The Day the Truth Got Fired

Trump purges reality, promotes a predator, enrages allies, and dismantles science all before tee time.

Good morning! Yesterday might have been the most revealing day of the Trump regime’s second term, one in which the façade of normalcy finally collapsed, and the outlines of authoritarianism became impossible to miss. The day began with the firing of a federal economist, ended with global scientists backing up our climate data like they were raiding a mu…