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Today: "Podcast: As Trump Goes Wildly Awry on Economy, Fox Quietly Bursts His Bubble" Plus, the MAGA plot to take down Canada; TNR's readers' poll about the Democratic party; Trump has zero clue what to do next in Iran; and more... The MAGA Plot to Take Down Canada A growing movement of MAGA-pilled Albertan separatists would happily break up the country to be closer to Trump. By John Last

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Read the Results of TNR's Readers' Poll About the Democratic Party The results are in from our recent readers’ poll. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets high marks. Kamala Harris, not so much. By The New Republic What About Those Celebrating Iranians? We’ve Seen This Movie Before. MAGA-heads scoff at liberals: Isn’t it great to see those overjoyed Iranians? Um, yes, but history, alas, warns us sternly against premature celebrations. By Michael Tomasky Who’s Deciding Where the Bombs Drop in Iran? Maybe Not Even Humans. Behind last week’s scrum between the Trump administration and Anthropic lies a deeper question of how warfare is conducted—and whether accountability even exists anymore. By Siva Vaidhyanathan Phase I Is Going OK Militarily. But It’s Phase II That’s Terrifying. At bottom, there are only two outcomes. Either the Iranian regime remains in power, or it doesn’t. Both scenarios end badly for the U.S., Iran, and the world in general. By Brynn Tannehill

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week. By Michael Tomasky Read now

Trump Has Absolutely Zero Clue What to Do Next in Iran Donald Trump is basically brainstorming next steps as he goes. By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling Pentagon Confession Destroys Trump’s Central Claim on Iran Strikes It turns out President Trump’s rationale for striking Iran isn’t true. By Hafiz Rashid What subscribers are reading: Clarence Thomas Has Lost the Plot By Matt Ford Donald Trump’s Lawless Regime-Change War in Iran: No. Not in Our Name. By Michael Tomasky Trump Is Attacking Climate Science. Scientists Are Fighting Back. By Robert Kopp You Won’t Believe How Trump Just Spun the Iran Attack Donald Trump refused to answer questions and instead hyped up his latest White House renovations. By Edith Olmsted Podcast: As Trump Goes Wildly Awry on Economy, Fox Quietly Bursts His Bubble The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech was the culmination of many months of lies about his economy and his tariffs. Yet in recent days, even Fox News has been admitting to how bad the news is getting. Fox figures have gently tried to tell Trump the truth about tariffs: One hinted Trump should use the Supreme Court ruling against them as an off-ramp. Another said Republicans are privately celebrating the decision. A third warned the tariffs badly threaten the GOP’s midterm hopes. On Fox Business, one anchor was surprisingly blunt about Friday’s bad inflation data. And a reporter called the recent 1.4 percent growth numbers a "bad miss." Yet Trump needs his media allies to sugarcoat his economy through the midterms. We talked to Media Matters senior fellow Matthew Gertz. He explains how Trump’s economy is creating serious dissonance for Fox propagandists and viewers alike, how this reveals Trump’s deepening problems with his base, and why all this spells trouble for the GOP this fall.  Listen to the episode here.   Read the transcript here.

The Dangerous Incoherence of Trump’s War With Iran The president doesn’t have a clear goal in Iran but thinks he can end the war before that becomes a problem. But the problem is: He can’t. By Alex Shephard Read now

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