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David Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group, a media company that produces podcasts including Deep State Radio, hosted by Rothkopf. TRG also produces custom podcasts for clients including the United Arab Emirates. He is also the author of many books including Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, Superclass, Power, Inc., National Insecurity, Great Questions of Tomorrow, and Traitor: A History of Betraying America from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump. His daily newsletter "Need to Know" is available at davidrothkopf.substack.com.
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Who Really Thinks the ‘Epstein Files’ Will Harm Trump?
TEFLON DONControversy over the “Epstein files”—or a lack thereof—has led to a major MAGA meltdown. But it won’t stick.

How Trump Is Getting Away With Murder. Literally
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATHHe has gleefully embraced pro-death policies— and those alone (among all his administration’s many misguided, ill-conceived, corrupt and outright evil initiatives) are working exceptionally well.

Trump’s Big Budget Bill Is a Brutal Breakup With His Base
IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S MEHe promised them he would Make America Great Again, but like virtually everything Trump has done since retaking the White House, it will be achieve quite the opposite.

Trump Doesn’t Need the Nobel Prize. He Needs an Intervention
STRAIT UPHe’s dangerously unfit. Don’t be fooled by the amusing nuttery—this president’s capacity for catastrophe is immense.

Why Trump’s Ego is More Dangerous than Iran’s Nuclear Threat
OLD MAN’S FOLLYThe country’s nuclear capabilities, which U.S. intelligence downplayed earlier this week, were not the true impetus for the attack.

Why Trump’s War on Democrats Threatens Democracy Itself
UTTERLY ANTI-AMERICANIn just a few days the president has show his opponents will be harassed, targeted, and punished. We need to resist.

Trump Has Us On His Escalator to Hell—But There is a Way Off
DECADE OF DONExactly 10 years ago, he began a descent and pulled us down. We are tarnished, sullied and divided—but there is a reason for hope.

How Iran Puts Trump’s Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display
SHRUNKEN AND SHRIVELEDAll the reasons Trump is the opposite of a 4-D chess player are on brutal display in the Tehran rubble.

Why Trump’s Birthday Parade Risks Being a Dark Turning Point
CRYSTALIZING MOMENTThe president is, once again, disrespecting our armed forces by hijacking the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday celebrations—and turning it into a party for himself.

It’s Summer in Trump’s America and Fascism Is in Bloom
WARNING: WORSE TO COMEPresident Donald Trump seeks to send a message that, unlike past presidents, he does not derive his powers from our laws.
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