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August 5, 2025

Texas Republicans: It’s About Power, Yes—but Also Their Radical Agenda

Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws people hate and bloc...

The New Republic

August 5, 2025

House GOP Issues Subpoena for Epstein Files—With One Big Exception

House Republicans want answers on Jeffrey Epstein, but perhaps not the whole story.

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August 5, 2025

Trump Pulls Sneaky 180 After MAGA Rips Him on Disaster Aid Condition

The new requirement caused a massive outcry among Donald Trump’s otherwise most ardent supporters.

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August 5, 2025

“How Much Does It Cost for Fascism?“: MAGA Rep Torched in Town Hall

Representative Mike Flood was booed at nearly every turn by a crowd that soon started chanting, “Vote him out!”

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August 5, 2025

Democrats Have Found Their Message—and Trump Is Freaking Out

Zohran Mamdani and Elizabeth Warren know that this is the party’s best chance at taking back power in the 2026 midterm elections.

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August 5, 2025

How Do You Destroy a Country’s Reputation? Just Ask Benjamin Netanyahu

If we call what he did to Gaza genocide, then we must append this term to what he’s done to Israel: politicide.

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August 5, 2025

Laura Loomer’s New Influence Is Already Backfiring on Her

As Laura Loomer wields a terrifying amount of power, other far-right influencers are accusing her of being a “plant.”

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August 5, 2025

DHS Stoops to New Low in Racist Attack on Democratic Lawmaker

The Trump administration and MAGAworld are attacking Representative Delia Ramirez over a bad faith translation.

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August 5, 2025

Americans Hate Only One Person More Than Benjamin Netanyahu: Poll

A new Gallup poll reveals what Americans think about select U.S. and global “newsmakers.”

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August 5, 2025

Why So Many Key Institutions Have Folded Rather Than Challenge Trump

Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe a lot of these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing. Just remember: They were defeated once before.

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August 5, 2025

Conservative Host Grills Trump on Weak Claim of “Rigged” Jobs Report

Donald Trump faced an uncomfortable interview on his terrible economy.

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August 5, 2025

Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared

It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.

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August 5, 2025

Trump Celebrates as Pam Bondi’s DOJ Takes Revenge on Obama

The Justice Department is opening a grand jury probe into Obama officials—and Trump is cheering it on.

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August 4, 2025

It Sure Looks Like Republicans Edited This Birthday Photo of JD Vance

Well, this is awkward.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Pushes Desperate Defense for Firing BLS Chief Over Jobs Report

Donald Trump is getting ready to cook the books after an abysmal jobs report.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Weighs In on Sydney Sweeney as if He Has Nothing Better to Do

Why wouldn’t the U.S. president issue a lengthy statement on this?

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August 4, 2025

Damning Book Reveals Trump Talked About “P*ssy” With Epstein Friend

A new book reveals Donald Trump’s deeper (and disturbing) ties to Jeffrey Epstein’s network.\

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August 4, 2025

House Democrats Begin Push for U.S. to Recognize Palestine

As Israel continues to starve Gaza, some Democrats in Congress are pushing the Trump administration to recognize Palestine.

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August 4, 2025

Try to Make Any Sense of Trump’s Latest Bragging About Drug Prices

According to Donald Trump, drugmakers will pay you to get prescription drugs.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Finds a Brilliant New Way to Wreck the Tourism Industry

Donald Trump wants to charge people for the privilege of visiting the U.S.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Issues Wild Threat to States That Boycott Israel

Donald Trump continues to kiss up to Israel—and Americans will pay the price.

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August 4, 2025

Pete Hegseth Brings in Worst Person Ever on Paranoid Hunt for Leakers

The defense secretary has a terrifying new recruit.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes’s Defamation Lawsuit Ends in Total Bust

When will Devin Nunes learn and stop these pathetic lawsuits?

The New Republic

August 4, 2025

MTG Has an Original Thought for Once in Her Life

Marjorie Taylor Greene is increasingly expressing views opposite to those of Donald Trump.

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August 4, 2025

MAGA Melts Down After Jasmine Crockett Calls Trump a “Piece of S***”

The civility police is suddenly back.

