From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook
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Maga is painting Saturday’s protests as violent treason. Prove them wrong | Judith Levine ⊖⊖
Trump allies would love an excuse to step up their crackdown. Nonviolence, both disciplined and open-hearted, must define the day
“They have a ‘Hate America’ rally that’s scheduled for October 18 on t…
5 months ago
Satirical statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands appears in Washington ○
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The statue titled Best Friends Forever was made by an anonymous creator and is expected to remain in the grounds of National Mall until Sunday night.
New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein ○
Bronze statue by an anonymous creator shows the two men frolicking and holding hands with a foot kicked back in joy
There’s a new statue on the east end of the National Mall for Washington DC resident…
6 months ago
America survived a coup attempt. Can it endure dictatorial creep? | Lawrence Douglas ○
Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago is the latest example of a slow manipulation of the line between legal and illegal
January 6 demonstrated that longstanding democracies can readily resist a …
Mayor of DC pushes back on Trump’s incursion as national guard troops patrol the streets ○
Around 800 troops expected to be deployed and an unknown number of arrests have been made as Trump makes claims about ‘crime crisis’
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National guard and federal law enf…
8 months ago
Tanks to roll through Washington as Trump hosts US military parade ○
Parade – ostensibly to mark US army’s 250th birthday – takes place as president turns 79 and comes amid large protests
Thousands of troops accompanied by dozens of tanks and aircraft will stream throu…
Trump is deeply obsessed with US history – but he has learned all the wrong lessons from it | David Reynolds ○
His ostentatious birthday parade is his latest reimagining of America’s past. He’d do well to remember that pride must be rooted in honesty
David Reynolds is the author of Mirrors of Greatness: Church…
10 months ago
Trump’s third term trial balloon: how extremist ideas become mainstream ○
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The president has been testing the waters by suggesting he could run again, a familiar playbook of the Maga movement – and a distraction tactic
It is noon on 20 January 2029. In the biting cold of Wa…
13 months ago
Trump and Vance back anti-abortion activists in March for Life speeches ○
Both president and vice-president indicate US justice department will no longer prosecute anti-abortion activists
In addresses to the March for Life, the nation’s largest anti-abortion rally, Donald T…