US politics
fromThe New Yorker
11 hours agoDonald Trump's Spring Cleaning
Donald Trump is dismissing senior officials amid the Iran war, creating an atmosphere of discontent and distraction within his administration.
Ashley St. Clair stated, 'So last week, I told you guys that all of MAGA is paid and they coordinate their messaging in lockstep via group chats.' She emphasized the improbability of many influencers independently arriving at the same conclusion regarding Trump needing a ballroom after the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Dan Scavino attempted to start a USA! USA! chant after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but attendees quickly shushed him, indicating a lack of enthusiasm for the chant.
Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to have her second child next week, a baby girl. Leavitt will be returning to the podium after her maternity leave, though it's unclear exactly how many weeks she'll take.
Budowich stated, 'Just tell him the truth. What is your truth?' He pointed out that business leaders often get intimidated in the Oval Office and misrepresent the situation, saying, 'Everything's great, sir.'
I'm here because we're starting the campaign to win the midterms. We've got to win the midterms. Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally, signaling his central role in the Republican Party's midterm strategy despite not being personally on the ballot in 2026.
The New York Times recently reported that four conservative operatives spent the Biden years quietly building the legal and regulatory infrastructure to kill the federal government's ability to fight climate change. Russell Vought. Jeffrey Clark. Mandy Gunasekara. Jonathan Brightbill. They drafted executive orders. They got Heritage Foundation money. They solicited white papers from friendly scientists. They built the whole thing in secret so nobody could stop them before it was done.
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program ( DARE) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving ( MADD) both got their starts in the nineteen-eighties. MADD emerged as one of the greatest examples of grassroots political activism in modern America, but DARE has been judged mostly a failure. Why did one flourish while the other proved to be merely a passing fad? Duhigg argues that the answer is in the difference between "mobilizing" and "organizing."