Melissa Gira Grant

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Articles

Why the Trump Team Keeps Turning ICE Raids Into Reality TV

2 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has fully embraced the art of the immigration raid as reality television. They are intentionally producing devastating scenes designed to circulate on social media. But beyond offering viewers a chance to participate in the administration’s cruelty, this content creation serves a strategic purpose. Why are Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and “border czar” Tom Homan showing up personally for raids, cameras and influencers in tow?
Why the Trump Team Keeps Turning ICE Raids Into Reality TV

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Melissa Gira Grant

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has fully embraced the art of the immigration raid as reality television. They are intentionally producing devastating scenes designed to circulate on social media. But beyond offering viewers a chance to participate in the administration’s cruelty, this content creation serves a strategic purpose. Why are Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and “border czar” Tom Homan showing up personally for raids, cameras and influencers in tow?
This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Teresa Borrenpohl later told the Coeur d’Alene Press that, as it happened, she didn’t know if it was an arrest of a kidnapping. She was seated in a nearly-full town hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee on Saturday. At first, the scene was similar to those that have played out over the last week or so, with opponents of the Trump and Musk takeover showing up to tell their lawmakers to show some spine, even in deeply conservative counties.
Some Institutions Caved to Trump. Their Employees Are Fighting Back.

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Someuniversity administrations appeared to come to the same decision, quietlycensoring themselves—while also backpedaling once criticized in public. AtGeorgia Tech, after an email instructing a similar removal of“DEI” mentions from the school’s website leaked to the public, the university claimed they’d already begun“discontinuing” such programs in 2023.
Some Institutions Caved to Trump. Their Employees Are Fighting Back.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Melissa Gira Grant

“Do not obey in advance,” the opening advice historian Timothy Snyder offered dismayed citizens following Trump’s first election, has become almost a cliché in the wake of Trump’s return to power. Now, it’s being tested: Faced with a barrage of executive orders from Trump, universities and hospitals have had to decide how to respond. So far, the results may feel dispiriting, but that depends where you look.
Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.

2 months ago | portside.org | Melissa Gira Grant

The protests in Washington continue, some very small. But the more that some people—even a handful—remain visible, the more others seem inclined to join them. On February 7, outside the building where the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency Musk had pledged to kill, the small crowd included a woman who had spent 36 hours traveling by bus so she could be there and do something.
Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Theprotests in Washington continue, some very small. But the more that some people—evena handful—remain visible, the more others seem inclined to join them. OnFebruary 7, outside the building where the Consumer Financial ProtectionBureau, an agency Musk had pledged to kill, the small crowd included a woman whohad spent 36 hours traveling by bus so she could be there and do something.
Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Melissa Gira Grant

In recent weeks, it’s become clear that the Trump/Musk takeover does not need to be well-executed to accomplish its goals. But now, it’s also becoming clear that protesters have adapted to the seemingly unending number of attacks, on an ever-expanding number of targets—the emerging theme in whatever kind of fascism this is.
The #Resistance Lives. It Just Looks Different This Time.

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Late Sunday, a reported 20,000 people joined an organizing call quickly convened by Indivisible, a group founded to push back on Trump’s first administration, in response to actions largely undertaken by one of his unelected lackeys, the chaotic tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. As the call maxed out its capacity, tens of thousands more watched via YouTube. Meanwhile, outside an otherwise unexciting federal building in Washington, federal workers and D.C. residents assembled.
Why Are Hospitals Bowing to Trump’s Illegal Gender-Affirming Care Ban?

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Hundreds of people showed up to protest outside Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, joining thousands mobilizing across the country against Trump’s rash of executive orders targeting immigrants and transgender people. On Wednesday, Trump issued an order attempting to ban gender-affirming care for people under 19. In response, Children’s began notifying some of its young trans patients that it had “paused” their care.