Sources (updated Dec. 24, 2025)

2026 Elections

Jones, Blake, and Melanie Mason. 2025. “All The Details in Democrats’ California Gerrymander.” POLITICO, August 15.

Abortion + Women’s Health

“What Is the Comstock Act?” 2025. Reproductive Freedom for All. February 27.

Cheung, Kylie. 2025. “Trump Effectively Greenlights Anti-Abortion Violence.” Jezebel. January 27.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2024. “The Threat to Abortion Rights You Haven’t Heard Of,” July 8.

Luthra, Shefali. 2024. “The 19th Explains: What Is the Comstock Act?” The 19th. June 20.

Beck, Andrew. 2024. “Anti-Abortion Extremists Want to Use the 150-Year-Old Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide.” ACLU. May 30.

Felix, Mabel, Laurie Sobel, and Alina Salganicoff. 2024. “The Comstock Act: Implications for Abortion Care Nationwide.” KFF. April 15.

Shelden, Rachel. 2022. “What Dred Scott teaches us about the draft abortion ruling.” Washington Post, May 7.

America250

Samuels, Brett. 2025. “Trump Announces ‘Patriot Games,’ With 2 High School Athletes From Each State.” The Hill, December 19.

FOX 5 DC. 2025. “President Trump Announces Patriot Games for America250.” December 18.

Gularte, Alejandra. 2025. “Trump’s ‘Patriot Games’ Sound a Lot Like The Hunger Games.” Vulture, December 18.

Democratic Backsliding + Oligarchy + Technocracy

PBS News. 2025. “Fact-Checking Trump’s Plaques for Past Presidents at the White House ‘Walk of Fame.’” December 21.

Kingsberry, Janay, et al. 2025. “Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Building, Despite Legal Concerns.” The Washington Post, December 20.

Owen, Mark, and Catherine Viette. 2025. “Disparaging Plaques for Biden, Obama Appear in Trump’s White House ‘Walk of Fame.’” France 24, December 17.

The White House. 2025. “Media Offenders.”

Kang, Cecilia. 2025. “Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order.” The New York Times, December 12.

The White House. 2025. “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” December 11.

WRAL. 2025. “Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order to Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments.” WRAL.Com, November 8.

Maher, Kit, Jake Tapper, and Alejandra Jaramillo. 2025. “White House Releases List of Donors for Trump’s Multi-million-dollar Ballroom.” CNN, October 23.

Superville, Darlene. 2025. “9 Things to Know About the $250 Million Ballroom Trump Is Adding to the White House.” PBS News, October 23.

Li, Katherine. 2025. “YouTube’s Settlement With Trump Is Helping Pay for the White House Demolition and Ballroom.” Business Insider. October 22.

The White House. 2025. “White House Ballroom Continues Proud Presidential Legacy.” October 21.

Wemple, Erik. 2025. “What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?” The New York Times, October 16.

Najmabadi, Shannon, and Aaron Gregg. 2025. “Airports Say They Won’t Air Kristi Noem Shutdown Video at TSA Checkpoints.” The Washington Post, October 13.

Artforum. 2025. “SMITHSONIAN LEADER MEETS WITH TRUMP AS MUSEUM QUIETLY SHUTTERS LATIN AMERICAN ART GALLERY.” Artforum, September 2.

Glisson, Fiona. 2025. “Trump Orders Sweeping Review of Smithsonian.” NBC, September 1.

Svitek, Patrick, Natalie Allison, and Derek Hawkins. 2025. “Trump Revokes Secret Service Detail for Harris That Biden Had Extended.” The Washington Post, August 29.

Fischer, Jordan. 2025. “‘One of the Weakest Requests for Detention I Have Seen’ | Judge Releases DC Lawyer, West Point Grad Accused of Threatening National Guard.” Wusa9.Com, August 28.

Feuer, Alan, Devlin Barrett, and William K. Rashbaum. 2025. “Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent.” The New York Times, August 27.

