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We Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President

It’s a world exploding with crises waiting to happen. Donald Trump has made us less prepared for every one of them.

By David Rothkopf

 

Court Battles: A SCOTUS Update

With so many major decisions coming down—with implications for the role of religion in public life, efforts to restrict gender-affirming care, gerrymandering—not to mention the serious threat to our Constitution, there’s a lot to unpack. 

 

Join us on July 2 to analyze and discuss the end-of-session Supreme Court rulings and their legal and political ramifications.

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Is Trump About to Get His Own Iraq War?

Though portrayed as an anti-interventionist, he has no problem with war—as long as America gets something in return. Now he’s on the cusp of entangling the U.S. military in a conflict with Iran.

By Alex Shephard

 

Vance Boelter and the Rise of “Spiritual Warfare”

The accused assassin in Minnesota may have seen himself as an entrepreneurial missionary, influenced by a theology of “violent prayer” and spiritual war.

By Melissa Gira Grant

 

The Worst Part of Trump’s Big Bill Is Getting Almost No Attention

The Republican budget bill is stuffed with terrible policies, but Democrats have been largely silent on perhaps its most destructive component.

By Felipe De La Hoz

 

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Trump’s Military Parade Was a Pathetic Event for a Pathetic President

The turnout wasn’t anything like what he wanted—and not everyone who showed up was even a fan of his.

By Malcolm Ferguson

 

Exactly Why Is It that All American Presidents Dance to Bibi’s Tune?

Trump is the most pliable. But Netanyahu plays them all like cheap violins, despite being wrong about every important matter of the last 25 years.

By Eric Alterman

 

Trump’s Going to Weaken Outdoor Workers’ Heat Protections

This is where climate denial meets indifference to worker safety.

By Timothy Noah

 

Trump Is Suddenly Raging at Tucker Carlson—and MAGA Is Deeply Rattled

Is opposition to “forever wars” really a core pillar of MAGA Republicanism? Looks like we’re about to find out.

By Greg Sargent

 

How the Billionaires Took Over America

Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.

By Timothy Noah

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