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June 16, 2021

Republicans Are on the Brink of Embracing the Capitol Rioters

The party once freely condemned the would-be insurrectionists who attempted to waylay democracy. You’d hardly know it now.

by Matt Ford

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What Does Progressive Democrats’ “No Climate, No Deal” Threat Actually Mean?

The next time Democrats get a chance to pass climate policy, the world could have already warmed by 1.5 degrees Celsius.

by Kate Aronoff

A Trump Memoir Would Be a Huge Seller, but No Major Publisher Wants to Buy It

The big publishing houses routinely push out political books that are less than truthful, but the former president’s lies seem to be a bridge too far.

by Alex Shephard

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ICYMI: Make Vladimir Putin Boring Again

Biden’s meeting with the Russian president is the perfect opportunity to shrink Russia’s outsize significance in American politics.

by Michael Kimmage, Matthew Rojansky

From the Archives: The Darker Story Just Outside the Lens of Framing Britney Spears

The documentary and #FreeBritney movement treat the pop star’s conservatorship as strange and exceptional. The truth is much more troubling.

by Sara Luterman

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