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Trump Has Handed Democrats a Fast Way to Build Some Working-Class Cred

The party can use the upcoming confirmation hearings to start to restore its class identity.

By Michael Tomasky

 

The "Cultural Christians" Are Taking Over the Conservative Movement

It’s the hot new thing on the right: dressing up in the trappings of Christianity without being burdened by all the fussy moral obligations of the faith.

By Elle Hardy

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Trump’s Plan to Turn the IRS Into a Grifter’s Paradise

Billy Long, an anti-tax huckster who doesn’t think the IRS should exist, makes his living promising to cut your tax bill 40 percent.

By Timothy Noah

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Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance

One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise.

By Greg Sargent

 

The Who’s Who on Kash Patel’s Crazy Enemies List

Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.

By Timothy Noah

 

ICYMI: Culture in the Next Trump Era

Revisit this conversation with The New Republic’s senior editor Alex Shephard, literary editor Laura Marsh, and contributing editor Osita Nwanevu, as well as n+1’s publisher, Mark Krotov, about the state of culture during Trump’s first term and what the next four years will hold for books and the arts in his second.

 

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Trumpworld Is Coming to Cancel Us All

The returning administration is full of free speech warriors—the kind that crush dissent and dissenters.

By Ross Rosenfeld

 

The Lives of Transgender Americans Are in the Supreme Court’s Hands

The high court appeared ready to deal a savage blow to the rights and livelihoods of a group that conservatives have spent the year targeting.

By Matt Ford

 
 

Biden Isn’t Done Fighting for Vulnerable Workers

Incredibly, it’s still legal to pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage. The Labor Department just moved to end the practice—daring Trump to undo it.

By Timothy Noah

 

We’re Entering a World Where the Rule of Law Is Turned Inside Out

Trump’s vengeance-minded administration will have no blunter instrument than a corrupted Department of Justice.

By Michael Tomasky

 
 

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