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Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Former models for Donald Trump’s agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally.
As Trump’s deportation campaign escalated, the masks quickly turned officers and agents into a faceless, impersonal, undifferentiated goon squad.
It’s a look that has long been associated with authoritarian regimes and secret police…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
It’s a look that has long been associated with authoritarian regimes and secret police…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Why They Mask
Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But they’re not coming off anytime soon.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
As Trump’s deportation campaign escalated, the masks quickly turned officers and agents into a faceless, impersonal, undifferentiated goon squad.
It’s a look that has long been associated with authoritarian regimes and secret police…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
It’s a look that has long been associated with authoritarian regimes and secret police…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Air traffic in the U.S. could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday.”
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Thanksgiving air traffic could 'slow to a trickle' if shutdown persists, transport secretary says
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns that U.S. air traffic could slow significantly if the federal government shutdown continues into the Thanksgiving travel season.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Air traffic in the U.S. could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday.”
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“Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. And because it is targeting people who have spent an average of 16 years in the United States…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. And because it is targeting people who have spent an average of 16 years in the United States…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Every government shutdown is a game of a chicken between Democrats and Republicans, or sometimes between Congress and the White House.
And every administration tries to use its power to squeeze opponents…”
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And every administration tries to use its power to squeeze opponents…”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Why This Shutdown Is So Dangerous
The way the president is disrupting essential services shows the dangers of his vision for big government.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“Every government shutdown is a game of a chicken between Democrats and Republicans, or sometimes between Congress and the White House.
And every administration tries to use its power to squeeze opponents…”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
And every administration tries to use its power to squeeze opponents…”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
“Turning private equity loose in our health care system kills people.”
~Sen. Elizabeth Warren
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
~Sen. Elizabeth Warren
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“Turning private equity loose in our health care system kills people.”
~Sen. Elizabeth Warren
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
~Sen. Elizabeth Warren
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Military commissaries could begin closing in early December if a continuing government shutdown continues, with up to 168 U.S. locations potentially affected.
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Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
taskandpurpose.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Military commissaries could begin closing in early December if a continuing government shutdown continues, with up to 168 U.S. locations potentially affected.
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taskandpurpose.com/news/commiss...
“The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike. “
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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike. “
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“If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted.
This is not how a representative government works.
It is how the Mafia works.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This is not how a representative government works.
It is how the Mafia works.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Mafia Presidency
Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted.
This is not how a representative government works.
It is how the Mafia works.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This is not how a representative government works.
It is how the Mafia works.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“…the reality is that Mamdani’s victory says absolutely nothing about the wider appeal of his priorities. If anything, the context of his victory reveals the limits of his platform…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Democrats, Mamdani Doesn’t Point the Way Forward
He won by a modest margin in a deeply blue city not because of his radical commitments, but despite them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“…the reality is that Mamdani’s victory says absolutely nothing about the wider appeal of his priorities. If anything, the context of his victory reveals the limits of his platform…”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Greene is essentially doing to Trump what Trump did to the Republican Party of George W. Bush: She is recognizing the gaping void between the values of the party’s leaders and those of its followers, and ruthlessly exploiting it.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Knows Exactly What She’s Doing
The “Jewish space lasers” lady may be positioning herself to lead the MAGA movement.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“Greene is essentially doing to Trump what Trump did to the Republican Party of George W. Bush: She is recognizing the gaping void between the values of the party’s leaders and those of its followers, and ruthlessly exploiting it.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Today, the supreme court is hearing oral arguments in one of those rare cases that could reshape all three branches of government.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Court Must Decide If the Constitution Means What It Says
Conservative justices have worked to curb exactly the kind of power Trump is abusing in the tariff case.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Today, the supreme court is hearing oral arguments in one of those rare cases that could reshape all three branches of government.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Zohran Mamdani will be the unlikeliest mayor in New York City history. A 34-year-old backbench state assemblyman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Mamdani ran on the promise of affordability and was declared the winner not long after polls closed tonight.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Mamdani Is the Foil Trump Wants
Prepare to hear a lot about New York’s new mayor.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Zohran Mamdani will be the unlikeliest mayor in New York City history. A 34-year-old backbench state assemblyman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Mamdani ran on the promise of affordability and was declared the winner not long after polls closed tonight.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“The onetime designated villain of the Iraq War had somehow mutated into a hero of the anti-Trump constitutional resistance. Had he changed? Or had they misjudged him?”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
There Was One Dick Cheney All Along
The end of the former vice president’s career reflected its beginnings.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“The onetime designated villain of the Iraq War had somehow mutated into a hero of the anti-Trump constitutional resistance. Had he changed? Or had they misjudged him?”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, competes with its own deep mythology. So many of its highlights are in black and white, and so many of its GOATs are ghosts, that the former national pastime is easily dismissed as past its prime.
It isn’t.
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It isn’t.
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The Best Postseason in Baseball History?
This year’s playoffs and World Series showed that the game can still deliver the unexpected.
www.theatlantic.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, competes with its own deep mythology. So many of its highlights are in black and white, and so many of its GOATs are ghosts, that the former national pastime is easily dismissed as past its prime.
It isn’t.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
It isn’t.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
“Trump has signaled that he is open to invoking the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that allows the president to deploy the military in the United States.”
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“Trump has signaled that he is open to invoking the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that allows the president to deploy the military in the United States.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“It’s clear that AI is both drowning out and obscuring other stories about the wobbling American economy. That’s a concern.
But even worse: What if AI’s promise for American business proves to be a mirage?
What happens then?”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
But even worse: What if AI’s promise for American business proves to be a mirage?
What happens then?”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
“It’s clear that AI is both drowning out and obscuring other stories about the wobbling American economy. That’s a concern.
But even worse: What if AI’s promise for American business proves to be a mirage?
What happens then?”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
But even worse: What if AI’s promise for American business proves to be a mirage?
What happens then?”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
“Base living—in the unofficial Trump Green Zone—has also become something of a double-edged status symbol among Trump officials.”
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Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Base living—in the unofficial Trump Green Zone—has also become something of a double-edged status symbol among Trump officials.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“As the impact of the shutdown threatens to spread deeper into the country, Trump could soon confront the reality that when a crisis hits, the public often turns to the president for leadership—or for blame.”
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Missing President
Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“As the impact of the shutdown threatens to spread deeper into the country, Trump could soon confront the reality that when a crisis hits, the public often turns to the president for leadership—or for blame.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution.
It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution.
It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“Pritzker is currently a focal-point Democratic leader against the activist aggressions of the White House. One could make a case that a state-versus-federal discord of this magnitude has not existed since the civil-rights movement, or even the Civil War era.”
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
J. B. Pritzker’s Dark Visions
Twenty-seven minutes with the latest governor Donald Trump wants arrested
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Pritzker is currently a focal-point Democratic leader against the activist aggressions of the White House. One could make a case that a state-versus-federal discord of this magnitude has not existed since the civil-rights movement, or even the Civil War era.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...