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A Modern-Day Hamlet Briefing 10/08/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Adam Gabbatt @ The Guardian : A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a …

Muscular Leadership Briefing 10/07/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Will Neal @ The Daily Beast : Laura Loomer Splits From Trump Over Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell The MAGA loyalist has backed the president through thick and thin but would now appear to have drawn a …

They Need To Suffer Briefing 10/06/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo : The Trump Admin’s Mostly Unnoticed Move to Crack Down on the Opposition Last month, the White House issued two executive orders that direct federal law …

The Party Of Satan Briefing 10/03/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Robert Downen @ Texas Monthly : The Fight to Christianize Texas Public Schools Just Escalated David Barton calls church-state separation a myth. He’s now an adviser on state social studies curricula.  …

A Radical Rationale Briefing 10/02/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen and Mica Rosenberg @ ProPublica :  Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign A Pennsylvania businessman …

The Charlie Kirk Revival Briefing 10/01/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Vittoria Elliott @ Wired : Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office …

The Enemy Within Briefing 09/30/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Fred Kaplan @ Slate : Trump Just Gave the Military an Extremely Sinister Mission The U.S. president just told military leaders that one of their main missions soon will be to defeat “the enemy from …

Trump's Revenge Briefing 09/26/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog : As Trump orchestrates James Comey’s indictment, the corruption is the point Among the most striking things about the Comey indictment is that it is plainly what it appears …

The Ladies Love Hitler Briefing 09/25/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist : Ryan Walters is resigning, ending his disastrous reign over Oklahoma's public schools The far-right superintendent of public schools will soon lead a right-wing …

Bad Advice Briefing 09/24/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Katherine Kelaidis @ Vox : MAGA’s first martyr The killing of Charlie Kirk could turn the movement into a faith that outlives Donald Trump. William Bredderman and Aneela Mirchandani @ Mother Jones : Inside …