TC1weRZ

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The charismatic 38-year-old state senator from Michigan is less experienced than some primary rivals, but has a style resembling that of AOC—her youth, her make-no-apologies speaking style, and her sharp view of Trump.

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This is another sign of Trump’s inability to produce evidence of his new pet conspiracy theory about huge masses of “white farmers” being killed in racial pogroms. https://trib.al/OG392Mp

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It’s highly unusual for judges to use even one exclamation point in their rulings. Leon used a total of 26. https://trib.al/DHzg0Tu

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Scott Pelley's commencement address at Wake Forest University—a fairly conventional call for civic engagement and democratic values—has generated hysteria in MAGA world. When you’re running the exact authoritarian playbook Pelley described, any critique is a threat. https://trib.al/TC1weRZ

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“Diversity is now described as ‘illegal.’ Equity is to be shunned. Inclusion is a dirty word. This is an old playbook, my friends.” https://trib.al/Tzl810i

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The remaining 800 employees at the federally funded, award-winning newsroom expect to receive termination notices within the week. Next for VOA, once the last employees are cleared out? Partnering with the pro-Trump One America News Network. https://trib.al/Z6oS85L

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The legal reasoning on this point is unbelievably sloppy—even for this court. https://trib.al/bqAYbrM

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Wall Street is beginning to understand the president’s roller-coaster foreign trade decisions with the help of a trendy acronym: TACO. “Trump Always Chickens Out.” https://trib.al/o1Oxe1J

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Nebraska Rep. was booed relentlessly at his own town hall as he admitted to a roomful of constituents he'd simply not read some parts of Trump’s big, beautiful budget bill. “You voted for all of it!” someone shouted. https://trib.al/DMFysQ9

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“I think we really just need to listen to Trump, Putin, the Kremlin, and our [National Security Council] folks,” the Tennessee Rep. said. A Republican suggesting that we defer to the intelligence of the Kremlin...yet another example of how far the party has departed from its core beliefs.

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President Trump—who campaigned on a pledge to end the war within days of returning to the White House—told reporters Wednesday that he would circle back within 2 weeks with an answer as to whether Putin is even interested in ending the conflict. https://trib.al/5cPt09E

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Wall Street is beginning to understand the president’s roller-coaster foreign trade decisions with the help of a trendy acronym: TACO. “Trump Always Chickens Out.” https://trib.al/7t0ikjc

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Sec. McMahon is literally threatening to withhold federal funding from universities that don’t align with Donald Trump: “Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they’re abiding by the laws and ... what the administration is trying to accomplish." https://trib.al/PxRtfKj

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“Diversity is now described as ‘illegal.’ Equity is to be shunned. Inclusion is a dirty word. This is an old playbook, my friends.” https://trib.al/BUDJaZT

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"Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power ... With that done, power can rewrite history with grotesque, false narratives. They can make criminals heroes and heroes criminals." https://trib.al/PW0r32U

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“Apprenticeships, electricians, plumbers—we need more of those in our country, and less LGBTQ graduate majors from Harvard University,” Leavitt told Fox News. In reality, our country will have less health research from Harvard (to the tune of $1 billion). https://trib.al/nwGd7LG

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Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood was booed relentlessly at his own town hall as he admitted to a roomful of constituents he'd simply not read some parts of Trump’s big, beautiful budget bill. “You voted for all of it!” someone shouted. https://trib.al/vNIZNRX

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Trump is once again begging Canada to become the 51st state—this time, "to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System!" Canada already agreed in 2022 to pour nearly $30B into modernizing the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a joint air defense system.

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It seems ICE is intent on showing force in the community. “It feels like there’s something different going on that is deeply troubling. The covering of faces and the level of escalation of use of force in these encounters, that feels like there has been a permissiveness.” https://trib.al/ebHHgqs

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Private, plainclothes security personnel dragged a woman from a town hall for interrupting the moderator. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent—but who gets deputized to do what. Published February 25, 2025. https://trib.al/FWwBs7J

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The “60 Minutes” correspondent never mentioned Trump by name, but his call to defend democratic institutions was apparently too much for the MAGA crowd to handle. https://trib.al/VTBQHgh

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Donald Trump has a five-step plan to keep Republican control of the House of Representatives in 2026. https://trib.al/iJ1quFZ

