The Brutalist Report

Politico

• Appeals court backs Trump’s mass detention policy [16d]
• Trump administration must unfreeze Gateway funds, federal judge orders [16d]
• The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass. [16d]
• White House frustrations with Venezuela’s Machado surface after election comments [16d]
• White House excluding Dems from its annual governors meeting [16d]
• Trump administration scolds Mamdani for executive order reaffirming sanctuary protections [16d]
• Why the left decided to embrace, and not fight, Kathy Hochul [16d]
• Gabbard’s seizure of voting machines heightens concerns of midterm meddling [16d]
• Hochul projects ‘strength’ as she resoundingly wins Democratic backing for a new term [16d]
• Canada plants a flag in Greenland [16d]
• ‘It’s pissing people off’: Centrist Democrats are livid with AIPAC after primary fiasco [16d]
• Nevada Republican Mark Amodei to retire [16d]
• ‘Every possible pretext’: State officials say Trump is pushing the bounds of election administration [16d]
• ‘It sucks’: Crypto gets a rude awakening to kick off Trump’s second year [16d]
• Trump deletes racist video depicting Obamas as monkeys after bipartisan backlash [16d]
• New York Democrats propose sweeping pause on data center construction [16d]
• ‘Irresistible stage’: Olympic authorities on high alert for cyberattacks as winter games kick off [16d]
• Democrats Confront the Party’s Questionnaire-Industrial Complex [17d]
• The tech industry's political maze on AI data centers [17d]
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics [17d]
• House Republicans prepare full-court press for voting restrictions [17d]