The Sharia Scare Returns and Trump’s Surveillance Powers
Plus: What a blockade really means, and how Putin's propagandists are handling Hungary's election...
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A New Hungary Is a Huge Opportunity for Europe
“CENTRAL EUROPE IS SOOO BACK,” a Polish friend and government official commented on her private Instagram profile upon learning the results of Hungary’s parliamentary election on Sunday. In an ironic twist o…
How Putin’s Propagandists Are Spinning Orbán’s Defeat
THE REACTION OF RUSSIA’S STATE PROPAGANDISTS to Viktor Orbán’s trouncing at the polls last Sunday can be summed up in one word: “cope.”
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On The Bulwark on Sunday, NYU law professor Ryan Goodman joins Bill Kristol to discuss how surveillance powers could be used—and abused—by the Donald Trump administration. Plus, a broader look at Trump’s escalating clashes with the rule of law and what, if anything, Congress can still do to push back.
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The best free restaurant bread in America… Come take a journey with Caity Weaver at The Atlantic, as she finds the best free restaurant bread in America. (I’ve had it! It’s good!)
Joe Rogan’s down on Trump and MAGA — but he’s still hardcore MAHA… “The influential podcaster continues to spread RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine gospel — and a new poll shows more Americans are growing comfortable with having measles back…” writes Anthony Fisher at MS NOW.
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine… Read Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman’s amazing cover story at WIRED.
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