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“Diversity is now described as ‘illegal.’ Equity is to be shunned. Inclusion is a dirty word. This is an old playbook, my friends.” https://trib.al/BUDJaZT

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Hegseth’s personal lawyer was tasked with overseeing an investigation into a series of Pentagon leaks... Then he used a warrantless wiretap to find classified documents, leaving White House advisers shocked. https://trib.al/QsRBm08

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A federal judge lambasted the Trump administration for “manufacturing the very chaos they decry.” This comes after the DHS deported 6 men to South Sudan in a clear violation of Murphy's previous preliminary injunction. https://trib.al/Tux1Li7

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“The tariffs don’t do anything. They’re not bringing countries to the negotiating table.” https://trib.al/JTinJNV

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The not-so-coded message is that the only victims of mass historical crimes who exist or merit our attention are white victims of nonwhites. All the rest will be summarily erased as matters of concern to us. https://trib.al/AwoJrmx

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National missile defense is the longest-running scam in the history of the Department of Defense. Musk didn’t invent it, but he’s about to get a whole lot richer by perpetuating it. https://trib.al/XcrRiI8

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“It’s unsettling at times.” The defense secretary’s senior advisers are falling further apart, causing rifts and scandals attracting the ire of the White House—despite attempts to reset Hegseth’s team. https://trib.al/cAB2bNK

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Pete Hegseth’s lawyer suggested that the Pentagon may have fired three of the defense secretary’s top aides last month as the result of an illegal wiretap https://trib.al/d7mP0U1

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Musk’s political foray has also hit Tesla in its key demographics, affecting purchasing options for the carmaker’s historically liberal and environmentally conscious consumer base. https://trib.al/sanNmlO

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One of the GOP’s most dim-witted senators is leaving Capitol Hill to run for governor in Alabama. He has made national headlines for white nationalism, lying about his dad getting bronze stars in WWI, pursuing control of the Panama Canal, and spreading vaccine misinformation in defense of RFK Jr.

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“Trump and MAGA are pushing this nostalgia for an empowered worker... yet across the board, they’re doing things like weakening worker protections.” https://trib.al/Y8UVDJF

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The president is escalating his war against Harvard, seeking to cut all remaining federal ties to the university—including about $100M in government contracts. https://trib.al/PSaHH1n

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President Trump is resorting to vague threats against Vladimir Putin...calling the situation "REALLY BAD.” Russian state television found it laughable, with one host asking, “Why would we stop? The enemy is strong and cunning, and we are winning.” https://trib.al/BRg7QJk

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Granted humanitarian permission to enter the U.S. from Mexico in 2023, the child is receiving treatment for a rare bowel condition. But last month, the family received a notice telling them to leave the country. https://trib.al/3UtoURg

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The president is escalating his war against Harvard, seeking to cut all remaining federal ties to the university—including about $100M in government contracts. https://trib.al/PSaHH1n

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Marxists of the ’40s may have failed to convert the working class, but their ’80s successors didn’t even attempt. As conservatives from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump tore away at the legacies of the New Deal and the Great Society, American Marxism entered an insular phase. https://trib.al/PUS0OfD

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The not-so-coded message is that the only victims of mass historical crimes who exist or merit our attention are white victims of nonwhites. https://trib.al/ARni4TR

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“The tariffs don’t do anything. They’re not bringing countries to the negotiating table.” https://trib.al/GifLk1H

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The White House was reportedly shocked when Hegseth’s personal lawyer—tasked with overseeing an investigation into a series of Pentagon leaks—told them a warrantless wiretap was used to find classified documents on the phone of Hegseth’s then–senior adviser Dan Caldwell. https://trib.al/zbhUvrD

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I wrote about 2028 litmus tests newrepublic.com/post/195644/...

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On the pod, @monicapotts.bsky.social takes apart a core contradiction behind Trump's tariffs: He says he wants to restore good US manufacturing jobs, but gutting unions, worker safety regs and social insurance will do the opposite. Some great points here, listen: newrepublic.com/article/1957...

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New Column: Seriously? Subpoenas over the autopen???? newrepublic.com/article/1957... via @newrepublic.com

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Marcel Ophuls, RIP. In March I drew on his “The Sorrow and the Pity,” to understand American leaders’ silence on Trump. Ophuls taught us cowardice is the norm. “I think you could only have joined the Resistance,” says one former member, “if you were maladjusted.” newrepublic.com/article/1931...

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