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July 19, 2024

 

The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA

Sunshine State Attorney General James Uthmeier is the real brains behind this notorious migrant detention camp in the Everglades. The more barbarities that emerge, the brighter his star will no doubt shine.

By Greg Sargent

 

The U.S. Immigration System’s New Dark Age

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ICE Is Making an Example of California

The repeated targeting of California workers is ​a deliberate spectacle, meant to show the rest of​ the country what to expect if we don’t fall in line.

By Melissa Gira Grant

 

This Might Be the Climate Wake-Up Call We’ve Been Waiting For

It can be challenging to connect climate change to people’s everyday lives. But there’s nothing abstract about heat waves and vanishing beaches.

By Liza Featherstone

 

The World Has Gone Haywire in Ari Aster’s Eddington

The director’s latest is a none-too-subtle depiction of Covid hysteria, racial justice protests, isolation, and the rottenness of social media—and how they combine to rip apart the fabric of a small town.

By Corey Atad

 

Donald Trump Is Trapped

Why the president’s usual tactics won’t end the Epstein scandal

By Matt Ford

 

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How the Billionaires Took Over

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

 

Nancy Mace Is the Future of the Republican Party

The South Carolina representative isn’t just a bigot and a laughingstock. She’s pioneering a media strategy that her GOP colleagues will follow.

By Grace Byron

 

Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State

How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it

By Samuel Moyn

 

Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too.

A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.

By Norman J. Ornstein

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