A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting
A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting The Post’s reporter described Trump’s weird town hall–dance party exactly as it was. Is the press starting to get it? |
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Donald Trump has pledged to remove all undocumented immigrants from the U.S.—but such a policy could have a slew of unintended consequences. |
Is a constant stream of undiluted fascist rhetoric and violent threats as bad as an unsecured email server? The political press can’t seem to puzzle it out. |
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There’s an arcane concept from the 1700s that underpins the attack on reproductive rights: the idea that women are incapable of making their own decisions. |
Harris had opportunities to break away from Trump. She squandered them. |
Cleta Mitchell sits atop a well-funded effort to purge voter rolls, muddy the election certification process, and promote sketchy voter registration software. |
The New Republic’s Greg Sargent, Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman, The Daily Beast’s Rotimi Adeoye, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters discuss the far-reaching implications of Project 2025 on democracy. |
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Campaigns spend billions on ads that change outcomes by a few points, if at all. Here’s where the money goes—and how it drives our political parties. |
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Republicans again are claiming that Trump does not actually mean to do all the crazy things he says. Do they think we’ve completely forgotten his four years in the White House? |
For 10 years, Fox has built a fictional informational cocoon around Donald Trump. Kamala Harris just burst it open. |
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Trump has vowed to launch a mass operation that could involve a force larger than the U.S. Army—and he promises that it will be a "bloody story." |
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