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· 4mo ago

Whatever Trump Does Is Corrupt, but the Slush Fund Is the Worst of All https://newrepublic.com/article/210882/trump-corrupt-january-6-slush-fund-worst?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Politics @politics-thenewrepublic

Whatever Trump Does Is Corrupt, but the Slush Fund Is the Worst of All

The president and the acting attorney general have pulled a heist on the American people. We can’t let it disappear into the pile of Trump outrages that benumb us.

· 4mo ago

Trump Voter Says He Gets Now How Hitler Could “Brainwash” Millions https://newrepublic.com/post/210557/donald-trump-voter-gets-how-hitler-brainwash-millions?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Trump Voter Says He Gets Now How Hitler Could “Brainwash” Millions

The man, who said he voted for Donald Trump three times, called the president a “liar” and a “con man.”

· 3mo ago

It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool https://newrepublic.com/post/212987/trump-reflecting-pool-damage-driving-tire-marks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool

The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a different story is emerging.

· 6mo ago

Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Pro-Palestine Students
https://newrepublic.com/post/209009/donald-trump-fires-judges-blocked-deportations-pro-palestine-students?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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· 3mo ago

Mitch McConnell’s Home Gets a Makeover While He’s in the Hospital https://newrepublic.com/post/212973/mitch-mcconnell-home-renovation-hospital?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Mitch McConnell’s Home Gets a Makeover While He’s in the Hospital

Who ordered a renovation of the Kentucky senator’s home?

· 2mo ago

RFK Jr. Halts Medicaid Funds to Blue States Despite No Proof of Fraud https://newrepublic.com/post/213335/rfk-jr-halts-medicaid-funds-california-minnesota-no-proof-fraud?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

RFK Jr. Halts Medicaid Funds to Blue States Despite No Proof of Fraud

The Trump administration is yanking Medicaid payments for California and Minnesota.

· 1w ago

Trump Uses Decades-Old Law to Collect Flock Data Nationwide https://newrepublic.com/post/216032/trump-flock-data-national-surveillance-database?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The New Republic @the-new-republic-thenewrepublic

Trump Uses Decades-Old Law to Collect Flock Data Nationwide

The Trump administration is planning to build a national surveillance database using the Flock cameras in your neighborhood.

· 2w ago

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MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go https://newrepublic.com/post/215697/maga-freedom-fest-kid-rock-canceled?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go

The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.

· 2mo ago

Trump Tries to Pause His Own BBC Lawsuit to Hide His Finances https://newrepublic.com/post/214034/trump-tries-pause-bbc-lawsuit-hide-finances?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Trump Tries to Pause His Own BBC Lawsuit to Hide His Finances

The president’s lawsuit against the BBC is blowing up in his face.

· 2mo ago

Trump Confirms He’s Hoarding Billions From Venezuelan Oil https://newrepublic.com/post/213566/trump-hoarding-billions-venezuelan-oil?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Trump Confirms He’s Hoarding Billions From Venezuelan Oil

President Trump is refusing to say what happened to the billions his administration took from Venezuelan oil sales.

· 4mo ago

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Wants Us to Think He’s Building a God https://newrepublic.com/article/211735/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-wants-us-think-he-building-god?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Climate @climate-thenewrepublic

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Wants Us to Think He’s Building a God

He acts like he has special knowledge about how best to regulate his company. But he’s a CEO like any CEO, and he wants what all CEOs want: to write his own rules.

· 2mo ago

Todd Blanche Admits Trump’s Slush Fund Isn’t Dead After All https://newrepublic.com/post/213331/todd-blanche-donald-trump-slush-fund-not-dead?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Todd Blanche Admits Trump’s Slush Fund Still Isn’t Dead

Todd Blanche Admits Trump’s Slush Fund Still Isn’t Dead

Blanche made the admission in written answers to senators, despite a judge throwing out the case on which the slush fund was based.

· 5mo ago

Trump “Not in a Rush” to End Hugely Unpopular War as Gas Costs Surge
https://newrepublic.com/post/210272/donald-trump-not-in-rush-end-iran-war-gas-costs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump “Not in a Rush” to End Hugely Unpopular War as Gas Costs Surge

I guess it’s fine for Donald Trump if Americans struggle?

· 2mo ago

Trump Says We’ll Never Know Truth of Iran Girls’ School Strike (We Do) https://newrepublic.com/post/213102/donald-trump-never-know-truth-iran-girls-school-strike?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Trump Says We May Never Know Truth of Iran Girls’ School Strike

Trump Says We May Never Know Truth of Iran Girls’ School Strike

(We do.)

· 2w ago

U.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America https://newrepublic.com/post/215843/us-ally-warns-no-longer-trust-donald-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The New Republic @the-new-republic-thenewrepublic

U.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America

A leaked document exposed Belgium’s warning.