Weiner, Rachel. 2025. “U.S. Transportation Department Plans to Take Over D.C.’s Union Station.” The Washington Post, August 27.

Gains, Mosheh, and Nnamdi Egwuonwu. 2025. “National Guard Troops in Washington Begin Carrying Firearms.” NBC News. August 24.

McCreesh, Shawn. 2025. “At The Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display.” The New York Times, August 14.

Wendler, Jacob. 2025. “UFC to Host First-ever White House Fight Next Year, CEO Dana White Says.” POLITICO, August 12.

McCreesh, Shawn. 2025. “At The Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display.” The New York Times, August 14.

Barrett, Devlin, and Karoun Demirjian. 2025. “Bondi Tightens Trump Administration’s Grip on D.C. Police and Names ‘Emergency’ Commissioner.” The New York Times, August 15.

Birnbaum, Michael, and Perry Stein. 2025. “Trump Orders Federal Takeover of D.C. Police, Deploys National Guard.” The Washington Post, August 15.

Gathright, Jenny, Olivia George, Teo Armus, and Michael Laris. 2025. “Bondi Seeks to Rescind D.C. Police Immigration Policies as Enforcement Ramps Up.” The Washington Post, August 15.

Montague, Zach. 2025. “Takeaways From Trump’s Military Parade in Washington.” The New York Times, June 15.

Tsui, Karina, et al. 2025. “LIVE - Los Angeles Protest News.” CNN, June 10.

Assoc. Press. 2025. “Australian Reporter Hit by Nonlethal Round While Covering LA Protests.” June 9.

Kingkade, Tyler and Suzanne Gamboa. 2025. “Downtown L.A. Declared ‘Unlawful Assembly’ Area: Police Department.” NBC News, June 9.

Mackey, Robert. 2025. “Trump Blocks Grant Funding for Harvard Until It Meets President’s Demands.” The Guardian, May 6.

“Child Labor.” 2025. Social Welfare History Project. March 27.

Shapero, Julia. 2025. “Apple Renames Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America on Maps.” The Hill, February 12.

Goodman, Veronica. 2024. “Project 2025 Would Exploit Child Labor by Allowing Minors to Work in Dangerous Conditions With Fewer Protections.” Center for American Progress, September 27.

Famous Trump Feuds

Dailey, Hannah. 2025. “‘I Hate Taylor Swift’: Everything Donald Trump Has Ever Said About the Pop Star.” Billboard, August 26.

“List of Nicknames Used by Donald Trump.” Wikipedia.

Spanos, Brittany. 2025. “Sorry, Trump — Taylor Swift’s Career Is Still Very Hot.” Rolling Stone, August 5.

Doherty, Erin. 2025. “Elon Musk Appears to Delete Some Explosive X Posts Amid Feud With Trump.” CNBC. June 7.

Welker, Kristen and Alexandra Marquez. 2025. “Trump Says He Thinks His Relationship With Elon Musk Is Over.” NBC News, June 7.

Shao, Elena, and Eli Murray. 2025. “A History of Trump and Elon Musk’s Relationship in Their Own Words.” The New York Times, June 6.

Allison, Natalie. 2023. “DeSantis Greeted by ‘Pudding Fingers’ Chant in Iowa.” POLITICO, August 11.

Immigration Policy + ICE Stories

The Independent. 2025. “Kristi Noem Refused Access to Bathroom During Illinois ICE Facility Visit.” October 5.

Anderson, Jon Lee. 2025. “Have Cubans Fled One Authoritarian State for Another?” The New Yorker, September 29.

ABC7 Los Angeles. 2025. “Reporter Hit by Rubber Bullet While Covering ICE Protests in Downtown LA,” June 9.

Petri, Alexandra E., et al. 2025. “Trump Administration Highlights: U.S. Welcomes White South Africans Given Refugee Status.” The New York Times, May 21.

Iqbal, Nomia. 2025. “White South Africans Arrive in US Under Trump Refugee Plan.” May 12.

Dwyer, Devin, and Laura Romero. 2025. “Lawyer for Wrongly Deported Maryland Man Says It Might Take Co ntempt Order to Get Him Back.” AB C News. April 14.

