The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump

The president is driving the tentacles of the federal government deep into the nation’s economy, culture and legal system.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-intrusion-lincoln-roosevelt.html?smid=em-share

By Thomas B. Edsall

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.

“The Trump administration ranks among the most intrusive in American history, driving the tentacles of the federal government deep into the nation’s economy, culture and legal system.”

We’re Trapped in Trump’s Reality. This Is How We Escape It.

Trump may be able to escape the consequences of his actions; the rest of us cannot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/opinion/america-short-term-thinking.html?smid=em-share

“The old world is dying,” Antonio Gramsci wrote in another era of destruction, “and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” We may be fated to live in such a time. But what new world will be born after this time?

Live with Heather Cox Richardson – California governor Gavin Newsom

A recording from Heather Cox Richardson’s live video

Heather Cox Richardson

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Gavin Newsom

Aug 14, 2025

California governor Gavin Newsom and I chatted earlier today about his announcement that California will hold a special election on November 4 for voters to consider redistricting the state temporarily if Texas redistricts to give President Donald Trump the five additional seats to which he believes he is “entitled.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/live-with-heather-cox-richardson?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false