Herewith, a to-do list for 2026
White House
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Trump’s Newest Policy: Is It Racist? Is It Megalomaniacal? It’s Both!!
Free admission to our national parks on MLK’s birthday has been canceled. Free admission on Trump’s birthday has replaced it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want
The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because the cost of construction isn’t nearly as important as having an inventory of donations available for corporate America to pony up.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Presidential Construction Projects
David Dayen and Maureen Tkacik talk about the ICE raid in South Shore Chicago, in the shadow of the Obama Presidential Center, and the destruction of the East Wing of the White House in Washington.
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Goodbye, White House. Hello, Trump House.
It turns out that the notion of American exceptionalism actually makes the country more vulnerable to an authoritarian takeover. But it’s not too late to stop Trump’s attempt to consolidate a dictatorship.