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Listing of TNR material from December 2025
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Listing of TNR material from December 2025
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Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It Today: 'Podcast: Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It' Plus, ICE agent arrested in sex-trafficking sting; Trump’s authoritarian debutante ball; Ian McEwan’s haunting vision of the future; and more...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Wrecked the Cult of Trump The Georgia congresswoman’s extraordinary takedown of Trump Tuesday morning sent a signal that no Republican can now ignore. By Greg Sargent
Montana Is Trying to Kill More Than 450 Wolves Sponsored by Environment Action The state of Montana has set a goal of killing 458 wolves this winter. That’s nearly half of the wolves still surviving in the state. Wolves are amazing animals, but they can’t protect themselves from state-sponsored hunts, high-powered rifles, and steel-jawed traps. That’s where we come in. Tell Montana Governor Greg Gianforte: End the wolf hunts.
The Real Losers in Seattle’s Mayoral Election? Oligarchs. They poured mountains of dollars into trying to find ways to stop socialist Katie Wilson. But to younger voters, their money stinks. By Virginia Heffernan
The 2026 World Cup Is Trump’s Authoritarian Debutante Ball Russia and Qatar used the World Cup to soften their autocratic image on the global stage. Trump is using it to double down. By Alex Shephard
Ian McEwan’s Haunting Vision of the Future What We Can Know imagines a collapsed society, devoid of art and ravaged by rising waters. By Brandon Harris
How to Lower Energy Costs: Break Up the Electrical-Grid Cabal Seven obscure regional transmission organizations control huge parts of the country’s electrical grid. By Sandeep Vaheesan, Johanna Bozuwa
'A Story We Think We Know': Ken Burns on The American Revolution Burns and co-director Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 10-year labor of love, which finally makes it to PBS on November 16. By Michael Tomasky
Trump Honors the Man Who Had Jamal Khashoggi Killed The president called the murdered journalist 'controversial,' said MBS 'knew nothing about it,' despite U.S. intelligence findings, and attacked the reporter who dared to ask about it. By Parker Molloy
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: 'I’m ICE, Boys' An employee for Immigration and Customs Enforcement was one of 16 men arrested in a sex trafficking sting. By Hafiz Rashid
What subscribers are reading: The Next Foreclosure Crisis Has Arrived By Monica Potts
The Beast in Me Typifies a Disappointing Moment in TV By Phillip Maciak
Get to Know the Name Jay Clayton—Our Fate May Depend on His Honesty By Michael Tomasky
Mike Johnson Gives Away the Game on Next Steps on Epstein Bill The House speaker is pissed that the Senate passed the bill so quickly. By Malcolm Ferguson
Podcast: Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Suddenly, President Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble. A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats. In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map. Trump is angry about all this. He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent 'weak' and 'pathetic.' So is the scheme dead? No. Several aspects of it still remain unresolved. The Texas seats are in doubt, but that’s being appealed, and Republicans have added four other seats. Meanwhile, Democrats are adding 5 in California and one in Utah. Now what? We talked to Heather Williams, who’s been fighting against the GOP schemes as president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. She explains the hurdles that lie ahead, how it could all turn out relatively well for Democrats, and why rank-and-file voters need to take state-level contests way more seriously.
Listen to the episode here.
Read the transcript here.
The American People Voted for Jeffrey Epstein The emerging mosaic of elite scandal tells an unflattering story of how far we’ve allowed our republic to stray from its founding ideals. By Matt Ford
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