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Russ Vought Is Going To Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Alex Shephard The New Republic
Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government. President Trump posted an AI video of Vought as the Grim Reaper. The Project 2025 architect has lived up to the billing

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Ta-Nehisi Coates Vanity Fair
"Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population...and the destruction of democracy."...are ignoring and sanitizing Charlie Kirk's legacy.

The Imminent Death of the Voting Rights Act

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
White people are depicted as victims of discrimination;.white South Africans are invited as refugees; the president demands a museum designed to tell the African American story must tell a happy tale. The voting rights law may not see a 61st birthday

Sounds Like the Plan: The Historical Roots of the Takeover of D.C.

Rick Massimo Forget I Said Anything
The capital has for most of its history been a largely-to-mostly-Black city run by open racists. This takeover by white federal officials is something many in the Black community have been anticipating for decades. There’s even a name for it-The Plan

The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is a Stain on Both Parties

Ben Burgis Jacobin
Forget partisan finger-pointing. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal cuts across party lines, indicting economic and political elites alike. Epstein just enjoyed the perks of life in one of the very top tiers of a society where laws are for little people.

Zionist McCarthyism Comes for CUNY

Liza Featherstone Jacobin
Not content to torment the Ivy League, Republicans are seeking authoritarian control over working-class public universities like the City University of New York. The latest salvo: allegedly firing four adjuncts for their support of Palestine.
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