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  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Malcolm Ferguson

    The U.S. secretary of education is having issues with basic math. Linda McMahon testified on Trump’s 2026 budget before the Senate on Tuesday. While discussing spending on federal grants programs for disadvantaged students—TRIO and the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP—she made a massive math error. “We spend $1.58 billion a year on TRIO?” Republican Senator John Kennedy asked McMahon. AdvertisementAdvertisement“Yes,” she replied.

  • 4 days ago | newrepublic.com | Malcolm Ferguson

    Senior State Department staffer Darren Beattie, a passionate Putin supporter behind the move to dismantle a key agency fighting Russian propaganda, is married to a Russian woman whose uncle is a longtime Kremlin ally, according to The Telegraph. Yulia Kirillova grew up in Moscow, studied abroad in North America, and married Beattie in 2021 in Florida. She moved to D.C. in January. Her uncle Sergei Cherniko is a drinks magnate who had an estimated net worth of $150 million in 2005.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Malcolm Ferguson

    Senior State Department staffer Darren Beattie, a passionate Putin supporter behind the move to dismantle a key agency fighting Russian propaganda, is married to a Russian woman whose uncle is a longtime Kremlin ally, according to The Telegraph. Yulia Kirillova grew up in Moscow, studied abroad in North America, and married Beattie in 2021 in Florida. She moved to D.C. in January. Her uncle Sergei Cherniko is a drinks magnate who had an estimated net worth of $150 million in 2005.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Malcolm Ferguson

    The Pentagon’s new press secretary is a chronically online 26-year-old white nationalist who believes in the “great replacement” theory, thinks Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy is an “entitled midget,” and pushed an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was lynched after being falsely accused of murder in 1915.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Malcolm Ferguson

    At least 11 large companies—including Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, and Oracle—are cutting ties with law firms that caved to President Trump’s threats of political retribution, according to The Wall Street Journal. General counsels for multiple companies told the Journal that the law firms’ willingness to cut deals with the president, rather than stand up for themselves, greatly eroded their confidence in the ability of those firms to represent them in court or in high-pressure negotiations.

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Malcolm Ferguson
Malcolm Ferguson @malc_ferg
23 Apr 25

For a Democratic Party struggling with authenticity and communication, Smith checks a lot of boxes. And even if his presidential chances are questionable at best, the charismatic leadership vacuum they highlight is very real. For @newrepublic: https://t.co/MO8mf6QYOX

Malcolm Ferguson
Malcolm Ferguson @malc_ferg
4 Mar 25

I wrote about how Trump’s past incoherence—and his inner circle’s current incongruence—likely spell doom for the future of legal weed. For @newrepublic: https://t.co/IsbT9C2TAC

Malcolm Ferguson
Malcolm Ferguson @malc_ferg
3 Jan 25

“Walmart’s retreat from DEI is a lesson in what corporate social responsibility actually is: political statements designed not to offer meaningful change but to placate consumers and avoid bad press.” I wrote about the DEI recalibration for @newrepublic: https://t.co/vSzahF2vSV