Watch this conversation between The New Republic’s editor, Michael Tomasky, staff writers Matt Ford and Greg Sargent, and contributing editor Nina Burleigh as they digest the election results and the short- and long-term implications for our democracy, rights, and political institutions.
Donald Trump had a clear message to the Senate: Fall in line.
By Edith Olmsted
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On Thursday, the House passed a bill that would allow the president to wipe out any nonprofit organizations he opposes with the flick of a pen. He had bipartisan support.
The party has followed its affection for Beltway institutions and their stodgy norms to its logical endpoint—getting locked out of power. It’s time for a rethink.
The president-elect is strong-arming Capitol Hill Republicans to withdraw their support for a bipartisan measure that would protect journalists from government intrusion.
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