A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting
A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting It’s about to be a constitutional crisis, if it’s not already. And we’re only three weeks in. Buckle up. |
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With the federal workforce facing an onslaught by Trump and Elon Musk, its employees—and the populace it so dutifully protects—desperately need defenders. |
Trump is counting on his opposition’s deeply ingrained fear of being divisive to give him the room to break the country. So far he’s getting what he wants. |
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Trump won Michigan by around 80,000 votes—and urban Wayne County accounts for virtually all of it. Yes, the explanation starts with the Arab American vote. But it hardly ends there. |
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The markets haven’t freaked out about the president’s weird contention that he might renege on a portion of the national debt yet. But if he keeps talking about it—watch out. |
The once-independent agency has been forced to embrace a change of mission—serve the president’s exclusive interests, and carry out his revenge on the American people. |
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{{/if}} With the White House and Elon Musk’s DOGE working to dismantle the government, civil service employees are finding ways to push back. |
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in. |
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On February 12, we gathered influential political commentators determined to mitigate the imminent threats of a second Trump term, including Jared Bernstein, Jamie Raskin, Bennie Thompson, Pramila Jayapal, Olivia Troye, Mark Zaid, Greg Sargent, Michael Tomasky, and more. |
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