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The Media’s Demented Policy Illiteracy

The press has been feverishly demanding more and more wonky details about the presidential candidates’ proposals. If only they could understand them!

Donald Trump grimaces

Trump’s Ugly Rants About Haitians Suddenly Take On a More Sinister Hue

Bomb threats have come to Springfield, Ohio. So why don’t Trump and J.D. Vance back off the demagoguery? Because supercharging all these toxic social tensions is precisely what they want.

Michael Tomasky

Trump and Laura Loomer: Mainstream Media, He’s Just Taunting You Now

Far-right activist Laura Loomer speaks to the media prior to the beginning of former President Donald Trump's trial on April 15, 2024 in New York City.

Michael Tomasky

Trump and Laura Loomer: Mainstream Media, He’s Just Taunting You Now

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Jacob Silverman

Silicon Valley’s Selfish Embrace of Trump

Driven by personal grievances and a misguided sense of their own exceptionalism, tech titans are swerving right and amplifying reactionary MAGA politics.

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The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Terror in Ohio: How Trump-MAGA Rage Is Ripping Apart a Small Town

As Trump and J.D. Vance escalate social tensions in Springfield with vile lies about immigrants, the writer of a new piece on the whole saga explains how the MAGA hate machine really works.