A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting
A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting | It’s a world exploding with crises waiting to happen. Donald Trump has made us less prepared for every one of them. |
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| 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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| 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. |
| The accused assassin in Minnesota may have seen himself as an entrepreneurial missionary, influenced by a theology of “violent prayer” and spiritual war. |
| The Republican budget bill is stuffed with terrible policies, but Democrats have been largely silent on perhaps its most destructive component. |
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| The turnout wasn’t anything like what he wanted—and not everyone who showed up was even a fan of his. |
| 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. |
| This is where climate denial meets indifference to worker safety. |
| Is opposition to “forever wars” really a core pillar of MAGA Republicanism? Looks like we’re about to find out. |
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| 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. |
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