· 6mo ago

Minnesota Investigates ICE Over Possible Kidnapping of American
https://newrepublic.com/post/209008/minnesota-investigates-ice-possible-kidnapping-american?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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· 5mo ago

Alabama Republicans Pass Last-Minute Gerrymander in Middle of Election
https://newrepublic.com/post/210203/alabama-republicans-gerrymander-map-election?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Alabama Republicans Pass Last-Minute Gerrymander in Middle of Election

Republicans want to stop an active election so they can redraw the maps and strip Black political power.

· 4w ago

Trump’s EPA Will Let Power Plants Poison Our Air as Much as They Want https://newrepublic.com/post/215374/donald-trump-epa-power-plants-pollution?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Trump’s EPA to Let Power Plants Poison Our Air as They See Fit

Trump’s EPA to Let Power Plants Poison Our Air as They See Fit

Donald Trump’s administration is removing limits on how much pollution the power sector can emit.

· 2mo ago

Four Republicans Join All Democrats to Try to Rein in Trump’s War https://newrepublic.com/post/213416/four-republicans-join-democrats-house-trump-end-iran-war-powers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Four Republicans Join All Democrats to Order Trump to End Iran War

Four Republicans Join All Democrats to Order Trump to End Iran War

The House of Representatives has again passed a war powers resolution to try to rein in Trump.

· 2mo ago

Max Miller Defends Releasing Nude Photo of His Toddler https://newrepublic.com/post/213996/max-miller-defends-nude-photo-daughter?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Max Miller Says Nude Photo of His Toddler Wasn’t That Inappropriate

Max Miller Says Nude Photo of His Toddler Wasn’t That Inappropriate

The representative, accused of horrific abuse against his ex-wife and daughter, defended accidentally releasing the photo.

· 2mo ago

60 Minutes Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics https://newrepublic.com/post/213927/60-minutes-killed-story-epstein-shady-banking?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The New Republic @the-new-republic-thenewrepublic

60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein’s Shady Bank Transactions

60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein’s Shady Bank Transactions

Senator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, and the story never aired.

· 5mo ago

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The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan https://newrepublic.com/article/209432/justice-department-klan-splc-suit?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Politics @politics-thenewrepublic

The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan

The administration’s vindictive targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center is yet another mask-off moment.

· 2mo ago

The Case for Sticking With French Theory https://newrepublic.com/article/213858/case-french-theory-emily-eakin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Culture @culture-thenewrepublic

The Case for Sticking With French Theory

As a student, Emily Eakin was fascinated by Derrida, Foucault, and their peers but found them incompatible with the real world. Did she give up too soon?

· 5mo ago

People Are Calling 911 for Help—Only to End Up in ICE’s Clutches
https://newrepublic.com/post/210244/people-call-911-ice-arrest?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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People Are Calling 911—Only to End Up in ICE’s Clutches

People Are Calling 911—Only to End Up in ICE’s Clutches

Local law enforcement agencies are cooperating with Donald Trump.

· 5mo ago

Trump Blocked From Iran War Plans After Screaming at Aides for Hours
https://newrepublic.com/post/209262/donald-trump-iran-war-plans-screaming-aides?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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· 6mo ago

Trump Sec. Gets Humiliating Fact-Check About Closing Forest Service
https://newrepublic.com/post/209010/donald-trump-secretary-brooke-rollins-fact-check-closing-forest-service?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump Sec. Gets Humiliating Fact-Check About Closing Forest Service

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins insisted that no Forest Service offices in northern Michigan were closing.

· 5mo ago

Trump’s Rage at Pope Backfires as Poll Reveals He’s Losing Fight Badly
https://newrepublic.com/article/210049/trump-rage-pope-backfires-poll-reveals-he-losing-fight-badly?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump Spirals as Surprise Poll Shows Attacks on Pope Backfiring Badly

Trump Spirals as Surprise Poll Shows Attacks on Pope Backfiring Badly

As Trump keeps attacking Pope Leo, a scholar of religion explains how MAGA persuaded Trump that he’s a more hallowed figure than the pope—and why that’s resulting in a total fiasco for him.

· 3mo ago

Trump Blurts Out Vile Scheme to Rig Midterms as Polls Take Brutal Turn https://newrepublic.com/article/212652/trump-blurts-vile-scheme-rig-midterms-polls-take-brutal-turn?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent @the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent-thenewrepublic

Trump Blurts Out Vile Scheme to Rig Midterms as Polls Take Brutal Turn

As new polling shows Trump in abysmal shape across six key Senate battlegrounds, MS NOW’s Steve Benen explains how he’s already using government resources to try to boost GOP candidates.

· 5mo ago

ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job
https://newrepublic.com/post/209615/ice-agent-killed-renee-good-minneapolis-new-job?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job

Jonathan Ross is still avoiding accountability months after he shot and killed Renee Good.

