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Surrender to Trump

Email shows Trump team initiated effort to replace all Inspectors General. President Trump isn’t a fan of dissent — inside or outside the government. Most of Trump’s executive orders aren’t actually executive orders — here’s why that matters (and more) Where are the “All Lives Matter” supporters now? While thousands of Americans flooded to airports around the country in protest this weekend, one specific group of self-proclaimed angels were missing. “Why let ’em in?”: Understanding Bannon’s worldview and the policies that follow. Steve Bannon's power play in Trump's Oval Office: People are beginning to pay more attention to the man behind the curtain. Steve Bannon sees himself as Thomas Cromwell — will his head end up on a spike? Bannon’s White House role draws sharp criticisms for a reason. What is Stephen Miller’s job, anyway?

These words are coming back to haunt Peter Thiel, Trump’s man in Silicon Valley. Why do we expect Silicon Valley to reject Trump? It was easy to be a liberal corporation under Obama — now those values are being tested (and more). National Review’s sad surrender to Trump: A year ago, the magazine proudly declared that it was "Against Trump", now it's defending the president against his many critics — what gives? How I became an anti-Trump wingnut (and how you can, too): Drew Magary once laughed at the miserable haters crying out against the injustices of the U.S. government — and now, with President Trump, he's become one. Trump is so profoundly lacking in empathy that he can’t even begin to comprehend the possibility that another person might experience it. Josef Adalian on a history of Donald Trump’s obsession with TV ratings.