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The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic
Uh, no. Here are a few facts and figures, none of which appear in the article. Federal revenue from all sources in recent years has been around $4.7 trillion...
Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It’s Even Worse Under Trump.
The administration’s claims about being well-equipped to fight fires are selective, at best. Of the estimated 4,000 U.S. Forest Service employees believed to have taken the so-called Department of...
When Did Republican Women Get to Be So Vile as These Four?
On the main stage, Attorney General Pam Bondi has proven a singularly dutiful and hollow-eyed Trump soldier. (For Manson family obsessives, she’s probably closest to Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme.) As...
Trump Wants a Police State—But Even Some Cops Want Something Better
I left daily journalism in 1995 to write a book about racial politics, a matter with which I’d long been engaged, but Mancuso and I have kept in touch, and in...
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
The memo lays out the need to persuade top Pentagon officials to get much more serious about using the military to combat illegal immigration—and not just at the border....
ICE Recruiting Tactics Are Pissing Off Local Sheriffs Nationwide
Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association, told NBC the move was “inappropriate behavior of a partner organization,” adding, “We’re all on the same boat....
JD Vance Praised Jobs Report That Trump Now Says Was a Hoax
“This case’s underlying question, then, asks whether parolees who escaped oppression will have the chance to plead their case within a system of rules. Or, alternatively, will they be...
Trump Fires BLS Chief After Jobs Report Reveals How Bad Economy Is
Trump on Friday proved that fears about the president manipulating official data in his favor are founded, as he fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shuts Down Thanks to Trump’s Cuts
“This case’s underlying question, then, asks whether parolees who escaped oppression will have the chance to plead their case within a system of rules. Or, alternatively, will they be...
Why Is Ghislaine Maxwell Being Transferred to a Nicer Prison?
Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a minimum-security prison amid speculations that Donald Trump might pressure the Epstein co-conspirator to clear his name.A spokesperson for the U.S. Bureau of...
