The FBI: It Beats Working for a Living
Hello it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕️ One feature of MAGA authoritarian planning is its ineptitude. Think back to January 6: yes, it was a coup attempt — [...]
Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been Testing Ground for the Trump Admin…
This article was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. On July 7, the Justice Department sent a harshly written letter threatening to sue the staunchly Republican state [...]
Lots Of Insane Ideas Flying Around At Alligator Alcatraz
President Trump and his entourage’s visit to Ron DeSantis’ new swamp-adjacent immigrant detention center — billed as a “one-stop shop for immigration enforcement” by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier — [...]
Performative Austerity Vanishes As GOP Flees Town Before Trump’s Dict…
Hardly any Republicans in the Senate want to be caught dead at President Trump’s big boy parade this weekend. The two most powerful Republicans in Congress — House Speaker Mike [...]