MAHA’s Meat Obsession Exposes the Movement’s Delusions
The New Republicby Jan Dutkiewicz·3 Sept 2026
Meat is back. Not that it ever really went anywhere—but for a few years around the turn of the decade, the centrality of meat in the American diet came under real scrutiny.
Look, John Roberts Actually Did an Unambiguously Good Thing for Once!
The New Republicby Harry Litman·3 Sept 2026
On Monday the Supreme Court told Donald Trump he can proceed full steam ahead to construct his monstrous ballroom.
The Legal Wreckage of the Supreme Court’s Ballroom Follies
The New Republicby Matt Ford·3 Sept 2026
President Donald Trump is building an illegal ballroom on the ruins of the White House’s East Wing, which he destroyed last fall.
Nancy Lemann’s Wasted Youths
The New Republicby Walker Rutter-Bowman·3 Sept 2026
Youth may be wasted on the young, but what if the young are already wasted? The writer Nancy Lemann coined the term “wastrel-youth contingent” to describe characters who squander their early...
Trump’s Vile Campaign to Link Trans People and Political Violence
The New Republicby Melissa Gira Grant·3 Sept 2026
Donald Trump returned to power in large part through a campaign of scapegoating, promising to rescue his supporters from the immigrants and transgender people who he claimed endangered America.
Who the Hell Is Paying for Republicans’ Midterm “Trump-a-Palooza”?
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling·2 Sept 2026
The first ever Republican midterm convention is being fueled by a dark money web with a MAGA super PAC at its center. The unprecedented gathering will take place on September 9 and 10 in Dallas.
The Ukraine Bill That House Dems Have No Intention of Passing
The New Republicby Grace Segers, The New Republic Staff·2 Sept 2026
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Democrats Already Have Plan to Fight Back Against Trump After Midterms
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling·2 Sept 2026
Health care has emerged as the chief priority for Democrats should the party wrest control of the House and Senate this November.
Trump Complains About Iranians After Allegedly Committing a War Crime
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·2 Sept 2026
President Donald Trump is clueless as to why the Iranian people won’t rise up against their government, oblivious to the fact that his bombing campaign isn’t exactly inspiring.
Pete Hegseth Cares More About Grooming Standards Than Readiness
The New Republicby Edith Olmsted·2 Sept 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sacrificing military readiness for his conservative culture war—and he’s getting away with it.
Key Senate Race Is Already Blowing Up in Trump’s Face
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling·2 Sept 2026
Georgia Republicans are snubbing Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Senate. A cadre of conservative mayors in the Peach State have opted to publicly back Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff rather than get...
Dozens of Republicans Aren’t Bothering With Trump’s Midterm Convention
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling·2 Sept 2026
Republicans are steering clear of the upcoming GOP convention for fear that Donald Trump’s big mouth might hurt them in November.
James Comey Pokes Giant Hole in Trump’s Revenge Suit Against Him
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·2 Sept 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey may have ruined the federal government’s case against him. Comey’s attorneys argued in a court filing Tuesday night that he was charged under the wrong law, making...
Transcript: How Progressives Can Revive the Police Reform Movement
The New Republicby Right Now With Perry Bacon·2 Sept 2026
This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 1 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.
How Progressives Can Revive the Police Reform Movement
The New Republicby Right Now With Perry Bacon·2 Sept 2026
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here.
Trump Has No Plan for Fixing His Iran Debacle. The Democrats Need One.
The New Republicby Alex Shephard·2 Sept 2026
The Iran war is not going well. That has been true more or less since the end of its first week, after the U.S. military’s initial bombardment ended, but it is really not going well now.
What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals
The New Republicby Greg Sargent·2 Sept 2026
JD Vance is pretending to be very, very angry at Abdul El-Sayed for drawing his wife, Usha Vance, into our political debates.
Goodbye to the Least Apocalyptic Summer of the Rest of Your Life
The New Republicby Kate Aronoff·2 Sept 2026
Labor Day is around the corner in the United States, and it’s worth taking stock of what has been, by any objective measure, a chaotic summer.
How Jeff Bezos’s Surrender to Trump Freed Him to Dodge Labor Laws
The New Republicby Timothy Noah·2 Sept 2026
One of the business world’s more nauseating capitulations to President Donald Trump has been that of the world’s third-richest human, Jeff Bezos (net worth: $264 billion).
Trump’s Next War Is Already Underway in Latin America
The New Republicby Nicholas Slayton·2 Sept 2026
This past month, the United States has quietly stepped up its military actions in South America, in operations that haven’t received much, if any, media attention.
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