Feuer, Alan. 2025. “What to Know About the Deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.” The New York Times, April 14.

Ordoñez, Franco. 2025. “El Salvador’s Bukele Says ‘preposterous’ to Suggest He Return Abrego Garcia to U.S.” NPR, April 14.

Contreras, Russell. 2025. “Why Trump won’t be deporting ‘millions’ of criminals.” Axios, January 27. ⁠

Elassar, Alaa. 2025. “Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps.” CNN, January 27.

Geisel, Hunter, and Chelsea Jones. 2025. “Miami man claims wife was detained in one of several Florida ICE raids: ‘They snatched her.’” CBS News. January 27.

Language + Philosophy

King, Jordan. 2024. “Nancy Mace Puts Up ‘Biological’ Women Sign on Capitol Bathroom.” Newsweek, November 20.

Montell, Amanda. 2024. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. Simon and Schuster.

“The Evolving Pejoration of ‘Karen.’” 2023. Department of Linguistics. April 14.

Goldblatt, Henry. 2020. “A Brief History of ‘Karen.’” The New York Times, August 3.

Montell, Amanda. 2018. “A Brief History of the Word ‘Bitch,’ Necessitated by Benedict Cumberbitch.” Medium, March 24.

Saul, Jennifer. 2018. Dogwhistles, Political Manipulation, and Philosophy of Language. Oxford University Press eBooks.

Legal Analysis

Rashbaum, William K., Jonah E. Bromwich, and Benjamin Weiser. 2025. “Fired Prosecutor Challenges Trump’s Claims to Sweeping Power in Lawsuit.” The New York Times, September 15.

Golde, Kalvis. 2025. “Chiles V. Salazar.” SCOTUSblog, September 10.

Golde, Kalvis. 2025. “Villarreal V. Texas.” SCOTUSblog, September 9.

Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003).

Skrmetti v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025).

Ers kine, Ellena. 2025. “Noem V. Abrego Garcia - SCOTUSblog.” SCOTUSblog. Ap ril 14.

Catulle, Katherine. 2022. “F laws of the Tiers of Scrutiny.” Harvard Undergraduate Law Review. June 3.

Case v Montana here: https://statecourtreport.org/case-tracker/state-v-case

LGBTQ Rights

Brasch, Ben. 2025. “Library Board Ousted After Voting to Keep Children’s Book About Trans Boy.” The Washington Post, December 14.

Moniuszko, Sara. 2025. “Trump Administration to Shutter Specialized LGBTQ+ Suicide Lifeline Option, Sparking Backlash.” CBS News. June 19.

The Trevor Project. 2025. “Trump Administration Orders Termination of National LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Lifeline, Effective July 17th.” June 18.

Sherman, Lucille. 2025. “NC Republicans Revive ‘Bathroom Bill’ Themes in New Legislation.” Axios, March 25.

Goldman, Maya. 2025. “HHS Redefines Sex as ‘Immutable’ in New Guidance.” Axios, February 20.

GLADD. 2025. “Still No Meeting for Trans Leaders at the New York Times.” GLAAD | GLAAD Rewrites the Script for LGBTQ Acceptance. February 13.

American Civil Liberties Union. 2025. “Transgender and Nonbinary People Take Trump to Court Over Passport Restrictions | American Civil Liberties Union,” February.

Golde, Kalvis. 2025. “United States V. Skrmetti.” SCOTUSblog. January 2.

Telford, Taylor, Faiz Siddiqui, and Casey Parks. 2024. “Elon Musk said his trans child was ‘dead.’ She’s calling him out.” Washington Post, July 26.

Boyle, Patrick. 2024. “What Is Gender-affirming Care? Your Questions Answered.” Assoc. Of American Medical Colleges, May 9.

HHS Office of Civil Rights. 2024. “Discrimination on the Basis of Sex.” HHS. May 15.

HHS Office of Population Affairs. 2022. “Gender-Affirming Care and Young People.” Report. HHS.

