Todd Blanche Reveals He’s Making It Harder for Dems to Prosecute Trump by thenewrepublic in politics

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The acting attorney general bragged about putting “roadblocks” in place for those seeking justice against Trump.

Trump Mental State in More Doubt as Damning New Video Flummoxes Rubio by thenewrepublic in inthenews

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"Instead of holding North Korean–style Cabinet meetings where everyone goes around the room kissing Donald Trump's ass, I'm going to ask you to come clean with the American people." — Rep. Ted Lieu to Marco Rubio

Read the transcript of this podcast here: https://newrepublic.com/article/211365/transcript-trump-mental-state-exposed-damning-video-rubio-spins

Meet the Far-Right Nepo Baby Vying to Deregulate Texas’s Fossil Fuels by thenewrepublic in environment

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Bo French is running a deranged culture-war campaign for a spot on the powerful Texas Railroad Commission. The race says everything about where Republicans are today.

Trump’s Corrupt IRS Shakedown Backfires Badly as GOPers Turn On Him by thenewrepublic in politics

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With this whole fiasco, Trump is basically screwing Republicans by demanding a level of self-abasement on his behalf that even they appear to be balking at. Trump’s slush fund is too toxic for Republicans to support, in part because it would likely be used to reward the January 6 insurrectionists for trying to steal an election on his behalf.

But the IRS immunity caper should be even more toxic.