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FAFO ... or not?

The Real Reason We Want to See MAGA as a Cult

Understanding Trump’s movement this way helps us believe it will come to some disastrous end.

A chicken roams outside Val Emick's ranch south of Lamar, Colorado.

Small Farmers Are Struggling With Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

A chicken roams outside Val Emick's ranch south of Lamar, Colorado.

Small Farmers Are Struggling With Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More

Same-Old Same-Old

Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.

Michael Tomasky

Same-Old Same-Old

Michael Tomasky

Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.

Same-Old Same-Old

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson speak to members of the media as they depart a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol.

Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.

Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson speak to members of the media as they depart a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol.

Same-Old Same-Old

Michael Tomasky

Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town

Donald Trump during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Donald Trump during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town

Editor’s Picks

Two Palestinians in Gaza hold a box of food containing some flour and cooking supplies.

There Is Nothing “Humanitarian” About Israel’s New Gaza Aid Plan

Yes, Israel is letting some food into Gaza. But only so it can more efficiently brutalize its people.

A sign saying "You're hot. Stay cool" affixed to a street light on 86th Street in Manhattan during a heatwave in August 2024.

The Republican Plot to Let People Die of Heatstroke

As we approach a summer that may be among the hottest on record, Republicans are trying to cut programs that help the poor and the elderly stay cool—and stay alive.

American Worker: Photo Series

Cattle rancher taking a calf to be branded

Tough Work, Tight Margins: How Cattle Branding Is Evolving in Nebraska

Politics

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller talks to reporters about recent federal court rulings on immigration, calling them part of a “judicial coup” against the administration of President Donald Trump.

Michael Tomasky

The Only “Judicial Coup” in This Country Is by Trump Against Judges

The Trump administration is getting its butt kicked in court. That’s great. But an unprecedented assault on the judiciary is coming.

Construction workers settle their lunch bills next to graffiti scrawled on the wall of a construction site reading "eat the rich" in New York City.

The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat

How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.

Culture

Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, and Michael Cera in “The Phoenician Scheme.”

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Embraces the Modest Pleasures

It’s also a rollicking not-quite thriller about family, financing, and (broadly) filmmaking itself.

Nathan Fielder dressed as the pilot Chesley Sullenberger in a replica of a jet's cockpit.

Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal Takes Flight

In the second season of the HBO docu-comedy series, the airline cockpit is the stage for an ambitious investigation into how the roles we choose to play can entrap or liberate.

From the Magazine

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L'affaire Grenoble

Inside a Campus Crackdown Over Wokeism in France

At a small university in the city of Grenoble, an accusation of Islamophobia set off a wild kerfuffle and a media frenzy. Sound familiar?

Illustration of Karl Marx superimposed on the American flag, symbolizing the impact he's had on the U.S. over the years

What America Made of Marx

In mid-February, Selina Sandoval, the associate medical director at Planned Parenthood in Kansas City, Missouri, prepared to provide the first procedural abortion for a patient in the city in around 15 years.

Melissa Gira Grant

Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access

A portrait of a young R. Crumb

Jeremy Lybarger

He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential

The Daily Blast Podcast

Karoline Leavitt speaks at the podium in the White House Press Briefing Room.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In

As Trump’s MAGA-friendly advisers rage over a harsh ruling against his tariffs, a lawyer for the challengers explains how it exposed deep weaknesses in their legal justification—and what will happen now.

Donald Trump yells outside while wearing a white MAGA cap.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Rants About Harvard Get Darker as He Loses a Big One in Court

As Trump’s attacks on Harvard grow more unhinged amid a serious legal setback, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains why Trump actively wants you to think we’re sliding into lawlessness and terror.

Games & Quizzes

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The New Republic

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: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?

They’re both unqualified for their jobs and love to drink. Can you tell them apart?