North Carolina

BPR. 2025. “Randolph Commissioners Dismiss Entire Library Board after Book Controversy.” December 9.

Brasch, Ben. 2025. “Library Board Ousted after Voting to Keep Children’s Book about Trans Boy.” The Washington Post, December 14.

Dean, Korie. 2025. “UNC System Issues Policy Making Syllabi Public.” The Assembly NC, December 19.

Doran, Will. 2025. “Michele Morrow Enters Republican Primary for NC’s Open US Senate Seat.” WRAL.Com, December 19.

WUNC. 2025. “It’s Official, North Carolina Professors Will Have to Publicly Post Syllabi.” December 20.

Walker, Cheryl. 2025. “Wake Forest University Will Be Tuition-free for Admitted Students From North Carolina Families Earning Less Than $200,000.” Wake Forest News. September 19.

Hui, T. Keung. 2025. “On The First Day of School, NC Gov. Stein Greets Families at This Wake Carpool.” Raleigh News & Observer, August 25.

Lake, Amber. 2025. “Mt. Tabor High School Students Walk Out To Support Teachers Amid Job Cuts.” Wfmynews2.Com, August 25.

Shimron, Yonat. 2025. “Why Baptists in North Carolina Agreed to Resettle Afrikaners as Refugees.” NPR, May 21.

Smith, Ken. 2025. “For NC Farmers, Complexity Makes Tariff Impact Hard to Predict, Troxler Says.” WRAL, April 7.

Sherman, Lucille. 2025. “NC Republicans Revive ‘Bathroom Bill’ Themes in New Legislation.” Axios, March 25.

“Governor Stein Announces 2025-2027 Budget Proposal to Keep North Carolina Strong.” 2025. NC Governor. March 19.

Quillin, Martha. 2025. “How Could NC Schools Be Impacted by a Shutdown of the US Dept. Of Education? What We Know.” Raleigh News & Observer, March 12.

Political Scandals + Investigations

Shapero, Julia. 2025. “Senate Democrat asks Trump for TikTok divestiture details.” The Hill, November 24.

The Panama Playlists

Hawkins, Eleanor. 2025. “American Eagle Doubles Down on Controversial Ad Campaign.” Axios, August 7.

Restrepo, Manuela López. 2025. “The Ad Campaign That Launched a Thousand Critiques: Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans.” NPR, August 1.

“The Facts and Timeline of Trump and Epstein’s Falling Out.” 2025. PBS News, July 31.

“A Timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation, Now 20 Years Old | AP News.” 2025. AP News, July 23.

Protests

Rubin, April, and Rebecca Falconer. 2025. “‘No Kings’ anti-Trump Protests Attract Millions, Organizers Say.” Axios, June 15.

Wise, Alana. 2025. “3 Takeaways From the Military Parade and No Kings Protests on Trump’s Birthday.” NPR, June 15.

Smith, David. 2025. “Tanks, Flypasts, Missiles: What to Expect at Trump’s ‘Dictator Chic’ Military Parade.” The Guardian, June 13.

Tariffs + Trade Policy

Hoskins, Peter and Maia Davies. 2025. “Trump Tariffs: US President Says Foreign Movies May Be Hit With 100% Levies.” May 5.

Egwuonwu, Nnamdi. 2025. “Trump Plans to Impose 100% Tariffs on All Foreign Movies.” May 4.

Vulser, Nicole. 2025. “China Is Introducing New Restrictions on Hollywood Films.” Le Monde.Fr, April 17.

Hernandez, Joe and Maria Aspan. 2025. “Wall Street Leaders Warn of Harsh Economic Consequences From Trump’s Tariffs.” NPR, April 7.

Irwin, Neil. 2025. “Tariffs 101: What They Are and How They Work.” Axios, April 5.

VandeHei, Jim, and Mike Allen. 2025. “Behind the Curtain: You Gotta Believe.” Axios, April 4.

