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The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t "Signalgate"

The national security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.

By Alex Shephard

 

 

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The Supreme Court Must Rescue Itself From Its Own Madness

To stand up to Trump’s lawless power grabs, the Roberts court must disavow its own mirror-image corruptions. It may yet feel obliged to do just that.

By Simon Lazarus

 

Trump Is Changing the Rural Broadband Rules. Guess Who May Benefit?

Biden threw billions at rural broadband, but the process was slow as molasses. Trump may speed it up—while lining the pockets of his co-president.

By Paul Waldman

 
 

Trump’s Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is

Kash Patel? Pam Bondi? Stephen Miller? No, no, and no. For now, the winner of this dubious title, and serial betrayer of his old principles, is the guy in Foggy Bottom.

By Greg Sargent

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Trump’s Trade War on Canada Could Devastate Northern Border States

Trump’s tariff plans look to have major consequences for the state economies heavily intertwined with their Canadian neighbors.

By Grace Segers

 

Trump’s Proudly Incompetent Cabinet

Trump’s Cabinet members should be deeply embarrassed by the inclusion of a prominent journalist in their private war chat. But these MAGA bozos have other ideas.

By Alex Shephard

 
 

Trump’s "Freedom Cities" Are a Devious Scam

The president and his Silicon Valley oligarch pals want to bring back the bad old "company towns" of yesteryear with a fresh coat of modern cryptofascist varnish.

By J.J. Anselmi

 

Democrats: Send in the Shadow Cabinet!

To fight Trump, the party needs unconventional thinking and a more aggressive footing in the information wars. Our friends across the pond have a good idea that they can steal.

By Michael Tomasky

 

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United

The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops.

By Matt Ford

 
 

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