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“Not Going To Be Intimidated”: Dem Senator Rips Into Trump
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
Senator Mark Kelly, one of the Democratic lawmakers targeted by President Donald Trump for his role in a video advising military personnel to respect the constitution over the president’s orders, had some strong words for the president.“[The president] tries …
Nov 23, 2025, 10:14 PM
Yes, Zohran Mamdani Still Thinks Trump Is a Fascist
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
After his surprisingly warm meeting with President Donald Trump, NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reiterated that yes, he still believes Trump is a fascist. During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Kristen Welker pressed Mamdani about the recent…
Nov 23, 2025, 6:56 PM
Trump Goes On Unhinged Tirade Against Dem “Traitors”
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
President Donald Trump’s rage has not cooled for the six Democrats who posted a video reminding military and intelligence personnel that their duty is to the Constitution, not to him. The president fired off two Truth Social posts late Saturday night in an al…
Nov 23, 2025, 4:59 PM
Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
It was here for a bad time, not a long time: The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been officially disbanded.The shady department led by tech billionaire Elon Musk that laid off scores of workers and gutted parts of the federal government…
Nov 23, 2025, 3:57 PM
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S.
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
Elon Musk’s latest feature on X has had some shocking and unintended consequences.Starting Friday, X users were able to use a new “about this account” feature to see what country accounts were based in. And for many “America First” posters, this revealed an i…
Nov 23, 2025, 3:19 PM
My Weekend With the Anti-Vaxxers
Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic
You had to go through a metal detector to get to the Children’s Health Defense conference, held in Austin, Texas, on November 7–9, and conversation on the first morning buzzed about it. At the Make America Healthy Again symposium that convened the next week, …
Nov 23, 2025, 11:00 AM
Dem Lawmakers Get Bomb Threats After Trump Calls For Their Execution
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
Five out of the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to “refuse illegal orders” from the Trump administration have received bomb threats, as of Saturday.The new threats come after President Donald Trump accused the Dems of “seditious behavior” that…
Nov 22, 2025, 9:10 PM
In Outrageous Omission, New Cop30 Deal Fails to Restrict Fossil Fuels
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
Cop30, the U.N.’s annual climate summit that the U.S. failed to send a delegate to this year, nonetheless achieved something President Donald Trump would celebrate.Delegates in Brazil reported that they had reached a tentative deal on Saturday, and while some…
Nov 22, 2025, 9:06 PM
Trump, Loomer Mock MTG After Stunning Resignation Announcement
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Saturday morning to share his thoughts on his former ally’s shocking resignation. “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endor…
Nov 22, 2025, 6:46 PM
White House Press Sec Tries Desperately to Spin Mamdani Meeting
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt went on Fox News to attempt to explain the sudden warmth between two political adversaries—but can chemistry ever, truly be explained? After President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met a…
Nov 22, 2025, 6:23 PM
Trump’s Team Didn’t Care That Deadly Boat Strikes Could Be Illegal
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
The Trump administration repeatedly overlooked and pushed past lawyers who questioned the legality of its deadly strikes on alleged “drug” boats, according to a new report.On Saturday, The Washington Post released an investigation that sheds new light on the …
Nov 22, 2025, 4:59 PM
Laura Loomer Completely Melts Down Over Mamdani-Trump Meeting
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
Self-described “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer could barely conceal her rage about President Donald Trump’s meeting with NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Friday, which, by all appearances, went shockingly well.“Not condemning Trump,” Loomer disclaimed, before …
Nov 22, 2025, 3:36 PM
Epstein, Trump, and the Era of Elite Impunity
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
This week, we all moved a couple steps closer to finally getting a peek at what’s been the year’s biggest political MacGuffin: the Epstein files. The long-delayed swearing in of Arizona Representative Adelita Grijalva allowed the pro-disclosure caucus in the …
Nov 22, 2025, 11:00 AM
Trump Turned DHS Into a “Department of Deportation”: Report
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
President Donald Trump’s obsessive focus on deporting immigrants has led to extreme changes at the Department of Homeland Security and undermined efforts to combat child exploitation and sex trafficking, a new report has found.According to The New York Times,…
Nov 16, 2025, 10:17 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Clears Up the “Bubba” Mystery—Sort of
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
The internet had a field day this week when the House Oversight Committee released thousands of billionaire child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s emails to the public—including an exchange with his brother Mark that seemingly referred to Donald Trump performin…
Nov 16, 2025, 10:16 PM
GOP Senator Speaks in Riddles Instead of Answering RFK Jr. Question
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
Senator Bill Cassidy gave a puzzling answer about his role in placing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services.During a Sunday appearance on Face The Nation, moderator Margaret Brennan asked if Cassidy—a physician whose…
Nov 16, 2025, 9:00 PM
MTG Says She Still Supports Trump—Despite Vicious Feud
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
Far-right politician Marjorie Taylor Greene became embroiled in a bitter public fight with President Donald Trump this weekend which led her to receive threats against her life, she said—but she still supports him.Their falling out highlights a growing divide…
Nov 16, 2025, 7:25 PM
Protesters Slam Trump’s Newest Crackdown on Democrat-led City
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
Residents of Charlotte, North Carolina, are rallying in opposition to the invasion of their city by federal immigration enforcement agents under President Donald Trump. On Saturday, Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin announced that the Trump adminis…
Nov 16, 2025, 3:27 PM
Trump Shares Ludicrous Epstein Files Conspiracy Theory
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
President Donald Trump thinks it’s possible that, some time in the past year or so, his political enemies planted damaging information about him in Jeffrey Epstein case files.Following the latest release of Epstein-related records, Trump on Friday was asked a…
Nov 15, 2025, 9:47 PM
The U.S. Might Be About to Enter a New Conflict—but Trump Won’t Say
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
After days of deliberations with high-ranking officials, President Donald Trump thinks he may have come to a decision about a major foreign policy issue. He’s not quite sure, though, and he definitely isn’t sharing what his decision might be.“I sort of have m…
Nov 15, 2025, 9:46 PM
In Shocking Move, Trump Re-Pardons Far-Right Militia Member
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
After pardoning a far-right militia member for his role in the Capitol riot, President Donald Trump gave him another pardon for an unrelated conviction for illegally possessing firearms.On January 6, 2021, Dan Wilson, of the Oath Keepers and a Three Percenter…
Nov 15, 2025, 6:30 PM
Trump Stuns Reporters With Bizarre Comment About His MRI
Alexia Underwood, The New Republic
President Donald Trump made a baffling comment after receiving an MRI, calling into question his grasp of basic medical treatment—or what he could be hiding from the general public.Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, the president said that he h…
Nov 15, 2025, 5:21 PM
Trump Quietly Backtracks on Disastrous Grocery Tariffs
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
President Donald Trump eased some of his “Liberation Day” tariffs Friday evening, all but conceding that his trade policy has increased Americans’ grocery expenses despite his administration’s claims to the contrary.In an executive order, the president exempt…
Nov 15, 2025, 4:25 PM
There Are Two U.S. Senates—and Only One Knows How to Get What It Wants
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
The United States Senate: Can’t live with it, can’t burn it down (or so my lawyers caution me). Recently, I’ve had cause to ruminate on the upper house’s continued existence and the way its workings threaten our own. And then, this week, liberals were given n…
Nov 15, 2025, 11:00 AM
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