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August 4, 2025

Elizabeth Warren Backs Zohran Mamdani in the Best Way Possible

The Massachusetts senator expertly destroyed all of Zohran Mamdani’s haters.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Blows a Fuse as Elizabeth Warren Exposes His Terrible Economy

The president went on a wild posting spree after Warren called out his disastrous economic policies.

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August 4, 2025

It Looks Like the White House Fed Some Lies to NYT Over Harvard Deal

Harvard University isn’t close to a deal with the Trump administration at all.

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August 4, 2025

Trump Is Desperately Trying to Rig Economic Data In His Favor

The firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the latest front in the president’s war on objective reality.

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August 4, 2025

DOJ Rushes to Cover Their Butts on Stephen Miller’s Immigration Plan

The department’s sudden turn from Stephen Millers’s deportation goal could be to avoid judges’ ire.

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August 4, 2025

Abbott Issues Wild Threat to Democrats Trying to Block Gerrymandering

The Texas governor has gone full authoritarian in his war against Democrats.

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August 4, 2025

Texas Democrats Defy Abbott Deadline—as Republicans Threaten Arrest

Republicans have escalated their war against Democrats over their gerrymandered congressional map.

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August 4, 2025

We’re Not Saying You Should Ruin Trump’s White House Christmas, But ...

White House Christmas auditions are open. Do with that what you will.

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August 4, 2025

GOP Representative Rushes to Block Texas’s Growing Redistricting War

The move comes as New York Governor Kathy Hochul threatens to redistrict her state.

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August 4, 2025

A History of Abortion Undergrounds—and a Guide to Starting One

Journalist Rebecca Grant shifts the abortion conversation away from laws and morals to focus on access: getting people the care they seek.

The New Republic

August 4, 2025

When Did Republican Women Get to Be So Vile as These Four?

Pam Bondi, Tulsi Gabbard, Linda McMahon, and Kristi Noem are the new model of right-wing womanhood. God help us.

The New Republic

August 4, 2025

The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic

70 percent of Republicans understand that Trump’s tariffs will raise prices. Why is the press acting like they’re a huge success?

The New Republic

August 4, 2025

Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It’s Even Worse Under Trump.

As the Trump administration’s climate denial collides with its quest to incapacitate the federal workforce, wildfire fighters are taking a h...

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August 3, 2025

Trump Wants a Police State—But Even Some Cops Want Something Better

Checking in with an old friend and New York City police officer who has spent years bemoaning the militarization of police and society that...

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August 2, 2025

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows

A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic...

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August 1, 2025

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August 1, 2025

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

TNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journali...

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August 1, 2025

You’ll Miss the Corporation for Public Broadcasting When It’s Gone

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it’s shutting down thanks to Trump’s budget cuts.

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August 1, 2025

Why Is Ghislaine Maxwell Being Transferred to a Nicer Prison?

Maxwell’s transfer to a minimum-security prison raises concerns that the Trump administration is preparing to pardon her in exchange for fav...

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August 1, 2025

Mike Huckabee Goes to Gaza and Declares Everything Is A-OK

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel visited the territory, which is in the midst of a devastating famine, and celebrated an embattled organization...

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August 1, 2025

Laura Loomer Shares “Tip Line” to Help Purge Trump Officials

The far-right MAGA personality promises more Trump officials will be ousted soon.

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August 1, 2025

Judge Blocks Trump Move—Says It Was Based on Great Replacement Theory

A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s rollback in immigration protections, saying he was motivated by a racist conspiracy theory.

The New Republic

August 1, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Literally Trying to Rewrite History

Pressure from the administration led the Smithsonian to take down an exhibit featuring information about Trump’s two impeachments.

The New Republic

August 1, 2025

Trump Has “Accomplished” a Lot. It’s Just That America Hates It.

In a sense, it’s true: Trump has done a lot of things. The problem is that people quite rightly hate them—and increasingly recognize that he...

The New Republic

August 1, 2025

Trump Aide Makes Dark Joke About Abolishing Presidential Term Limits

How many times is something a joke before it’s not anymore?