Boak, Josh. 2025. “Trump Announces Sweeping New Tariffs to Promote US Manufacturing, Risking Inflation and Trade Wars | AP News.” AP News. April 3.

Clausing, Kimberly and Maurice Obstfeld. “What Populists Don’t Understand About Tariffs (but Economists Do).” 2025. PIIE. February 13.

Scams + Conspiracies

Dredge, Stuart. 2025. “GenAI ‘We Are Charlie Kirk’ Track Has a Strange Back-story.” Music Ally, November 27.

Mills, Doug and Ashley Wu. 2025. “A Tiny West Wing Office is Big on Trump Messaging.” The New York Times, November 14.

Cheung, Brian. 2025. “Release of Trump Mobile Phones Plagued by Delays.” NBC News, September 25.

Priest, Aaron. 2025. “RFK’s Cousin Tim Shriver Weighs in on Trump Administration’s Unproven Ties Between Autism & Tylenol.” CNN, September 22.

Fitzgerald, Katherine and Timothy Graham. 2024. “#SaveTheChildren: A pilot study of a social media movement co-opted by conspiracy theorists.” Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, May 23.

Collins, Leah. 2024. “The Strange Origins of the Satanic Panic: How One Canadian Book Started a Worldwide Witch Hunt.” CBC, January 11.

Rivera, Geraldo. (Archived) 2023. “Devil Worship: Exposing Satan’s Underground.” Geraldo.

DailyWire+. 2017. “Ben Answers a Mailbag Question by Singing From ‘Les Miserables.’”

Frontline. 2015. “Innocence Lost.” PBS Frontline, November 18.

Lanning, Kenneth. 1992. “Investigator’s Guide to Allegations of ‘Ritual’ Child Abuse.” OJP.

UMKC School of Law. n.d. “The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: An Account.” Famous Trials.

State + Local Issues (all except NC)

ABC News. 2025. “Stefanik Suspends Campaign for New York Governor, Won’t Run for Reelection to House.” ABC News. December 19.

AP News. 2025. “Key Questions about Minnesota’s Fraud Schemes and the Billions in Losses.” December 19.

PBS News. 2025. “MyPillow Founder and Trump Ally Mike Lindell to Run for Minnesota Governor in 2026.” December 11.

Corasaniti, Nick. 2025. “Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, Announces Run for Minnesota Governor.” The New York Times, December 11.

Trump’s Cabinet Officials + Executive Orders

Whipple, Chris, and Christopher Anderson. 2025. “Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the ‘Junkyard Dogs’: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2).” Vanity Fair, December 16.

The White House. 2025. “Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Saves TikTok While Protecting National Security.” September 25.

PBS. 2025. “WATCH: Trump Signs TikTok Executive Order on Sale of Social Media Company.” September 25.

The White House. 2025. “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.” August 21.

Rizzo, Salvador. 2025. “Pirro’s Office Won’t Pursue Gun Charges Over Carrying Rifles, Shotguns.” The Washington Post, August 20.

Bishop, Holly. 2025. “JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller Deliver Shake Shack Burgers to National Guard in Washington DC.” Independent TV, August 20.

LeVine, Marianne, Liz Goodwin, and Dan Lamothe. 2025. “Kristi Noem Is Living Rent-free in Home Used by Coast Guard Commandant.” The Washington Post, August 15.

Jeanine Pirro on X. 2025. ‘Assault a Law Enforcement Officer, and You’ll Be Prosecuted. This Guy Thought It Was Funny—well, He Doesn’t Think It’s Funny Today, Because We Charged Him With a Felony’. X (Formerly Twitter), August 13.

Saul, Stephanie. 2025. “Trump Intends to Cancel All Federal Funds Directed at Harvard.” The New York Times, May 29.

Gabbatt, Adam. 2025. “Jeanine Pirro Is Latest Loyalist to Join Fox News to Trump Administration Pipeline.” The Guardian, May 18.

McCall, Jeffery. 2025. “Trump dips into the Fox News talent agency yet again with Jeanine Pirro pick.” The Hill, May 14.

