Plus, Karoline Leavitt refuses to rule out arrest of Supreme Court judges, and more...
| The administration’s assault on colleges and universities is a key part of a larger right-wing project to reassert control over gatekeeping institutions. |
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RSVP Now: Resisting the Authoritarian Takeover |
| On May 14, TNR’s editor, Michael Tomasky, and staff writers Matt Ford, Timothy Noah, Tori Otten, and Greg Sargent will host the next in our series America in Crisis, live and livestreamed from the Atlas Performing Arts Center in D.C. With the new administration in place, this event will bring together influential political commentators with TNR’s most engaged readers to explore what we can do to fight back against Trump’s antidemocratic rampage. |
| RSVP before it sells out: |
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| The civil service was once a safe and supportive workplace. It’s now a menacing environment where fear and chaos are the order of the day. |
| Newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected Donald Trump’s attempts to take over Canada. |
| By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling |
| Donald Trump’s administration has come under serious fire since Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested. |
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| The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter. |
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| The White House press secretary is quietly warning the Supreme Court. |
| Sure, they’re contemplating a "baby bonus." But they’re also cutting funding for children’s health, reversing PFAS and lead pipe rules, eliminating food safety measures, and attacking vaccines. Call it two sides of the eugenicist coin. |
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Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. |
Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing "homegrowns" to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t "deportation." It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it. Will you help us continue to expose this authoritarian madness? |
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| Maryland lawmaker Chris Van Hollen is picking the good fight—and fighting the right way. |
| As Trump’s anger over his terrible polling numbers grows, a journalist explains why it’s so unnerving that Trump’s advisers are now actively deluding him about his disastrous reign. |
| By The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent |
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| An Arizona Democratic congresswoman shoved the Fox host’s talking points back in her face Tuesday night. Why can’t more Democrats do that? |
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