There Was Never a Master Plan
Trump backed down on tariffs. His supporters think that was the idea all along.

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Trump backed down on tariffs. His supporters think that was the idea all along.
Grievance politics can only carry him so far.
Welcome to the 4chan administration.
A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a field guide for the DOGE era.
How to lose $148 billion in less than two months
Welcome to the Great Emboldening.
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.
Elon Musk either had a slipped-mask moment or is supremely awkward.