A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting
A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting | The tariffs, the treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the DOGE moves—they’re all fundamentally about the same thing. |
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| The Roberts court just took a case that could entrench economic devastation and eviscerate the rule of law. But some key justices might be persuaded to step back from the brink. |
| The university’s last "finest hour" was more than 200 years ago. |
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RSVP Now: Resisting the Authoritarian Takeover |
| On May 14, TNR’s editor, Michael Tomasky, and staff writers Matt Ford, Timothy Noah, Tori Otten, and Greg Sargent will host the next in our series America in Crisis, live and livestreamed from the Atlas Performing Arts Center in D.C. With the new administration in place, this event will bring together influential political commentators with TNR’s most engaged readers to explore what we can do to fight back against Trump’s antidemocratic rampage. |
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| The Democratic leader said he’d take "extraordinary action" if the president disobeyed the Supreme Court. Well, Trump is doing exactly that by refusing to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador. |
| And they just might get away with it. |
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Trump’s Power Grab Has Begun. Help Us Expose It. |
Trump is breaking laws, purging watchdogs, and fast-tracking Project 2025—a plan to seize control and silence dissent. We’re following every move, but we need your support to keep going. This fight depends on people like you stepping up. Will you help us hold the line? |
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| The agency is being gutted at the same time that its revenue will determine how much longer the government can operate before defaulting on its debt. |
| Trumpworld claims Kilmar Abrego Garcia was in MS-13. But new information concerning the local cop who attested to that charge at the time raises fresh questions about it. |
| And they just might get away with it. |
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| Blame Hollywood’s "unwokening" and the extraordinary rise of right-wing podcasters on slop: intellectually bereft, emotionally sterile content that’s shaped by data and optimized for clicks. |
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| Some liberal pundits and politicians seem to think talking about immigration is a trap. They couldn’t be more wrong. |
| Forget the era of "Bernie Bros." Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew a record crowd in Los Angeles with a new message aimed squarely at Donald Trump and Elon Musk. |
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| On April 29, Norm Eisen and Jen Rubin of The Contrarian and Michael Tomasky of The New Republic will convene leading political, legal, and media minds for a major livestreamed event—assessing the authoritarian onslaught of Trump’s first 100 days. |
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