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Why Trump’s Russian Bearhug Is So Dire

Why Trump’s Russian Bearhug Is So Dire

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a newsletter that hereby declares all attempted changes by its editor to be an unconstitutional...

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Jim Newell

Why the Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Assault on Government Is So Dangerous

Why the Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Assault on Government Is So Dangerous

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Shirin Ali

Trump Is Now Threatening Trans Voting Rights

Trump Is Now Threatening Trans Voting Rights

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Morgan Munroe

Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday

Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday

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Frank Bowman

One Judge Is About to Go Toe-to-Toe With Trump Over His Executive Order Spree

One Judge Is About to Go Toe-to-Toe With Trump Over His Executive Order Spree

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friday 10

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Dahlia Lithwick And Mark Joseph Stern

Huh, It Turns Out Voters Don’t Want Elon Musk to Destroy the Government

Huh, It Turns Out Voters Don’t Want Elon Musk to Destroy the Government

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friday 10

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

This Law Protects Those Who Help Abortion Seekers Across State Lines. Now It’s Coming Under Attack.

This Law Protects Those Who Help Abortion Seekers Across State Lines. Now It’s Coming Under Attack.

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Mary Ziegler

Every Era Has Its Own Way of Thinking About the Middle Ages. Here’s 2025’s.

Every Era Has Its Own Way of Thinking About the Middle Ages. Here’s 2025’s.

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Matthew Gabriele And David Perry

I’ve Pinpointed the Psychological Phenomenon at Play in Every Elon Musk Move

I’ve Pinpointed the Psychological Phenomenon at Play in Every Elon Musk Move

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friday 20

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Denise Cana

Think You’re Smarter Than a What Next Producer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

friday 10

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Ray Hamel

Trump Won Big by Promising to “Save the Children.” But That Was Never the Real Goal.

Trump Won Big by Promising to “Save the Children.” But That Was Never the Real Goal.

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Nico Lang

Which Is the Densest Naturally Occurring Element?

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Ray Hamel

Republicans Are Begging for Their Funding Back. Trump Has Got Them Where He Wants Them.

Republicans Are Begging for Their Funding Back. Trump Has Got Them Where He Wants Them.

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20.02.2025 10

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Jim Newell

The Eric Adams Scandal Has Given Kathy Hochul an Impossible Dilemma

The Eric Adams Scandal Has Given Kathy Hochul an Impossible Dilemma

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20.02.2025 10

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Alexander Sammon

Why Did Trump Take All the Eggs?

Why Did Trump Take All the Eggs?

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20.02.2025 10

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

Why Is the DOJ Pretending Like Elon Musk Isn’t in Charge of DOGE?

Why Is the DOJ Pretending Like Elon Musk Isn’t in Charge of DOGE?

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20.02.2025 10

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Mark Joseph Stern

U.S. Attorney Ed Martin May Have Already Messed Up Trump’s Retribution Tour

U.S. Attorney Ed Martin May Have Already Messed Up Trump’s Retribution Tour

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20.02.2025 10

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Brendan Ballou

Where Trump’s Ukraine Lies Are All Too Familiar

Where Trump’s Ukraine Lies Are All Too Familiar

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20.02.2025 10

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Emily Tamkin

This Might Be the Fastest Way to Get Elon Musk Out of the White House

This Might Be the Fastest Way to Get Elon Musk Out of the White House

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Daniel A. Farber And Jonathan Gould

A Troubling Development for the Death Penalty in the U.S.

A Troubling Development for the Death Penalty in the U.S.

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19.02.2025 10

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Austin Sarat

Which Province Was Added to Canada One Year After the Red River Rebellion?

19.02.2025 10

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Ray Hamel

A Dying 83-Year-Old Pastor Is Suing Over DOGE’s Devastation. She’s Not Alone.

A Dying 83-Year-Old Pastor Is Suing Over DOGE’s Devastation. She’s Not Alone.

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19.02.2025 7

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Jeremy Stahl

It’s Not Time to Protest, It’s Time to Strike.

It’s Not Time to Protest, It’s Time to Strike.

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19.02.2025 2

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Mary Harris

This Trump Idea Sounds Great. It Would Have Horrible Consequences.

This Trump Idea Sounds Great. It Would Have Horrible Consequences.

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19.02.2025 2

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Adam Chodorow

What to Make of Trump’s Total Capitulation to Putin

What to Make of Trump’s Total Capitulation to Putin

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Fred Kaplan

Meet the Disabled Vets, Cancer Researchers, and Nuclear Techs Fired by Elon Musk

Meet the Disabled Vets, Cancer Researchers, and Nuclear Techs Fired by Elon Musk

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18.02.2025 30

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Scott Pilutik

I Just Figured Out What Elon Musk’s DOGE Really Is

I Just Figured Out What Elon Musk’s DOGE Really Is

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18.02.2025 40

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Dahlia Lithwick

Trump Takes a Wrecking Ball to Our Alliance With Europe

Trump Takes a Wrecking Ball to Our Alliance With Europe

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18.02.2025 10

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Fred Kaplan

The Surprising Answer to the Big Legal Question of This Moment

The Surprising Answer to the Big Legal Question of This Moment

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18.02.2025 9

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Dahlia Lithwick

Trump Is Rolling Out a Huge Part of Project 2025’s Proposed Attacks on Elections

Trump Is Rolling Out a Huge Part of Project 2025’s Proposed Attacks on Elections

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Lawrence Norden And Derek Tisler

One Judge Can Reject DOJ’s Eric Adams Dismissal Motion. He Has Every Reason to Do So.

One Judge Can Reject DOJ’s Eric Adams Dismissal Motion. He Has Every Reason to Do So.

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18.02.2025 10

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Bennett Capers

Who Is the Elven Hero in the Nintendo Video Game The Legend of Zelda?

18.02.2025 2

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Ray Hamel

He’s Hot. He’s “Dangerous.” He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight?

He’s Hot. He’s “Dangerous.” He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight?

It is Jan. 19—the last day of Joe Biden’s presidency, and the eve of a new one no one can quite fathom yet—and Hasan Piker is preparing for the...

18.02.2025 5

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Luke Winkie