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Trump Always Wanted To Use the Military To Attack Opponents. Now He’s Doing It
I unpack Trump’s autocratic love for violence against protesters as he escalates in LA, including his praise for China after Tiananmen Square.
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Mehdi Hasan
17
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'Fallujah on the Pacific’: Trump’s Plan for Los Angeles
Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen talks to Mehdi and Zeteo subscribers about the military being deployed in LA, the mass deportations, and the…
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Mehdi Hasan
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
29
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The Imperial Boomerang Lands in Los Angeles
As police and the National Guard escalate against anti-ICE protesters, the Department of Homeland Security bridges US violence abroad and US violence at…
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Spencer Ackerman
29
Trumpism Is More American Than We Want to Believe
An acknowledgement of how the MAGA movement has shattered the flattering image of America many may have held – and what history says about what the US…
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John Harwood
23
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Is Outright Class Warfare
The Republicans' ‘tax cut for the middle class' is just a brazen - and historic - giveaway to the ultra-rich and multinational corporations, paid for by…
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Grace Blakeley
19
Lindsey Graham's Disgusting Tweet About Greta Thunberg Is 'Brain Rot' in Its Truest, Most Vulgar Sense
As the Zeteo contributor set sail on the Gaza aid flotilla, GOP Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted: "Hope Greta and her friends can swim!"
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Prem Thakker
79
Trump Is Screwing Over His Working-Class Supporters – and He’s Not Even Hiding It
At the same time, he's selling his name and presidential authority to fatten his bank account on a scale previously unimaginable. Will it spell trouble…
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John Harwood
11
The Supreme Court Just Got Closer to Crowning Trump King
The Court's right-wing majority effectively 'blessed' Trump's blatant violation of the law in a ruling that could have far-reaching consequences.
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Kim Wehle
18
This Week in Democracy – Week 18: White Supremacy in the White House and a ‘Pay-to-Play’ Dinner
Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
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Team Zeteo
17
A GOP Attempt to Steal a State Supreme Court Seat Is a ‘Total Warning Sign for 2026’
Democrats should be preparing now for a Republican 'scorched-earth' campaign in the midterms.
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John Harwood
9
Trump, the ‘Scammer-in-Chief,’ has Turned the Presidency into a Nonstop Grift
Trump 2.0's guiding rule: ensure financial gains for the president and his rich friends at the expense of millions of ordinary Americans.
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Lisa Gilbert
8
Don't Fall for Republicans' Federal Debt Con
Long before Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' Republicans proved they don't really care about the budget deficit.
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John Harwood
6
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