New in PN: Trump burns down financial watchdog agency to spite Liz Warren

And if it lets Elon get his payments app started without federal regulation, even better! https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-musk-destroy-cfpb-liz-warren

Removed the paywall from our piece on Missouri Republicans' total war on Planned Parenthood, so check it out if you wanted to read last week but aren't a subscriber (but please sign up if you appreciate independent journalism like this!) https://www.publicnotice.co/p/missouri-planned-parenthood-lawsuit

New in PN: Checking in on the state of right-wing extremism with Andy Campbell

"Bannon still has a podcast. Joe Rogan is still platforming every Nazi under the sun. Milo ​and Nick Fuentes are still hanging out with GOP elites. The faces that you saw at Gamergate and Charlottesville are still out there. A January 6 can and will happen again, because the architects are still able to do their thing unimpeded." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/andy-campbell-interview-proud-boys-jan-6-tarrio

New in Public Notice: "The GOP has a crowded field of habitual liars. But Ramaswamy is perhaps the current master of what Kate McKinnon’s SNL version of Laura Ingraham described as 'feel facts, which aren’t technically true but just feel true'" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/vivek-ramaswamy-rise-explained

"They're all standing on 5th Ave. and could shoot someone" -- enjoyed talking with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about tonight's GOP debate as a demonstration of how Trump's strongman cult has taken over the party, the historical roots of MAGA authoritarianism, and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kn9J1pBywo

New in Public Notice: The GOP debate shows that Trump's hostile takeover is complete https://www.publicnotice.co/p/fox-news-gop-debate-trump-2024

My new (free!) column for Post: The J6 indictment suggests we were closer to the brink than we knew https://post.news/@/atrupar/2TWentOuBH184PzqWFOse6tVipO?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=creator_organic&utm_campaign=atrupar&utm_content=august4