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The Murder of Alex Pretti Warning: this post contains graphic content

The Murder of Alex Pretti
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The Humiliation of Donald Trump in Davos The leading democracies of the world revolt against Trump’s absurd Board of Peace as the “middle powers” swoon to the rallying cry of Canada’s Mark Carney

Trump's Board of Peace combines the scaminess of Trump University, the membership rules of Mar-a-Lago, and the spirit of Trump’s newfound interest in imperialism. It is also one of the greatest bait-and-switches in diplomatic history.

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Part 5: Loyalty Test If you are new to this series, please read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.

Part 5: Loyalty Test

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Part 3: Catch and Kill If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

Part 3: Catch and Kill
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Part 2: She Did It Again If you are new to this series, start here.

Part 2: She Did It Again

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Part 1: How I Found Out Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...

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The Quiet Rebellion of the Lower Courts On the pleasures of reading the opinions of judges who stand up to Trump.

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What Ezra Klein Gets Wrong About Abortion and Authoritarianism If you wouldn’t trade away voting rights to win a Senate seat, don’t trade away bodily autonomy either. In 2025, it's the same fight.

In 2025 America, telling Democrats to run “pro‑life Democrats” isn’t the savvy strategy Klein thinks it is. Instead, it’s urging them to normalize the same authoritarian threat they’re supposed to defeat.
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America After Trump's 'Enemies Within' Speech Trump and his MAGA revolutionaries eye their next target: the U.S. military.

NEW: Trump’s Purge-Replace-Attack playbook comes for the military.
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When the Prosecutor Picks the Man We were warned about a prosecutor--or president--who might "pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted."

We were warned about a prosecutor--or president--who might "pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted."
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Apple Is the New Disney The tech giant is censoring a show about right-wing extremism.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has lived in fear of Trump all year. And now Apple TV+ has pulled a show about right-wing violent extremism after some criticism from MAGA social media accounts.
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How the Media Sanewashes Trump The gap between how Trump acts and how he is covered is getting wider.

It's worth asking: How much crazier would Trump have to get for his craziness to be the main news in stories about him?
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The Paramount Betrayal Why you should cancel your subscription to the streaming service

Why you should cancel your subscription to Paramount+

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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny An audio version of Judge Luttig's special July 4 piece

My friend Ryan Lizza posted this audio of “The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom — and of Tyranny” this morning. www.telos.news/p/the-self-e...

The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.

An important new piece from @judgeluttig.bsky.social to mark Independence Day: www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...

This was a riveting conversation with @milestaylor.bsky.social, who provided a firsthand account of how Trump has long sought to deploy troops in American cities. www.telos.news/p/trump-has-...

@judgeluttig.bsky.social: "The Republican Party and almost every Republican official in the country has sold their soul to the devil."
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Donald Trump Is at the Peak of His Powers This week revealed that Trump is more powerful than any recent president

Trump's powers are nearly unchecked on three fronts that no modern president has ever successfully combined.
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Simon Rosenberg on Trump's decline and the expanding "circle of defiance" YouTube video by Telos News from Ryan Lizza

@simonwdc.bsky.social on Trump's decline, the growing “circle of defiance” against Trump, what the media gets wrong in its coverage of MAGA, and his advice for Democrats.

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Watch Tom Lobianco @24sight.news discuss how he reacted once when a top House Republican tried to get him to out a source and then called him "fake news." So good.

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@judgeluttig.bsky.social argues that *every* significant initiative of Trump’s first 100 days lacks legal authority. He concludes: "It would be impossible to say, after Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, that America has a government of laws, not of men."

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Donald Trump's 100 Days of Lawlessness Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig says that ALL of Trump's signature initiatives are unlawful.

This is a must-read/must-watch interview with Judge Michael Luttig. www.telos.news/p/donald-tru...

Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets Attorney Steven Biss represented famous MAGA clients in a lawfare campaign against the press. Things didn't go exactly as planned.

Our first big investigative piece at Telos News: Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets www.telos.news/p/devin-nune...

Standing Up to Corporate Media Bullying Here's what I told Politico, Part II

Why I won’t cave in to a media conglomerate’s censorship demands. www.telos.news/p/standing-u...

Politico Is Demanding I Censor Three More Articles As Politico editors gather to toast the First Amendment tonight, they are threatening to sue me if I don't erase content that they don't like.

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The Podcast About Trump's Threat to Democracy That Was Never Published An insider's account of how the media botched the 2024 election

We talk a lot about the media’s inadequate coverage of Biden’s mental decline in 2024. We should talk more about the media’s inadequate coverage of Trump’s threat to democracy in 2024. Here’s a case study. www.telos.news/p/the-podcas...

My Formal Response to Politico Here's what I just told the media conglomerate trying to censor me

Here is the official response from Telos News to Politico regarding their demand that we delete an article from the internet. open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...

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Politico and Free Speech The foreign-owned media company is demanding that I delete an 1,800-word article criticizing press coverage of Trump.

Yesterday, I wrote an article introducing my new publication, Telos. My former employer now wants me to delete it.
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