A year in, thousands of armed troops have quietly become a fixture of D.C. life
There is a particular kind of political theater that requires no grand pronouncements or dramatic confrontation—only persistence.
By Tom Beckwith ·
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ACLU notes Trump treats D.C. like a police state until 2029
The sheer longevity of this National Guard deployment—extended through January 2029—is less a policy decision and more a performance art piece in state overreach.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
I rarely find myself so thoroughly disappointed by the American machinery of justice. It is tiresome, frankly, to watch powerful institutions mistake visible damage for criminal intent.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I
The whole debate over Chinese AI models and "distillation" is a spectacular piece of theater designed to distract us from one thing: concentrated power.
By Maya Ellison ·