#RawStory 9:46am EDT Mar26, 2026

#Trump admin plants story aimed @ blaming military leaders for Iran mess: analysis

#Emily Horne, a former #NationalSecurityCouncil & State Dept staffer, believes Trump's team will claim military shortcomings have impacted the #war w/ #Iran in the coming days. Speaking to #GregSargent of #NewRepublic, Horne claimed a story had been planted in the press 2 test waters of blaming military intelligence as reason for wartime shortcomings

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2676623873/

Currently at one of my locals while my SO deals with a call from their parent's insurance co. We really are terrible when it comes to paying for healthcare in this country. But the crew is awesome, the beverages tasty and our food is in the way.

Hope you folks have bright spots too. Remember to celebrate your wins and keep looking out for each other. We'll get there.

#Cambridge #NewRepublic

#RawStory Mar 25, 2026

Trump's midterm 'panic' threatens 2 spell the end 4 #StephenMiller: analyst

#Trump could make a major admin change ahead of midterms 2 ease voter woes, analyst has claimed.
Miller's hard line on #Immigration policy→considered unsettling 4 voters, per an internal doc seen by #WallStreetJournal & noted by analyst #GregSargent. #NewRepublic columnist suggestd the president may have been swayd by Chief of Staff #SusieWiles 2 soften the admin's stance

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676618077/

This month's Quiet Part Out Loud award goes to Alex 'FasciKarp' Karp

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/207693/palantir-ceo-karp-disrupting-democratic-power

#AI #Democracy #Palantir #AlexKarp #NewRepublic

The Editor Who Helped Build a Golden Age of American Letters

https://newrepublic.com/article/205583/editor-helped-build-golden-age-american-letters

#HackerNews #Editor #GoldenAge #AmericanLetters #LiteraryInfluence #NewRepublic

By #JordanMichaelSmith via
#NewRepublic - Mar 6, 2026

Donald #Trump Has Lit a Global Match

"Trump has squandered some of the country’s greatest sources of strength. By repelling nearly all of America’s allies—alliances that are among the best instruments of leverage #Washington has in the world—he has paid #China and #Russia enormous dividends."

#StopTrumpNow

https://newrepublic.com/article/207218/donald-trump-global-leverage-foreign-policy?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social

Shall we take bets? Does this first happen October ‘26 or October ‘28?

#USpol #Voting #Democracy #Fascism #USA #NewRepublic

By #GregSargent via #NewRepublic - Feb 11, 2026

Transcript: Krugman Catches #Trump Adviser Admitting to a Big MAGA Scam

#MAGA dimwit #PeterNavarro accidentally admitted Trump-MAGA's claim about i#mmigrants taking jobs is a scam. And as #PaulKrugman notes, not only is job growth down; *manufacturing* jobs are also down. The whole MAGA story is in collapse.

https://newrepublic.com/article/206447/transcript-krugman-catches-trump-adviser-admitting-big-maga-scam

Until now, I was still curious about the movie Melania. I intended to watch it sometime around 6 months or a year from now.

But this review by John Semley in the New Republic saves me the time to do that.

#Melania #Semley #NewRepublic
https://newrepublic.com/article/205808/beneath-stifling-boredom-melania-documentary-review