With each passing day, the two fundamental facts about our current political period become steadily clearer. The first is that the only presidential precedent for Donald Trump’s second term is that of the Confederate presidency of Jefferson Davis. The second is that the most crucial deterrent to the one-sided civil war that Trump is waging […]
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Trump Calls Every American City Dweller to Train Our Troops for Dangerous Missions!
And tells our generals and admirals to refocus on ‘the war within.’
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D.C.’s Delegate Faces New Headwinds
Eleanor Holmes Norton personifies the city’s powerlessness during the second Trump administration. But a new challenger could shatter her 2026 re-election hopes.
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Republicans Escalate Their War on America’s Cities
While some establishment Democrats attack their leftward drift
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The D.C. Occupation
On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Robert Kuttner discuss Donald Trump’s deployment of troops in the nation’s capital, and his persecution of critics.
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How Moderate Senate Democrats Enabled Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Many have warned that allowing D.C. to remain a disenfranchised colony would lead to disaster. They were right.
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The GOP States With Guards Deployed to D.C. Have Urban Murder Rates Way Higher Than D.C.’s
Today on TAP: New Orleans? Memphis? Baton Rouge? Jackson, Mississippi? Why aren’t their states’ Guards on patrol there?
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Federalizing D.C. and Redrawing California
On our live show, David and editor at large Harold Meyerson discuss Donald Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital and Gavin Newsom’s pushback to the Republican gerrymandering scheme.
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Why Republicans Are Terrified of Nonexistent Crime
They need an excuse to violently subjugate liberal cities.
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On D.C.’s Busiest Streets, Trump’s Provocateurs Provoke
Today on TAP: ICE agents and federalized cops are now deliberately stationed where they can incite the most backlash.