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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

The lawsuit—filed against President Trump, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth, and Homeland Security Sec. Kritsi Noem—comes just two days after Trump announced he authorized 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to deploy to Chicago, a move Governor JB Pritzker likened to an “invasion.”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h

Schiff implored members of the committee to “demand answers to those questions” and to refuse “personal slander as an answer to those questions.” Bondi in turn said Schiff should apologize for “slandering” Trump.
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Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down

Senator Adam Schiff went toe to toe with Trump’s attorney general in a Senate hearing.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?

He can easily prove it. trib.al/pl4anhF

Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep

The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

“I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district." trib.al/MZsOwGU

MTG Turns Against Republicans in Shocking Flip on Government Shutdown

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Democrats have a point on the Obamacare fight at the center of the government shutdown.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

“First of all, is there a tape that has audio and video of the transfer of the $50,000?” Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asked Bondi, referencing reports that such a recording indeed exists.

“You would have to talk to Director Patel about that,” Bondi replied.

“No, I’m talking to you.”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

It’s easy to cast Trump as antidemocratic and hostile to the rule of law. It’s much harder to take on institutions and people such as Weiss who invoke ideas like the “free press” while actually advancing a right-wing agenda.

That's why this kind of conservatism is so dangerous. trib.al/U9kVC5M

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

Seated beside Canadian PM Mark Carney, the U.S. president blamed his administration’s dubious airstrikes on several Venezuelan boats allegedly carrying what he described as “water drugs.”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

2026 is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. trib.al/vuUtT6a

Republicans claim its principles, but let Trump choose its meaning on a whim. Let us consider not a Project 2029, but a Project 2049: imagining what a better country could look like and how we get there.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h

Trump has a plan to ignore judges who rule against him: the nineteenth-century Insurrection Act.

If invoked, Trump would be able to utilize the military for domestic purposes, another step in enacting his agenda that includes federalizing the law enforcement of Democratic cities. trib.al/wThUj8A

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

The House Speaker said, “I hope that the furloughed workers receive back pay,” claiming that was why he and Trump had begged Chuck Schumer to spare federal workers from a government shutdown.

But it's a blatantly dishonest gambit—federal law requires they receive back pay. trib.al/bLHxNVF

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

When asked why only some people would receive backpay, Trump simply replied, “You’re gonna have to figure it out.” It’s not clear how the president intends to deal with those he believes do not deserve pay. trib.al/6HrmHY0

Trump Says “It Depends” Which Furloughed Workers Will Get Backpay

Donald Trump continues to threaten not to pay federal employees for the shutdown.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

“What’s the secret? Why do you wanna keep this secret so the American people don’t know the rationale behind the deployment of National Guard troops in my state?"

This set Bondi off. trib.al/y5Y8FGn

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

There are troubling signs the administration aims to attack critics of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and ICE in much the same way that it is attacking immigrant communities. trib.al/cWzElja

Trump’s War on America Is Expanding

The president is now unleashing state violence at home and abroad, illegally and with impunity.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

President Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver one—by sharing a photo of “South American riot police” in 2008 from Getty Images. trib.al/jbtYwZg

Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie for Trump About Portland

The Oregon Republican Party used images of riots in South America.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

Recent history shows that Democrats preside over much better economies, yet voters continue to trust the GOP more on the issue. Why? trib.al/ZpsBJsf

The answer may lie in voters seeing Dems as focusing on the poor, when those who work 1, 2, or even 3 jobs don’t think of themselves that way.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/fWCjnLQ

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

SCOTUS has announced it will review a Hawaii law that forbids gun owners from bringing firearms on private property without the property owner’s explicit permission.

If it falls, the court could make it significantly harder for states and cities to keep guns out of everyday life. trib.al/XBUay9y

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier to Bring a Gun Everywhere

The justices just took up a challenge to a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns on private property against the owner’s wishes.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

There's a new kind of “moderate” Republican—perhaps best exemplified by Weiss—that's poised to keep gaining power and shifting the country in harmful and destructive ways, even if they never have the political power of more explicitly pro-Trump conservatives.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, who was hoping the court would reverse her convictions for her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls.

Maxwell’s convictions and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place. trib.al/8F8xYch

Supreme Court Kills Ghislaine Maxwell’s Desperate Appeal

The Supreme Court is not interested in saving Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

They're widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is Democrats' chance to shock us for a change. trib.al/MuFFz69

Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.

For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave

They’re widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is their chance to shock us for a change.

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“Which local officials in Portland have said that the National Guard is needed there?” trib.al/WZDF5Y4

Leavitt dodged the question: “With all due respect to that judge, I think her opinion is untethered in reality and in the law. The president is using his authority as commander-in-chief."

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“When in our history have we tolerated unlawful riots and assemblies night after night around FBI buildings, or ATF buildings, or DEA buildings?” Trump adviser Stephen Miller said Monday on CNN .... referring to protesters at ICE facilities in Chicago and Portland. trib.al/SHfegem

Stephen Miller Must Have Amnesia if This Is Why He Hates ICE Protests

The White House adviser is being dragged to hell for a delusional rewrite of riots in U.S. history.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

According to a fresh Gallup poll this week, 43% of Americans regard the Supreme Court as “too conservative.” Before "Amy Coney Barrett replaced Ruth Bader Ginsburg in October 2020, no more than 33% had ever characterized it as too conservative.”
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The Democrats’ Most Formidable Foe Is Not Donald Trump

Stopping and reversing the degradation of the Trump era will require a more radical strategy—and a bigger target.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

“We’re going to look at maybe reaching out to Cook County State’s Attorney for subpoenas, “ said the Broadview Police Chief, “It’s actually a violation of law. It would be classified under disorderly conduct, filing a false official report.” trib.al/ZaSbRGo

ICE’s Growing Feud With Chicago Police Now Includes Fake 911 Calls

Surprise, surprise: Federal immigration agents aren’t keeping the community safer.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

The House Speaker continues to spread falsehoods about the government shutdown. trib.al/40obVmo

In reality, the GOP's plan to “fix health care” leaves millions without it—the plan is projected to cut $1.1T from the Medicaid and ACA marketplace by 2034, as well as impose higher work requirements.

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