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Can Donald Trump Police the United States?

Cristian Farias The New Yorker
In a trial over the legality of the President’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, there may be a definitive answer to where his power ends.

Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions

Matt Ford The New Republic
The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.

Weird Origins of the Right’s Hatred of the Smithsonian

Jason Colavito The New Republic
The Trump administration has stepped up its antagonism of America’s treasured museums. But conservative antipathy toward the institution began long ago—with the bones of Bible giants.

From Mourning To Rage to Transformation

Sarah Jaffe Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Grief at its start is a kind of anti-desire; it also clears space for new kinds of wants, understandings of what we wanted before. It made space for Tortuguita’s parents to understand their decision to climb a tree to prevent it from being cut down.

Friday Nite Videos | August 22, 2025

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With Trump, the Antisemitism Is Coming From Inside the House

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
Trump’s crackdown on antisemitism seems to have strangely missed all of his appointees and allies who associate with a range of unabashed anti-Jewish bigots. It almost makes you suspect the White House’s charges of antisemitism are purely cynical.

How a Government Autism Study Could Destroy Vaccine Access in America

Jess Steier Unbiased Science
A government study promising to identify "the cause" of autism by September is being positioned to blame vaccines despite decades of evidence to the contrary. These aren't isolated policy changes. They're coordinated elements of a strategy.