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October 28, 2023
DeSantis’s War on “Woke” Colleges Gets Even More Absurd—and Dangerous
A proposed rule for Florida’s public campuses would muzzle advocacy of issues “that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs.”
by Melissa Gira Grant

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West Virginia University Is Everything That’s Wrong With Higher Education Today
Its president ignored the warning signs about declining enrollment. Now WVU is deeply in debt, in thrall to market-worshipping consultants, and cutting a shocking number of programs and faculty.
by Aaron R. Hanlon
Imagine Handing This F****d-Up World Back to Donald Trump
Democrats had better start making the all-too-obvious case that a return to Trumpism would do untold damage to a vulnerable world.
by Michael Tomasky
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No Labels’ Weird, Anti-Democratic Plot to Hand the 2024 Election to Trump
The centrist group dedicated to “problem solving” seems to have decided to start sowing constitutional chaos.
by Matt Ford
The Evangelicals Calling for War on Poor People
A new, antisocial strain of the prosperity gospel is making its way into pulpits and breeding new hostility toward the least fortunate Americans.
by Elle Hardy
The latest from The Politics of Everything
Behind the Shoplifting Panic
Retailers are locking up merchandise and closing stores nationwide, citing an explosion in organized theft. Could their losses be attributable to more than just shoplifting?
by The New Republic
From The Ticker:
Michael Cohen Stares Down Trump and Drops Fraud Trial Bombshell
Donald Trump’s former fixer has testified against him in the New York fraud trial.
by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s New York Fraud Trial Just Got a Very Fun New Witness
Ivanka Trump, welcome to the stand.
by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
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Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist.
Meet Mike Johnson, Republicans’ new House speaker.
by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
New House Speaker Kicks Things Off With Crass Remark About His Wife
Representative Mike Johnson made a gross gaffe about his wife in his acceptance speech.
by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Cognitive Decline? Trump Mixes Up Autocrats Who Love Him
The gaffe says quite a bit about the fascists in Donald Trump’s rolodex.
by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
New House Speaker Thinks It’s Christian to Call Gay Love Sinful
Speaker Mike Johnson has a long history of homophobia. Here is a small sampling.
by Pablo Manríquez
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