Trump Administration and Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture

https://www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump-administrations-state-power-big-picture/

Trump’s White House Renovation Is Awful—and Fitting

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-white-house-renovation-awful-fitting-architecture-ballroom

Harvard is wise to not consider $500 million settlement with Trump

https://reason.com/2025/08/05/harvard-is-wise-to-not-consider-500-million-settlement-with-trump/

Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/schwarzenegger-newsom-redistricting-00493418

The Paranoid Style in American Economics - Paul Krugman

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-paranoid-style-in-american-economics

It’s Time to Designate The Base as an FTO

https://www.justsecurity.org/118427/designate-base-fto/

In rejecting jobs report, Trump follows playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/08/05/trump-data-problems/

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science   | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/europe-is-breaking-its-reliance-american-science-2025-08-01/

Trump’s Tariffs Are Kleptocracy in Action - The American Prospect

https://prospect.org/economy/2025-08-04-trumps-tariffs-kleptocracy-in-action/

US Power Grab of Global Ports Runs Out of Steam Following Pressure From Beijing  | naked capitalism

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/us-power-grab-of-global-ports-runs-out-of-steam-following-pressure-from-beijing.html