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May 9, 2025

 

Here’s the Deranged MAGA Propaganda Coming to Voice of America

Kari Lake announced a deal to feed content from One America News, the pro-Trump network, to the government-funded international news outlet. It won’t cost anything—except the truth.

By Ross Rosenfeld

 

 

Working America: Front Porch Focus Group

Sponsored by Working America, AFL-CIO

We heard from folks in competitive Republican districts—and they’re not too sure about our economic future.

Read the report
 

The Trump Atrocity Happening in Plain Sight on the Media’s Watch

The president’s demolition of the lifesaving Bush-era HIV/AIDS program will kill tens of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Why does nobody care?

By James North

 

Forget Fertility Rates—Here’s What a Baby Bonus Would Mean for Poverty

In theory, "pronatalist" policies could help alleviate child poverty—but only if they’re paired with other efforts to strengthen the social safety net.

By Grace Segers

 

Next Week: 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 Washington, D.C.

 

With Trump’s antidemocratic rampage underway, this event will bring together influential political figures and commentators to explore what we can do to fight back. Guests will include Senator Amy Klobuchar; Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees; Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co–executive director of the Indivisible Project; Representative ​​Raja Krishnamoorthi; Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward; Representative Veronica Escobar, and many more.

RSVP before it sells out:

In-person tickets
 

AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other artificial-intelligence executives are vague about what AI can do for the government. They’re very specific about what the government can do for them.

By Kate Aronoff

 

Mallory McMorrow Wants Power—and Yes, That Is a Good Thing

The star Michigan state senator felt powerless when Donald Trump first won. Now she wants to flip that script—by winning a U.S. Senate seat.

By Joe Lapointe

 

Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is … Really Big and Really Dumb

The president is peddling hot nonsense on what tariffs can do for America—and the person he’s conned the most seems to be himself.

By Michael Tomasky

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The Big Winner of Trump’s Much-Hyped Trade Deal Is ... Not the U.S.

It’s a great day to be an Anglophile. But the global economy is still on the verge of a ruinous trade war.

By Timothy Noah

 

Trump Gives China Major Concession on Tariffs Before Talks Even Begin

Donald Trump is so desperate to get a trade deal with China that he’s already backing down.

By Malcolm Ferguson

 

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?

Yes, I’ll help!
 

We Just Got a New Pope—and MAGA Is Already Losing Its Mind

MAGA is in full meltdown mode over the new pope’s tweets.

By Edith Olmsted

 

Trump Picks Most Unhinged Fox News Host for Top D.C. Job

Trump has nominated Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for D.C. Here are some of the most deranged things she’s said.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

MAGA Rage Erupts as New Pope’s Views of Trump Prove Unexpectedly Harsh

As MAGA personalities fume about the newly elected pope’s indictments of Trump and JD Vance, a political theorist steeped in the post-liberal right decodes why Trumpism is so inimical to Catholic teaching.

By The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

 
 
 

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Twice a week, Deep State Radio takes you on a smart, direct, and sometimes hilarious tour of the inner workings of American power and the impact of our leaders on the world. Hosted by David Rothkopf with top experts, this podcast delivers the unvarnished perspectives others shy away from.

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