· 2mo ago

Trump Is About to Send Seniors’ Drug Costs Surging https://newrepublic.com/post/213660/donald-trump-medicare-subsidies-seniors-drug-prices?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Trump Is About to Send Seniors’ Drug Costs Surging

Donald Trump is planning to end a Medicare subsidy program.

· 3mo ago

Republicans Blew Millions on an Anti-Woke Program. It’s Failing Badly. https://newrepublic.com/post/212911/republicans-million-anti-woke-program-west-virginia-failing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Republicans Blew Millions on an Anti-Woke Program. It’s Failing Badly.

Only one person has signed up for the program at West Virginia University.

· 5mo ago

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DeSantis Unveils New, Almost Entirely Red Florida Map https://newrepublic.com/post/209542/desantis-unveils-new-red-florida-map-congress?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The New Republic @the-new-republic-thenewrepublic

Florida Unveils Voting Map to Help Republicans—But It Could Backfire

Florida Unveils Voting Map to Help Republicans—But It Could Backfire

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has revealed an aggressively gerrymandered congressional map ahead of the midterms.

· 6mo ago

Nearly 100 Arrested After Demanding Democrats Block Bombs to Israel
https://newrepublic.com/post/209013/protest-schumer-gillibrand-democrats-block-israel-bombs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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· 2mo ago

Fetterman Helps Republicans Block Effort to End Trump’s Iran War https://newrepublic.com/post/213795/fetterman-helps-republicans-block-trump-iran-war-powers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Fetterman Helps Republicans Block Effort to End Trump’s Iran War

Democratic Senator John Fetterman joined Republicans to sink the Iran war powers resolution.

· 2mo ago

Todd Blanche Sends Chilling Message to Every U.S. Attorney https://newrepublic.com/post/214032/todd-blanche-message-pirro-reflecting-pool-vandalism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Todd Blanche Sends Chilling Message to Every U.S. Attorney

The acting attorney general has some thoughts on Jeanine Pirro and that Reflecting Pool “vandalism” case.

· 5mo ago

FEMA Caught Blocking Grants to States That Didn’t Vote for Trump
https://newrepublic.com/post/210200/fema-block-grants-democratic-states?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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FEMA Caught Blocking Grants to States That Didn’t Vote for Trump

The Trump administration is doing everything it can to target Democratic states.

· 6mo ago

Trump Creepily Gawks at Married Woman in Front of His Grandson
https://newrepublic.com/post/209007/trump-gawks-married-woman-grandson?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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· 6mo ago

States Struggle With Fluoride Crisis Thanks to Trump’s Iran War
https://newrepublic.com/post/209011/states-fluoride-shortage-trump-iran-war?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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· 2mo ago

Spain Humiliates Trump After He Refuses to Get Out of Victory Photos https://newrepublic.com/post/213232/spain-donald-trump-refuses-get-out-victory-photos?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Spain Humiliates Trump After He Refuses to Get Out of Victory Photos

Donald Trump presented Spain’s World Cup team with the trophy ... and then refused to leave.

· 3mo ago

Former Wisconsin Judge Avoids Prison After Standing Up to ICE in Court https://newrepublic.com/post/212858/former-wisconsin-judge-dugan-avoids-prison-ice-immigrant-court?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Former Wisconsin Judge Avoids Prison After Standing Up to ICE in Court

Republicans tried to make an example out of Hannah Dugan. It didn’t work.

· 2mo ago

Mitch McConnell Still MIA Days Before Key August 3 Deadline https://newrepublic.com/post/213823/mitch-mcconnell-mia-august-3-deadline?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

Mitch McConnell Still MIA Days Before Key August 3 Deadline

Senator Mitch McConnell remains missing as a major deadline for his potential replacement approaches.

· 5mo ago

Trump’s New Navy Secretary Once Asked for KKK Hood With Slits for Eyes
https://newrepublic.com/post/209442/trump-navy-secretary-cao-kkk-hood-slits-eyes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump’s New Navy Secretary Once Asked for KKK Hood With Slits for Eyes

Hung Cao has a long history of deranged remarks.

· 2w ago

“He Can’t Be Trusted”: Trump’s Most Loyal Front-Row Fans Turn on Him https://newrepublic.com/post/215901/donald-trump-loyal-front-row-fans-turn-on-him?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Breaking News @breaking-news-thenewrepublic

“He Can’t Be Trusted”: Trump’s Most Loyal Front-Row Fans Turn on Him

Donald Trump is losing the people who regularly sit in the front row at his rallies.

· 1mo ago

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USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing Issue https://newrepublic.com/post/215342/usps-tries-rejecting-county-ballot-spacing-issue?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into The New Republic @the-new-republic-thenewrepublic

USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing Issue

The postal service tried to reject an entire ballot over an issue with the envelope—a dark sign of the chaos that could unfold before November’s elections.

· 6mo ago

JD Vance Is on a Hell of a Losing Streak
https://newrepublic.com/article/209015/jd-vance-hungary-iran-losing-streak?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-thenewrepublic