Tag: NewRepublic
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Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself
Donald Trump is pulling straight from the dictator’s playbook. https://newrepublic.com/post/193674/trump-military-parade-birthday Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump may finally get his long-desired military parade through the streets of Washington. The Washington City Paper, citing an unnamed D.C. source, reports that the president has chosen June 14, 2025—the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, Flag Day, and coincidentally…
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Donald Trump Just Proved He’s an Economic Idiot. Again.
His MAGA sycophants knew all along that his central economic proposal was a sham, but they repeated his lies. And now the economy is cracking. https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://newrepublic.com/post/192464/donald-trump-tariffs-flip-flop-economic-idiot Alex Wong/Getty Images Remember the word “sanewashing” from the 2024 presidential campaign? It referred to the mainstream media’s coverage of Donald Trump’s rallies, and their tendency to pluck out…
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Elon Musk Has Broken the Constitutional Order
The tech oligarch has unleashed his slow-rolling coup d’état across the federal government, and it’s not clear anything can prevent a total takeover. https://newrepublic.com/article/191141/musk-government-takeover-supreme-court Chesnot/Getty Images The second Trump administration is waging the most aggressive war on the American constitutional order since Appomattox. President Donald Trump selected Elon Musk, a South African–born tech oligarch, to…
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This Is So Much Worse Than Last Time
Why Democrats and the media are struggling to capture the insanity—and danger—of the new Trump administration. https://newrepublic.com/article/191153/trump-musk-treasure-government-breach Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images There is practically no way to describe what is currently happening in the United States without sounding hysterical, or like some sort of crank—or, maybe, insane. But here goes! Elon Musk, the world’s richest man,…