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Svante Myrick / The Hill:
Trump is breaking his most important promises and keeping the worst  —  When President Trump was sworn into office for his second term, he made a lot of promises to the American people.  He has broken many of them.  —  In his 2025 inaugural address, Trump declared, “Never again …
Discussion: New York Times
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Turns out Republicans don't care about free speech after all  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🚨🚨 Subscribe to PN 🚨🚨  —  We have some shocking news: The Trump administration and the American right may not be quite …
Discussion: The Contrarian
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Breaks With Trump in MAGA Free Speech Rebellion
Discussion: The Hill and Hartford Courant
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump will never change, but Kirk's death shines a path to MAGA's future
C. Ryan Barber / Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Warn of Government Overreach on Free Speech
Discussion: Reuters and NBC News
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time.  Under Trump, It's Down to Two.  —  The Public Integrity Section is the latest casualty in the administration's attacks on Nixon-era good-government reforms.  — Copy  —  When Donald Trump took office eight months ago …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
It's Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy  —  If you haven't had time yet to soak in the details of the stunning Tom Homan story that Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian of MSNBC broke over the weekend, hold on to your hats.  I'd say you won't believe what you're about to read, but of course, you will.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Scandal Covered in Tahini
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Tables turn for Democrats as they use shutdown for leverage … It's Republicans who are pushing a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution, which they say will buy time for more negotiations on full-year spending bills and possibly an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.
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Natalie Fertig / Politico:
Why Democrats can't match Trump's gerrymander push
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Meme-ify Trump's Failures
Discussion: ABC News and PoliticusUSA
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston
Financial Times:
US offers financial lifeline to Argentina's Javier Milei  —  Scott Bessent proposes support package during market volatility  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said “all options” are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility …
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Patrick Gillespie / Bloomberg:
Bessent Says All Options on Table to Help Milei's Argentina
Paul Krugman:
Hey, Let's Undermine America's Technology, Education and Research!  —  H-1B visas: The latest front in a campaign of destruction  —  It often seems as if Donald Trump and his minions are engaged in a systematic campaign to undermine America's preeminence in the world.
Discussion: NBC News and Semafor
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K Oanh Ha / Bloomberg:
US Student Visa Arrivals Fall to Four-Year Low, Led by Asia Drop
Steven Levy / Wired:
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley.  I Was Wrong  —  Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump.  A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.  —  For decades, Mark Lemley's life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough.  He's a professor at Stanford University and has consulted for Amazon, Google, and Meta.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
A lot of powerful people just don't realize how unpopular Trump is  —  Last week, ABC/Disney canceled Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show after the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of television stations that carry the program.
Discussion: Semafor
Ethan Stark-Miller / AM New York:
EXCLUSIVE |  Mamdani pulls planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show  —  Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian …
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Boat Bombings Get Worse as Damning Info Emerges  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 22 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  (Editor's note: After we recorded, Trump bombed a third vessel in similarly lawless fashion.)
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's directive to AG Bondi should be seen as an impeachment-level scandal  —  The president isn't just being accused of trying to weaponize federal law enforcement, he's now publicly flaunting his corrupt and authoritarian efforts.  —  Imagine a scenario in which an investigative reporter uncovered …
Brian Bennett / Time:
Trump Wants to Target Left-Wing Groups.  Here's How He Might Do It … There is a long history of political players improperly deploying the IRS for political purposes, says Patrick G. Eddington, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.  “The IRS has been misused repeatedly …
Reuters:
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon  — U.S. considers entity-wide sanctions against ICC, sources say  — ICC member states to oppose U.S. sanctions at U.N. meeting  — ICC holds emergency meetings to prepare for U.S. sanctions
Matt Egan / CNN:
The US economy has a new problem: Democracy is under siege  —  The nation's top economic statistician was fired.  Central bank independence is being undermined.  The federal government is buying chunks of private companies and demanding cuts of revenue streams.
Chance Phillips / Liberal Currents:
Trump Must Lose the Second Bank War  —  Henry Clay understood what was wrong with the unitary executive theory back in the 1830s.  —  “Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji …
Sam Judy / The Barbed Wire:
She Survived 141 Days in ICE Custody Thanks to a ‘Beautiful Sisterhood.’ Now She's Fighting for Those Still Inside.  —  On the evening of Feb. 11, 22-year-old Ward Sakeik sat on a plane from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Miami.  She and her husband, Taahir Shaikh, were returning from their honeymoon, but he was sitting a few rows away.
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws  —  Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise.  —  In one email, a Trump appointee at the Department of Housing …
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Goes on Bizarre Vaccine Rant About Babies and Horses  —  GIDDY UP  —  The president got medical ahead of his major autism announcement.  —  President Donald Trump unleashed a surreal rant about children being injected with “massive” vaccines similar to ones “you'd give to a horse.”
Jacob Rees-Mogg / Telegraph:
Trump for PM?  It might just be possible...  Britain needs a leader who can act like WD40 on the levers of power to lift the country from doldrums  —  A child born to a British mother, who was herself born in these Isles, normally has a right to British citizenship.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The New World
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Turning Point USA Raised $389 Million Under Charlie Kirk—Including $13.1 Million From A Texas Foundation Overlooked Until Now  —  Topline  —  Turning Point USA raised nearly $400 million under Charlie Kirk, with support from billionaires and secretive donor-advised funds …
Discussion: Fox News, Michigan Advance and NPR
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hegseth's purge of service members cheering Kirk killing comes under heavy scrutiny  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's campaign to oust service members celebrating or mocking the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk online has already seen at least eight people suspended or placed under investigation …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
Top Goon  —  Kristi Noem is the face of Trump's police state.  Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.  Who really runs DHS?  —  On the morning of May 7, before making his way to Capitol Hill to testify in front of Congress, Cameron Hamilton, then the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, packed up his office.
Zack Colman / Politico:
Shell-shocked green movement searches for how to counter Trump … Whichever path they choose, green groups big and small are grappling with political and financial threats unlike any they've confronted in decades — at the same time that Trump is racing to dismantle decades-old regulations …
 
 
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
The Firing of Educators Over Kirk Comments Follows a Familiar Playbook
Tanvi Misra / Mother Jones:
They've Won In Court, But ICE Is Still Detaining and Trying to Deport Them
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids
Dan Ruetenik / CBS News:
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Charlie Kirk's massive memorial was so much more than that — it was a message to the mainstream media
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
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NBC News:
White House bullish after a long string of Supreme Court victories
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