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Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is … Really Big and Really Dumb

The president is peddling hot nonsense on what tariffs can do for America—and the person he’s conned the most seems to be himself.

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Michael Tomasky

Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too

He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he’s done.

How Trump Accidentally Sabotaged His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia

Trump has now admitted twice that he could bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home, but says his lawyers are telling him not to. This was a very dumb move—and also a very revealing one.

TNR Features

A photo of the bodies of American Nuns Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel, and Ita Ford, along with lay missioner Jean Donovan

Heart of Darkness

Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador

Culture

On October 25, 2024, at the Gila River Crossing school in Laveen Village, Arizona, members of the Indigenous community reacted as Joe Biden apologized for the United States's practice of placing Native children in residential schools.

A Daughter’s Reckoning With the Indian Boarding School System

Mary Annette Pember’s mother attended an Indian residential school through the eighth grade. It forever changed her—and her children.

Jamie Miller, played by Owen Cooper, faces a forensic psychologist in <i>Adolescence</i>.

Netflix’s Adolescence Speaks Directly to Parents’ Fears

If the hit miniseries about a 13-year-old murderer plays on adults’ anxiety about screens, it also evokes a deeper alarm about kids’ profound unknowability.

From the Magazine

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Michael Lewis’s Paean to Federal Workers Hits Differently Under DOGE

While Elon Musk paints federal bureaucrats as inefficient or worse, Lewis and other literary essayists shine a light on the quiet heroes of the civil service.

An illustration of Trump leading the orchestra at the Kennedy Center, but the orchestra has left

Inside Trump’s Bizarre Campaign to Bend the Art World to His Will

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The Two Best Bob Dylan Films

Illustration of David Cronenberg standing in front of the digital tombstones featured in his new film

David Cronenberg Takes High Tech to the Graveyard

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Rage at Fox News over Bad Poll Hints at Coming Fiasco for MAGA

As Trump’s worsening polls force Fox News personalities to deny what the numbers are clearly showing, a shrewd observer of right-wing media explains the deeper problem all this exposes for the MAGA movement.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Arrests Hit by Major Legal Setback as Stephen Miller Seethes

As a Trump-appointed judge rules against his lawless renditions, a leading legal commentator explains why the ruling is such a big blow to Trump—and why Stephen Miller’s authoritarian designs may be overreaching.

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Play Our Daily Crossword Puzzle

Published daily, the TNR Crossword is designed to be quick and addictive—a perfect pastime during all the 30-minute meetings that should have been 30-second group emails.

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The New Republic

Who Said It: Veep’s Jonah Ryan or JD Vance?

One is a fictional politician who everyone hates. The other is a real politician who everyone hates. Can you tell them apart?