Schwartzman, Paul, Spencer S. Hsu, and Jeremy Barr. 2025. “TV-ready, Loyal: Pirro, Trump’s Pick for Top D.C. Prosecutor, Fits His Mold.” The Washington Post, May 13.

Filson, Jackie. 2025. “New Poll Confirms: Trump’s Plan to Abolish Department of Education Is Extremely Unpopular Among Voters.” Student Borrower Protection Center. February 5.

Wolf, Brandon. “Background on Trump Day One Executive Orders Impacting the LGBTQ+….” 2025. HRC. January 22.

Assoc. Press. 2025. “Mexico’s President Amused by Trump’s Orderto Rename the Gulf of Mexico | AP News.” 2025. AP News. January 21.

Ainsley, Julia, Didi Martinez and Laura Strickler. 2025. “Trump’s inauguration day recap, from festivities to executive orders.” January 20.

U.S. Foreign Relations + International Affairs

Nehamas, Nicholas, Tyler Pager, Farnaz Fassihi, and Alan Rappeport. 2025. “U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector.” The New York Times, December 11.

Alcoba, Natalie. 2025. “Argentinian President Wins Critical Midterm Elections.” NPR, October 27.

Iglesia, Facundo, and Tom Phillips. 2025. “Burning Down the House: Milei Plays Rock Star as Argentina Economy Crashes.” The Guardian, October 7.

Savage, Charlie, and Helene Cooper. 2025. “Venezuelan Boat Suspected of Drug Smuggling Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Strike.” The New York Times, September 10.

Sánchez-Garzoli, Gimena. 2024. “Attention Needs to Be Paid to the Situation in Argentina.” WOLA. June 13.

Wirtschafter, Valerie. 2023. “Argentina Dives Into the Unknown With Lessons for Future Elections.” Brookings, November 22.

Yang, John, and Azhar Merchant. 2025. “Why Trump Is Giving Argentina a $20 Billion Lifeline to Help Its Flailing Economy.” PBS News, October 17.

Al Jazeera Staff. 2025. “What Happened to the Madleen Gaza Boat Activists Detained by Israel?” Al Jazeera, June 12.

Kershner, Isabel, Ephrat Livni, and Lynsey Chutel. 2025. “Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg: What to Know.” The New York Times, June 11.

Khadder, Kareem, et al. 2025. “Seized Gaza Aid Ship Docks in Israel With Greta Thunberg Aboard.” CNN, June 9.

“Trump Confronts South African President Over Baseless Claim of Targeted Killings of White Farmers.” 2025. PBS News. May 21.

Boussion, Mathilde. 2025. “South African Courts Dismiss ‘white Genocide’ Myth.” Le Monde.Fr , March 13.

Mesa, Jesus. 2025. “As The World Turns on Trump, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum Has Other Plans.” Newswe ek, April 7.

Pozzebon, Stefa no, Jessie Yeung, and Lex Harvey. 2025. “El Salvador Offers t o House Violent US Criminals and Deportees of Any Nationality in Unprecedented Deal.” CNN, February 4. ⁠

Falloff, Nicky. 2023. “Moral Panic and White Supremacy in South Africa | GJIA.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. May 12.

Wright, Thomas C. 2023. Democracy in Latin America: A history since independence. Rowman & Littlefield

White Supremacy + Christian Nationalism

The Associated Press, and Jaden Edison. 2025. “Texas Launches Plan to Open Turning Point USA Chapters in Every High School.” WHSV, December 12.

Howard, Andrew. 2025. “MAGA Infighting Erupts at Turning Point USA Conference.” POLITICO, December 19.

Luse, Brittany. 2025. “Nazism Has Entered the Group Chat.” NPR, October 24.

Prokop, Andrew. 2025. “The Leaked Young Republicans Group Chat Points Toward a Bigger Problem.” Vox, October 20.

The White House. 2025. “America Prays – the White House.” September 10.

The White House. 2025. “President Trump Champions Religious Freedom, Unveils America Prays.” September 8.

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