The New Republic

The New Republic was founded in 1914 as a call to arms for public-minded intellectuals advocating liberal reform in a new industrial age. Now, two decades into a new century, TNR remains, if anything, more committed than ever to its first principles—and, most of all, to the need to rethink outworn assumptions and political superstitions as radically changing conditions demand.

Co-founder Herbert Croly declared that TNR was an “experiment”—and today we rededicate that experiment, and our magazine’s legacy, to the urgent challenges of reclaiming the democratic faith amid dangerous, deranging new upheavals in our common world.


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Some experts voted for him twice—once for each term. “Much more corrupt and dangerous to the Constitution than all of the others on this list combined,” observed author and columnist Jonathan Alter. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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The “transvestigation” into Michelle Obama has been a yearslong effort to spite, harass, demoralize, and delegitimize this country’s first Black first lady. newrepublic.com/post/211824/trump-reacted-michelle…

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President Trump has officially hit a net approval on inflation of negative 50 points in numerous surveys, something no other president has done—ever. newrepublic.com/article/211734/trump-hits-record-b…

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Cecilia Vega was fired by CBS head Bari Weiss in the middle of producing a feature on U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese—perhaps the most prominent institutional voice against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. newrepublic.com/post/211692/cbs-ousted-60-minutes-…

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Trump can not make the public forget about Epstein, no matter what he does, and he continues to prove that with his social media attacks. newrepublic.com/post/211600/trump-fumes-nyt-report…

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Maine voters need to be reminded, to the tune of about $40 million worth of TV commercials, of Collins’s support for putting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. newrepublic.com/article/211466/platner-collins-mai…

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"At the core of MAGA is this bizarre kind of howling emptiness. There’s just nothing really there except for Trump’s megalomania and his self-enrichment and his absolutely bottomless need for attention and adulation—and he never gets enough anyway." newrepublic.com/article/211471/transcript-trump-25…

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"He always destroys anything that latches onto him. And ultimately, you have no choice but to separate yourself from it because it is an all-consuming blob, essentially, that just devours anything that gets close enough to it."

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It all can be traced back to that week in April 2017, when The New York Times decided it had to be broad-minded in the wake of the election of the most narrow-minded man to occupy the White House since Andrew Johnson—or maybe ever. newrepublic.com/post/211430/new-york-times-bari-we…

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House Republicans, joined by four Democrats, voted Thursday to cut $141M in food and vegetable benefits in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which help pregnant and postpartum women and children. newrepublic.com/post/211416/democrats-republicans-…

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