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As The Roberts Court Turns 20, The Originalist Revolution Turns 40

"By the end of President Reagan’s administration, the originalist revolution was underway."

Reason

Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

The Trump administration announced on Sept. 20, 2025, that it plans to stop releasing food insecurity data. The federal government has tracked and analyzed this data for the past three decades, but it plans to stop after publishing statistics pertaining to 2024 data. The Conversation U.S. asked Tracy Roof, a…

The Conversation

Reagan-appointed judge smacks down Donald Trump’s attempts to take away free speech and protests

Turns out freedom of speech isn't targetted.

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White House ramps up pressure on Democrats’ shutdown strategy - Roll Call

Sources on both sides of the aisle and nonpartisan analysts agree that top congressional Democrats have a weak hand to play.

Roll Call

Robert Reich Says 'The Rules Of The Game Changed' In The 1980s. Median Wages Stagnated While Wealth Flowed To The Top

Economic inequality in America today stems from a shift in the early 1980s when “the rules of the game changed,” former Labor Secretary Robert Reich recently warned.

Benzinga

“We went to Waffle House and I saw a sugar packet. Those songs went from being the third Bob Mould solo album to being by a band called Sugar”: Bob Mould on Hüsker Dü's rise and fall, and what changed when he swapped his Ibanez Rocket Roll for a Strat

In a rare interview, the Hüsker Dü and Sugar mastermind walks us through his entire career, right on up to his brand-new “give the people what they want” record, Here We Go Crazy

Guitar World

The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism

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MTG slams Fox News host who called her ‘an absolute lunatic with an IQ of a snail’

The far-right congresswoman is currently in a feud with former Reagan official and Fox News host Mark Levin over the U.S.’s relationship with Israel

The Independent UK

How the neoliberalism of ‘Hayek’s Bastards’ changed the world – and fuelled the rise of the populist right

Neoliberalism has had an enormous influence on the world, driving policy and governance at the national and international level, particularly since the 1980s, when it was championed by the Reagan administration in the United States and the Thatcher government in the United Kingdom.

The Conversation

No Special Counsel for the Epstein Suicide Investigation

It would be a terrible idea to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein suicide and scandal.

Reason

Friday essay: ‘nothing quite like it in the history of espionage’ – the Russian spies who pretended to be American

In the thrilling finale of the TV series The Americans, set during the Reagan administration, deep-cover KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are faced with a difficult decision. Posing as an ordinary American married couple, for decades they have raised children, filed tax returns and slipped effortlessly into the rhythms…

The Conversation

Have The Gundy and Fulton Moments Passed?

The intelligible principle test and Employment Division v. Smith are likely safe from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett.

Reason

Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?

While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the “second term curse”.

The Conversation

What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries’ shared history

The Trump administration’s decision to bomb Iran dramatically marks the now nearly half-century of hostility between the United States and Iran, which began in 1979 with Iran’s takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the taking of 52 diplomatic hostages.

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A Brief, Bloody History of All the Times the U.S. Caused Chaos in the Middle East

The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.

The Conversation

US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning far beyond Israel’s strikes on Tehran

Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S. then supported the long, repressive reign of the Shah of Iran, whose security services brutalized Iranian citizens for decades.

The Independent UK

Judge deems some of Trump’s National Institutes of Health grant cuts illegal

The Reagan-appointed judge said he had “never seen” such “palpable" racial discrimination in his 40 years on the bench

Reason

Donald Trump Sounds Like a Democrat From the 1980s

It's a return to the Reagan era, but not in the way that should make conservatives happy.

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The hidden power of cultural exchanges in countering propaganda and fostering international goodwill

At a time when China is believed to spend about US$8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut by 93% the part of the State Department that does the same thing for the United States.

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Trump revives Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ dreams with $175B ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense

It feels like the death star.

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who in The Phoenician Scheme? Meet the cast of the new Wes Anderson film

The ultimate auteur is famed for his mega-starry lineups, so let’s take a look at who’s making an appearance in his latest offering

The Independent UK

Trump announces ‘Golden Dome for America’ to protect U.S. from ballistic and hypersonic missiles

Trump claims the ‘Golden Dome’ system will be operational by the end of his term

Salon

SCOTUS now captured by conspiracies

In her new book "Lawless," law professor Leah Litman chronicles the collapse of reason at the highest court

Louder

"I really hate America. If Adolf Hitler came back and said 'I won't raise taxes', he'd win in a landslide." In 1988 R.E.M. were so disgusted with the state of the US that guitarist Peter Buck said he felt like shooting people, starting with President Bush

"I live in a country where I wanna shoot politicians"

The Guardian - US

How Jon Voight went from Oscar-winning A-lister to Trump acolyte

The actor was once one of the most commanding men in Hollywood – yet he has now teamed up with the president to help ruin the industry

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