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Trump's Board of Peace combines the scaminess of Trump University, the membership rules of Mar-a-Lago, and the spirit of Trump’s newfound interest in imperialism. It is also one of the greatest bait-and-switches in diplomatic history.

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The Humiliation of Donald Trump in Davos
The leading democracies of the world revolt against Trump’s absurd Board of Peace as the “middle powers” swoon to the rallying cry of Canada’s Mark Carney
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January 22, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Part 9: Cover-up
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The biggest and most newsworthy revelation of this series is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conspired with a reporter to abuse a D.C. court so he could save his relationship with Trump and become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Part 9: Cover-up
Combat Journalism
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January 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Caving to Trump: The Top Ten Worst Offenders of 2025

The newsroom leaders, tech oligarchs, law firm chairs, and university presidents who helped Trump coerce and capture large swathes of the media, the legal profession, and academia.

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Caving to Trump: The Top Ten Worst Offenders of 2025
The newsroom leaders, tech oligarchs, law firm chairs, university presidents, and others who helped Trump coerce and capture large swathes of the media, the legal profession, and academia.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Part 8: Bamboo
You'll want to read this one all the way to the end.
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Part 8: Bamboo
If you are new to this series, start here with Part 1.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Part 7: Day in Court

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Part 7: Day in Court
If you are new to this series, start here with Part 1.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Part 6: ‘Bobby was behind the whole thing’ open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...
Part 6: 'Bobby was behind the whole thing.'
If you are new to this series, start here with Part 1.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Part 5: Loyalty Test

No pay wall.

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Part 5: Loyalty Test
If you are new to this series, please read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Olivia's strategy memo to Bobby.
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Olivia's Strategy Memo to Bobby
'You are Rocky while the other candidates are Rocky and Bullwinkle.'
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December 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Part 3: Catch and Kill
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Part 3: Catch and Kill
If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Part 2: She Did It Again

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Part 2: She Did It Again
If you are new to this series, start here.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
In 2025 America, telling Democrats to run “pro‑life Democrats” isn’t the savvy strategy Klein thinks it is. Instead, it’s urging them to normalize the same authoritarian threat they’re supposed to defeat.
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What Ezra Klein Gets Wrong About Abortion and Authoritarianism
If you wouldn’t trade away voting rights to win a Senate seat, don’t trade away bodily autonomy either. In 2025, it's the same fight.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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NEW: Trump’s Purge-Replace-Attack playbook comes for the military.
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America After Trump's 'Enemies Within' Speech
Trump and his MAGA revolutionaries eye their next target: the U.S. military.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We were warned about a prosecutor--or president--who might "pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted."
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When the Prosecutor Picks the Man
We were warned about a prosecutor--or president--who might "pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted."
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September 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook has lived in fear of Trump all year. And now Apple TV+ has pulled a show about right-wing violent extremism after some criticism from MAGA social media accounts.
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Apple Is the New Disney
The tech giant is censoring a show about right-wing extremism.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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It's worth asking: How much crazier would Trump have to get for his craziness to be the main news in stories about him?
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How the Media Sanewashes Trump
The gap between how Trump acts and how he is covered is getting wider.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Telos News is proud to publish this new essay by @judgeluttig.bsky.social to mark Constitution Day 2025. Please read it carefully and share it widely.
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America’s Grievances Against Its “King” on Constitution Day 2025
In July, to mark Independence Day, Telos News published J.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: How Republicans created the Kafkaesque regime of selective prosecution that they once claimed to fear.
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You have committed a crime.
How Republicans created the Kafkaesque regime of selective prosecution that they once claimed to fear.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Why you should cancel your subscription to Paramount+

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The Paramount Betrayal
Why you should cancel your subscription to the streaming service
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July 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Watch @judgeluttig.bsky.social on @velshi.com’s show discussing Luttig’s article published at @telos.news

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Excellent interview!
July 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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My friend Ryan Lizza posted this audio of “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom — and of Tyranny” this morning. www.telos.news/p/the-self-e...
The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny
An audio version of Judge Luttig's special July 4 piece
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July 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM