Sources (updated Apr. 26, 2026)
Index
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2026 Elections
Barrow, Bill, and Steve Karnowski. 2026. “Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar Announces Run for Minnesota Governor.” AP News, January 30.
Corasaniti, Nick. 2025. “Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, Announces Run for Minnesota Governor.” New York Times, December 11.
Jones, Blake, and Melanie Mason. 2025. “All The Details in Democrats’ California Gerrymander.” POLITICO, August 15.
Karnowski, Steve. 2025. “MyPillow Founder and Trump Ally Mike Lindell to Run for Minnesota Governor in 2026.” PBS News, December 11.
Martinez, Marissa. 2026. “House Passes Elections Overhaul Bill That Could Make It Harder for Married Women to Vote.” The 19th. February 20.
Mascaro, Lisa. 2026. “GOP Pushes Ahead on Strict Voter ID Bill Ahead of Midterm Elections | AP News.” AP News. February 12.
Oppenheim, Oren. 2025. “Stefanik Suspends Campaign for New York Governor, Won’t Run for Reelection to House.” ABC News, December 19.
Abortion + Women’s Health
Beck, Andrew. 2024. “Anti-Abortion Extremists Want to Use the 150-Year-Old Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide.” ACLU. May 30.
Cheung, Kylie. 2025. “Trump Effectively Greenlights Anti-Abortion Violence.” Jezebel. January 27.
Felix, Mabel, Laurie Sobel, and Alina Salganicoff. 2024. “The Comstock Act: Implications for Abortion Care Nationwide.” KFF. April 15.
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.
Shelden, Rachel. 2022. “What Dred Scott teaches us about the draft abortion ruling.” Washington Post, May 7.
Walsh, Rachel. 2026. “Does the U.S. Have a Fertility Crisis?” Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, January 6.
“What Is the Comstock Act?” 2025. Reproductive Freedom for All. February 27.
AI + Big Tech + Data Privacy
Harwell, Drew. 2026. “Thousands Have Swooned Over This MAGA Dream Girl. She’s Made With AI.” The Washington Post, March 24.
Bond, Shannon. 2026. “OpenAI Announces Pentagon Deal After Trump Bans Anthropic.” NPR, February 28.
Hays, Kali. 2026. “Trump Has Ordered Government Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic AI Tools.” BBC, February 28.
Jamali, Lily. 2026. “US Threatens Anthropic With Deadline in Dispute on AI Safeguards.” BBC, February 24.
Kang, Cecilia. 2025. “Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order.” The New York Times, December 12.
Li, Katherine. 2025. “YouTube’s Settlement With Trump Is Helping Pay for the White House Demolition and Ballroom.” Business Insider. October 22.
McMahon, Liv. 2026. “X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok.” BBC, Feb. 3.
PBS News. 2025. “WATCH: Trump Signs TikTok Executive Order on Sale of Social Media Company.” September 25.
Shapero, Julia. 2025. “Apple Renames Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America on Maps.” The Hill, February 12.
SXSW London [@Sxswlondon]. 2026. Instagram, February 11.
The White House. 2026. “First Lady Melania Trump Inspires America’s Children to Be Curious, Use AI to Achieve Their Career Ambitions.” January 16, 2026.
The White House. 2025. “Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Saves TikTok While Protecting National Security.” September 25.
America250
Williams, Chris. 2026. “UFC’s White House Fight Card Revealed: Here’s The Lineup.” FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, March 8.
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.
Hudak, Joseph. 2026. “Morgan Wade, Carter Faith Will No Longer Perform on 2026 Rock the Country Tour.” Rolling Stone, January 27.
Kaufman, Gil. 2026. “Morgan Wade, Carter Faith Latest Artists to Bail on Rock the Country Tour.” Billboard, January 28.
Morrow, Brendan. 2026. “Kid Rock’s Rock the Country Festival Scraps Stop as Band Pulls Out.” USA TODAY, February 11.
Samuels, Brett. 2025. “Trump Announces ‘Patriot Games,’ With 2 High School Athletes From Each State.” The Hill, December 19.
Democratic Backsliding + Oligarchy
“Arrested: Worst of the Worst.” n.d. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Department of War [@Deptofwar]. 2026. Instagram, April 10.
Edwards, Jonathan, and Dan Diamond. 2026. “Federal Commission Delays Vote on Trump’s White House Ballroom Project.” The Washington Post, April 2.
Treisman, Rachel. 2026. “Trump Attends Supreme Court Arguments Over His Executive Order, a Presidential First.” NPR, April 1.
Broadwater, Luke, and Maggie Haberman. 2026. “Trump Eyes White House Treaty Room for Latest Renovation Project.” The New York Times, March 26.
Donald J. Trump [@realDonalTrump]. 2026. Truth Social, March 22, 10:40am.
Diamond, Dan, and Olivia George. 2026. “Trump Installs Christopher Columbus Statue on White House Grounds.” The Washington Post, March 22.
Quilantan, Bianca. 2026. “Trump Administration Sues Harvard Over Alleged Discrimination Against Jewish Students.” POLITICO, March 20.
Weissman, Sara. 2026. “Trump Appoints Erika Kirk to U.S. Air Force Academy Board.” Inside Higher Ed, March 12.
Artforum. 2025. “SMITHSONIAN LEADER MEETS WITH TRUMP AS MUSEUM QUIETLY SHUTTERS LATIN AMERICAN ART GALLERY.” Artforum, September 2.
Assoc. Press. 2026. “Trump Sues IRS and Treasury for $10 Billion Over Leaked Tax Information.” NPR, January 30.
Assoc. Press. 2025. “Australian Reporter Hit by Nonlethal Round While Covering LA Protests.” June 9.
Baker, Kelsey. 2026. “The Pentagon Marked 33 Universities as ‘moderate’ or ‘high’ Risk. Here Are the Schools on the Leaked List.” Business Insider, February 20.
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.
“Child Labor.” 2025. Social Welfare History Project. March 27.
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.
Gains, Mosheh, and Nnamdi Egwuonwu. 2025. “National Guard Troops in Washington Begin Carrying Firearms.” NBC News. August 24.
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.
Glisson, Fiona. 2025. “Trump Orders Sweeping Review of Smithsonian.” NBC, September 1.
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.
Kingkade, Tyler and Suzanne Gamboa. 2025. “Downtown L.A. Declared ‘Unlawful Assembly’ Area: Police Department.” NBC News, June 9.
Kingsberry, Janay, et al. 2025. “Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Building, Despite Legal Concerns.” The Washington Post, December 20.
Levine, Sam, and George Chidi. 2026. “FBI Raid in Georgia Has Little Legal Basis.” The Guardian, January 30.
Mackey, Robert. 2025. “Trump Blocks Grant Funding for Harvard Until It Meets President’s Demands.” The Guardian, May 6.
Maher, Kit, Jake Tapper, and Alejandra Jaramillo. 2025. “White House Releases List of Donors for Trump’s Multi-million-dollar Ballroom.” CNN, October 23.
McCreesh, Shawn. 2025. “At The Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display.” The New York Times, August 14.
Montague, Zach. 2025. “Takeaways From Trump’s Military Parade in Washington.” The New York Times, June 15.
Najmabadi, Shannon, and Aaron Gregg. 2025. “Airports Say They Won’t Air Kristi Noem Shutdown Video at TSA Checkpoints.” The Washington Post, October 13.
Owen, Mark, and Catherine Viette. 2025. “Disparaging Plaques for Biden, Obama Appear in Trump’s White House ‘Walk of Fame.’” France 24, December 17.
PBS News. 2025. “Fact-Checking Trump’s Plaques for Past Presidents at the White House ‘Walk of Fame.’” December 21.
Superville, Darlene. 2025. “9 Things to Know About the $250 Million Ballroom Trump Is Adding to the White House.” PBS News, October 23.
Svitek, Patrick, Natalie Allison, and Derek Hawkins. 2025. “Trump Revokes Secret Service Detail for Harris That Biden Had Extended.” The Washington Post, August 29.
Tsui, Karina, et al. 2025. “LIVE - Los Angeles Protest News.” CNN, June 10.
Weiner, Rachel. 2025. “U.S. Transportation Department Plans to Take Over D.C.’s Union Station.” The Washington Post, August 27.
Wemple, Erik. 2025. “What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?” The New York Times, October 16.
Wendler, Jacob. 2025. “UFC to Host First-ever White House Fight Next Year, CEO Dana White Says.” POLITICO, August 12.
WRAL. 2025. “Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order to Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments.” WRAL.com, November 8.
The White House. 2025. “Media Offenders.”
The White House. 2025. “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” December 11.
The White House. 2025. “White House Ballroom Continues Proud Presidential Legacy.” October 21.
Famous Trump Feuds
Allison, Natalie. 2023. “DeSantis Greeted by ‘Pudding Fingers’ Chant in Iowa.” POLITICO, August 11.
Dailey, Hannah. 2025. “‘I Hate Taylor Swift’: Everything Donald Trump Has Ever Said About the Pop Star.” Billboard, August 26.
Doherty, Erin. 2025. “Elon Musk Appears to Delete Some Explosive X Posts Amid Feud With Trump.” CNBC. June 7.
“List of Nicknames Used by Donald Trump.” Wikipedia.
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.
Spanos, Brittany. 2025. “Sorry, Trump — Taylor Swift’s Career Is Still Very Hot.” Rolling Stone, August 5.
Trump, Donald [@realDonaldTrump]. 2026. Truth Social, January 20.
Welker, Kristen and Alexandra Marquez. 2025. “Trump Says He Thinks His Relationship With Elon Musk Is Over.” NBC News, June 7.
Freedom of the Press
Barr, Jeremy. 2026. “New York Times Accuses Pentagon of Defying Judge’s Press Access Order.” The Guardian, March 25.
Loria, By BrieAnna J. Frank & Michael. 2026. “Federal Judge Rules Against Restrictive Pentagon Press Policy.” Freedom Forum. March 23.
Londoño, Ernesto. 2026. “Don Lemon Hires Federal Prosecutor Who Quit Over Immigration Crackdown.” New York Times, Feb. 10.
Luciano, Lilia, et al. 2026. “Former CNN Anchor Don Lemon Appears in Court After Being Arrested Over Protest at Minnesota Church Service.” CBS News, January 31.
Immigration Policy + ICE Stories
Fallert, Nicole. 2026. “Which Airports Have ICE Officers Been Sent to? Here’s What to Know.” USA TODAY, March 25.
Castro-Root, Gabe. 2026. “ICE Agents Are Now Patrolling U.S. Airports. Here’s What to Know.” The New York Times, March 24.
Human Rights Watch. 2026. “US/El Salvador: Deportees Forcibly Disappeared,” March 16.
ABC7 Los Angeles. 2025. “Reporter Hit by Rubber Bullet While Covering ICE Protests in Downtown LA,” June 9.
Anderson, Jon Lee. 2025. “Have Cubans Fled One Authoritarian State for Another?” The New Yorker, September 29.
Associated Press. 2026. “Shooting Is Reported in Minneapolis, Where the Feds Are Conducting an Immigration Crackdown.” WRAL. January 7.
Berman, Mark, David Nakamura, and Patrick Marley. 2026. “Minnesota Leaders Escalate Dispute Over Federal Handling of ICE Shooting.” The Washington Post, January 9.
Bosman, Julie et al. 2026. “Officials Dispute Federal Account of Fatal ICE Encounter in Minnesota.” The New York Times, January 10.
Contreras, Russell. 2025. “Why Trump won’t be deporting ‘millions’ of criminals.” Axios, January 27.
Dwyer, Devin, and Laura Romero. 2025. “Lawyer for Wrongly Deported Maryland Man Says It Might Take Contempt Order to Get Him Back.” ABC News. April 14.
Elassar, Alaa. 2025. “Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps.” CNN, January 27.
Feuer, Alan. 2025. “What to Know About the Deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.” The New York Times, April 14.
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.
Hayes, Alexander. Rossell. 2026. “Today More Americans Support Than Oppose Abolishing ICE.” YouGov, January 26.
Iqbal, Nomia. 2025. “White South Africans Arrive in US Under Trump Refugee Plan.” May 12.
Kanno-Youngs, Zolan. 2026. “Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa?” The Seattle Times. January 30, 2026.
Londoño, Ernesto. 2026. “Threat to Suspend Aid for Minnesota Child-Care Centers Rattles Families.” The New York Times, January 1.
Miles, Kyra, and Regina Medina. 2026. “Somali Child Care Providers Report Vandalism, Threats After Viral Fraud Video.” MPR News, January 1.
Nawaz, Amna, and Doug Adams. 2026. “DOJ Prosecutors Resign in Protest Over Handling of ICE Shooting Investigation.” PBS News, January 14.
Ordoñez, Franco. 2025. “El Salvador’s Bukele Says ‘preposterous’ to Suggest He Return Abrego Garcia to U.S.” NPR, April 14.
Petri, Alexandra E., et al. 2025. “Trump Administration Highlights: U.S. Welcomes White South Africans Given Refugee Status.” The New York Times, May 21.
Sun, Albert. 2026. “How Many Immigrants Has Trump Deported?” The New York Times, January 18.
The Independent. 2025. “Kristi Noem Refused Access to Bathroom During Illinois ICE Facility Visit.” October 5.
Vargas, Ramon Antonio. 2025. “Kristi Noem Responds to South Park’s Crude Takedown of Her in Episode Targeting Ice.” The Guardian, August 8.
Language + Philosophy
Goldblatt, Henry. 2020. “A Brief History of ‘Karen.’” The New York Times, August 3.
King, Jordan. 2024. “Nancy Mace Puts Up ‘Biological’ Women Sign on Capitol Bathroom.” Newsweek, November 20.
Montell, Amanda. 2018. “A Brief History of the Word ‘Bitch,’ Necessitated by Benedict Cumberbitch.” Medium, March 24.
Montell, Amanda. 2024. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. Simon and Schuster.
Saul, Jennifer. 2018. Dogwhistles, Political Manipulation, and Philosophy of Language. Oxford University Press eBooks.
“The Evolving Pejoration of ‘Karen.’” 2023. Department of Linguistics. April 14.
Legal Analysis + Case Law
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/24-1260
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/25-5
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/24-1234
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/trump-v-barbara/
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/chatrie-v-united-states/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/25A312
https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/little-v-hecox/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/24-38
Case v. Montana, 607 U.S. ___ (2026).
Catulle, Katherine. 2022. “Flaws of the Tiers of Scrutiny.” Harvard Undergraduate Law Review. June 3.
Erskine, Ellena. 2025. “Noem v. Abrego Garcia.” SCOTUSblog, April 14.
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).
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.
Skrmetti v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025).
LGBTQ+ Rights
Mitchell, Hilary. 2026. “Caitlyn Jenner Is Upset About Trump’s Trans Passport Policy and Everyone’s Saying the Same Thing.” MSN, April 17.
American Civil Liberties Union. 2025. “Transgender and Nonbinary People Take Trump to Court Over Passport Restrictions | American Civil Liberties Union,” February.
Boyle, Patrick. 2024. “What Is Gender-affirming Care? Your Questions Answered.” Assoc. Of American Medical Colleges, May 9.
Brasch, Ben. 2025. “Library Board Ousted after Voting to Keep Children’s Book about Trans Boy.” The Washington Post, December 14.
GLAAD. 2025. “Still No Meeting for Trans Leaders at the New York Times.” GLAAD | GLAAD Rewrites the Script for LGBTQ Acceptance. February 13.
Golde, Kalvis. 2025. “United States v. Skrmetti.” SCOTUSblog, January 2.
Goldman, Maya. 2025. “HHS Redefines Sex as ‘Immutable’ in New Guidance.” Axios, February 20.
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.
Irwin, Zane. 2026. “New Law in Kansas Nullifies Licenses and Birth Certificates of Transgender Residents.” NPR, March 6.
Moniuszko, Sara. 2025. “Trump Administration to Shutter Specialized LGBTQ+ Suicide Lifeline Option, Sparking Backlash.” CBS News, June 19.
Sherman, Lucille. 2025. “NC Republicans Revive ‘Bathroom Bill’ Themes in New Legislation.” Axios, March 25.
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.
The Trevor Project. 2025. “Trump Administration Orders Termination of National LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Lifeline, Effective July 17th.” June 18.
North Carolina
Fossen, Charlie. 2025. “Impending Federal Hemp Ban Puts North Carolina’s $1B Industry at Risk.” Port City Daily. December 7.
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. 2026. “NC Takes Lead in Push to Regulate AI, Despite Trump Order.” WRAL, January 15.
Doran, Will. 2025. “Michele Morrow Enters Republican Primary for NC’s Open US Senate Seat.” WRAL.com, December 19.
“Governor Stein Announces 2025-2027 Budget Proposal to Keep North Carolina Strong.” 2025. NC Governor, March 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.
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.
Sherman, Lucille. 2025. “NC Republicans Revive ‘Bathroom Bill’ Themes in New Legislation.” Axios, March 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.
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.
WUNC. 2025. “It’s Official, North Carolina Professors Will Have to Publicly Post Syllabi.” December 20.
Political Scandals + Investigations
Hayes, Rob. 2026. “DOJ Launches Investigation Into Eric Swalwell Over Sexual Assault Allegations, Reports Say.” ABC7 Los Angeles, April 17.
National Enquirer. 2026. “Kristi Noem’s Husband Bryon Allegedly Revealed He Wants ‘To Be a Woman so Bad’ in New Text and Audio.” Yahoo Entertainment, April 11.
Palmer, Ewan. 2026. “ICE Barbie Faces New Humiliation Amid Husband’s ‘Bimbofication’ Scandal.” The Daily Beast, April 10.
GiveMeSomeSunshine. 2026. “Awkward Scenes Aboard Artemis II as Donald Trump (While in a Conversation With the Crew), Stops Ranting and None of the Astronauts Have Anything Left to Say to Him, Leading to Extended Dead Air.” Reddit: R/Fauxmoi, April 6.
DeLuca, Alex. 2026. “Miami-Dade GOP Secretary Steps Down After Racist Chat.” Miami New Times, March 23.
DeLuca, Alex. 2026. “FIU Probes Alleged Racist, Antisemitic Chat Tied to Turning Point USA.” Miami New Times, March 6.
“A Timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation, Now 20 Years Old.” 2025. AP News, July 23.
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA). 2026. “HHS Freezes Child Care and Family Assistance Grants in Five States for Fraud Concerns.” HHS.Gov, January 6.
Goba, Kadia, and Shayna Jacobs. 2026. “House Oversight Committee Votes to Hold Clintons in Contempt of Congress.” The Washington Post, January 22, 2026.
Groves, Stephen. 2026. “Clintons Refuse to Testify in House Epstein Investigation.” PBS News. January 13.
Hawkins, Eleanor. 2025. “American Eagle Doubles Down on Controversial Ad Campaign.” Axios, August 7.
Jacobs, Shayna. 2026. “Luigi Mangione Won’t Face Death Penalty in Case of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing.” The Washington Post, January 30.
Reid, Paula, and Katelyn Polantz. 2026. “FBI Director Kash Patel Celebrates With US Men’s Hockey Team After Olympic Win.” CNN, February 23.
Restrepo, Manuela López. 2025. “The Ad Campaign That Launched a Thousand Critiques: Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans.” NPR, August 1.
Shapero, Julia. 2025. “Senate Democrat asks Trump for TikTok divestiture details.” The Hill, November 24.
“The Facts and Timeline of Trump and Epstein’s Falling Out.” 2025. PBS News, July 31.
Protests
Treisman, Rachel. 2026. “Afroman Prevails in Cops’ Music Video Defamation Suit After a Brief but Viral Trial.” NPR, March 19.
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
Baio, Ariana. 2026. “Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariff Plan.” Yahoo News, February 20.
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.
Donald J. Trump [@realDonaldTrump]. 2026. Truth Social, February 20, 1:37pm.
Donald J. Trump [@realDonaldTrump]. 2026. Truth Social, February 20, 1:38pm.
Egwuonwu, Nnamdi. 2025. “Trump Plans to Impose 100% Tariffs on All Foreign Movies.” May 4.
Hernandez, Joe and Maria Aspan. 2025. “Wall Street Leaders Warn of Harsh Economic Consequences From Trump’s Tariffs.” NPR, April 7.
Hoskins, Peter and Maia Davies. 2025. “Trump Tariffs: US President Says Foreign Movies May Be Hit With 100% Levies.” May 5.
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.
Vulser, Nicole. 2025. “China Is Introducing New Restrictions on Hollywood Films.” Le Monde, April 17.
Scams + Conspiracies
Michael Noles. 2026. “Clavicular’s INSANE reason for choosing Gavin Newsom over JD Vance.” Facebook, January 6.
Okundaye, Jason. 2026. “Behind the Rise of Clavicular and ‘Looksmaxxing’ There Are Insecure Young Men Who Feel They Don’t Measure Up.” The Guardian, March 24.
Cheung, Brian. 2025. “Release of Trump Mobile Phones Plagued by Delays.” NBC News, September 25.
Collins, Leah. 2024. “The Strange Origins of the Satanic Panic: How One Canadian Book Started a Worldwide Witch Hunt.” CBC, January 11.
DailyWire+. 2017. “Ben Answers a Mailbag Question by Singing From ‘Les Miserables.’” February 17.
Dredge, Stuart. 2025. “GenAI ‘We Are Charlie Kirk’ Track Has a Strange Back-story.” Music Ally, November 27.
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.
Frontline. (Archived) 2015. “Innocence Lost.” PBS Frontline, November 18.
Lanning, Kenneth. 1992. “Investigator’s Guide to Allegations of ‘Ritual’ Child Abuse.” OJP.
Mills, Doug and Ashley Wu. 2025. “A Tiny West Wing Office is Big on Trump Messaging.” The New York Times, November 14.
Priest, Aaron. 2025. “RFK’s Cousin Tim Shriver Weighs in on Trump Administration’s Unproven Ties Between Autism & Tylenol.” CNN, September 22.
Rivera, Geraldo. (Archived) 2023. “Devil Worship: Exposing Satan’s Underground.” Geraldo.
UMKC School of Law. n.d. “The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: An Account.” Famous Trials.
Non-NC State + Local Issues
Fingerhut, Hannah. 2025. “Key Questions about Minnesota’s Fraud Schemes and the Billions in Losses.” AP, News, December 19.
Richer, Alanna, and Steve Karnowski. 2026. “Man Who Squirted Vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar Is Charged.” AP News, January 29.
Trump’s Cabinet Officials + Executive Orders
Ramirez, Nikki McCann. 2026. “Hegseth Quotes Fake ‘Pulp Fiction’ Bible Verse, Compares Trump to Jesus.” Rolling Stone, April 17.
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA). 2026. “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.” HHS. April 15.
Ward, Myah, Kyle Cheney, and Josh Gerstein. 2026. “Inside the Battle to Be Trump’s Next Attorney General.” POLITICO, April 9.
Spike, Justin. 2026. “Vance in Hungary to Back Orbán Ahead of Tough Poll | AP News.” AP News. April 7.
Mueller, Julia. 2026. “Oklahoma Governor Makes Pick to Replace Mullin in Senate.” The Hill, March 24.
Hyde, Marina. 2026. “How Does Trump Keep Henchmen Like Rubio in Check? He Literally Makes Them Wear Shoes That Are Far Too Big.” The Guardian, March 14.
Assoc. Press. 2025. “Mexico’s President Amused by Trump’s Order to Rename the Gulf of Mexico | AP News.” 2025. AP News. January 21.
Bishop, Holly. 2025. “JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller Deliver Shake Shack Burgers to National Guard in Washington DC.” Independent TV, August 20.
Bustillo, Ximena. 2026. “Trump Fires Kristi Noem as DHS Chief, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin to Replace Her.” NPR, March 5.
Fields, Ashleigh. 2026. “What we know about Noem’s new ‘Shield of the Americas’ role.” The Hill, March 6.
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.
Gabbatt, Adam. 2025. “Jeanine Pirro Is Latest Loyalist to Join Fox News to Trump Administration Pipeline.” The Guardian, May 18.
Kurtzleben, Danielle. 2026. “JD Vance Is a Loyal Deputy as Vice President in Trump’s Shadow.” NPR, March 5.
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.
McCall, Jeffery. 2025. “Trump dips into the Fox News talent agency yet again with Jeanine Pirro pick.” The Hill, May 14.
Miroff, Nick. 2026. “High Stakes, and a Low Bar, for Markwayne Mullin at DHS.” The Atlantic, March 13.
Mogensen, Jackie Flynn. 2026. “Glyphosate Is Driving a Rift in MAHA. Here’s What the Science Says About Its Effects on Health.” Scientific American, February 27.
MS NOW. 2026. “‘Full Glam on a Horse’: Kristi Noem’s Expensive, Self-promoting Ad Campaign Costs Her Cabinet Job.” YouTube, March 5.
Pirro, Jeanine [@JudgeJeanine]. 2025. X, August 13.
Rizzo, Salvador. 2025. “Pirro’s Office Won’t Pursue Gun Charges Over Carrying Rifles, Shotguns.” The Washington Post, August 20.
Saul, Stephanie. 2025. “Trump Intends to Cancel All Federal Funds Directed at Harvard.” The New York Times, May 29.
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.
Solender, Andrew. 2026. “Scoop: Over 50 House Dems Sign Onto Kristi Noem Impeachment Articles.” Axios, January 13.
Wong, Scott, and Frank Thorpe. 2026. “Sec. Noem Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Agency Shutdown.” NBC, March 3.
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. “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.” August 21.
Wolf, Brandon. “Background on Trump Day One Executive Orders Impacting the LGBTQ+….” 2025. HRC. January 22.
U.S. Foreign Relations + International Affairs
Phillips, Morgan. 2026. “US Drains Critical Missile Stockpiles in Iran War as Yearslong Rebuild Looms.” Fox News, April 23.
Cohen, Zachary, and Natasha Bertrand. 2026. “US At Risk of Running Out of Missiles if Another War Breaks Out After Depleting Stockpile in Iran Operations.” CNN, April 21.
Kind Joe [@thekindjoe]. 2026. Instagram, April 15.
Donald J. Trump [@realDonaldTrump]. 2026. Truth Social, April 12, 9:03pm.
Mancini, Ryan. 2026. “Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room ‘a Betrayal of the American People’” The Hill, April 9.
Swan, Jonathan, and Maggie Haberman. 2026. “How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran.” The New York Times, April 7.
Wilson, Sabrina. 2026. “President Trump Doubles Down on His Profane Easter Sunday Threat Against Iran.” Fox 8 Live, April 6.
Bikales, James. 2026. “Machado: Venezuela Could Quintuple Oil Production Under a Democratic Government.” POLITICO, March 24.
Al Jazeera Staff. 2025. “What Happened to the Madleen Gaza Boat Activists Detained by Israel?” Al Jazeera, June 12.
Alcoba, Natalie. 2025. “Argentinian President Wins Critical Midterm Elections.” NPR, October 27.
Boussion, Mathilde. 2025. “South African Courts Dismiss ‘white Genocide’ Myth.” Le Monde.Fr, March 13.
Bradsher, Keith. 2026. “China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World Markets.” The New York Times, January 14.
Bubola, Emma, and Hamed Aleaziz. 2026. “Argentina in Advanced Talks to Become Destination for U.S. Deportations.” The New York Times, January 30.
Caro, Ariela Ruiz. 2026. “Trump’s ‘Shield of the Americas’ and Extortion Diplomacy.” CounterPunch, March 13.
CiberCuba Editorial Team. 2026. “Cuba Warns Airlines That It Will Run Out of Fuel for Planes in 24 Hours.” CiberCuba, February 9.
Falloff, Nicky. 2023. “From Satanism to Genocide: Moral Panic and White Supremacy in South Africa.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, May 12.
Handley, Lucy. 2026. “Trump Signed His Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ Into Being. Here’s Who’s on It — and Who Isn’t.” CNBC. January 23.
Iglesia, Facundo, and Tom Phillips. 2025. “Burning Down the House: Milei Plays Rock Star as Argentina Economy Crashes.” The Guardian, October 7.
Kershner, Isabel. 2026. “Netanyahu Vows to Cut Israel’s Reliance on U.S. Military Aid.” The New York Times, January 29.
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.
Khalip, Andrei, and Sergio Goncalves. 2026. “Portugal elects Socialist as president by landslide, but far right grows.” Reuters, Feb. 8.
Mesa, Jesus. 2025. “As The World Turns on Trump, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum Has Other Plans.” Newsweek, April 7.
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.
O’Brien, Connor, and Jordain Carney. 2026. “Senate Republicans Derail Effort to Rebuke Trump on Venezuela.” POLITICO, January 15.
Pozzebon, Stefano, Jessie Yeung, and Lex Harvey. 2025. “El Salvador Offers to House Violent US Criminals and Deportees of Any Nationality in Unprecedented Deal.” CNN, February 4.
Rodríguez, Andrea, Dánica Coto, and Matthew Lee. 2026. “Cuba Speedboat Shooting Kills.” AP News, February 26.
Sánchez-Garzoli, Gimena. 2024. “Attention Needs to Be Paid to the Situation in Argentina.” WOLA. June 13.
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.
Secretary Kristi Noem [@Sec_Noem]. 2025. Instagram, March 6.
TOI World Desk. 2026. “‘Bored of Peace?’ Viral Video Shows Trump Appearing to Doze off During Board of Peace Meeting.” The Times of India, February 19.
“Trump Confronts South African President Over Baseless Claim of Targeted Killings of White Farmers.” 2025. PBS News. May 21.
Wirtschafter, Valerie. 2023. “Argentina Dives Into the Unknown With Lessons for Future Elections.” Brookings, November 22.
Wright, Thomas. 2023. Democracy in Latin America: A history since independence. Rowman & Littlefield.
Yang, John, and Azhar Merchant. 2025. “Why Trump Is Giving Argentina a $20 Billion Lifeline to Help Its Flailing Economy.” PBS News, October 17.
Readings on Cuba:
Wendy Guerra’s Cuba Invadida Desde Dentro.
Fernando Ortiz and his concept of cubanidad, the attempt to create a unified Cuban identity after Spanish rule.
Roberto Zurbano’s essay “For Blacks in Cuba, the Revolution Hasn’t Begun”
White Supremacy + Christian Nationalism
Associated Press, and Jaden Edison. 2025. “Texas Launches Plan to Open Turning Point USA Chapters in Every High School.” WHSV, December 12.
Booth, Colin. 2026. “Leaked Signal Chat Shows NH House Education Chair Advocating Whites-only Schools.” Granite Post News, January 15.
Gabbatt, Adam. 2023. “Mike Johnson Says in Resurfaced Video He Uses App That Helps People ‘Quit Porn.’” The Guardian, November 6.
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.
Murphy, Chris. 2026. “Is Turning Point USA’s ‘All American’ Halftime Show Really Happening?” Vanity Fair, January 29.
New Hampshire Democratic Party. 2026. “NEW: Leaked Signal Chat Reveals Republican Chair of New Hampshire House Education Committee in Favor of ‘Segregated’ Schools.”
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.
Wiggins, Christopher. 2023. “Speaker Mike Johnson & Son Monitor Each Other’s Porn Viewing.” Advocate, November 6.