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Trumpworld Unnerved as Damning Leaks Expose His Worst War Blunders Yet

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  Today:  " Podcast:  Trumpworld Unnerved as Damning Leaks Expose His Worst War Blunders Yet " Plus, John Roberts is trying to defend the indefensible; Trump suffers two brutal court losses in less than 24 hours; and more...     John Roberts Is Trying to Defend the Indefensible The chief justice insists he and his colleagues are not political actors, but can’t explain what an overtly politicized right-wing court would do differently from the one he leads. By Matt Ford   The New American Homeless Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than the government claims. Just ask the Goodmans. By Brian Goldstone   The inspiration for Brian Goldstone’s 2026 Pulitzer Prize–winning book,  There Is No Place for Us ,  can be traced back to this 2019 TNR feature about an Atlanta woman, Cokethia Goodman, whose family became homeless even as she worked full-time.   In the story of the Goodman family, the intimate, novelistic attent...

Political Notebook: Data centers get their tax breaks, taxpayer group side-eyes ballot measures ****DATA CENTERS*** MUST READ!****

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  ADVERTISEMENT New from  CommonWealth Beacon ON THE BALLOT:  Voters could be  tasked with deciding  11 ballot measures this fall, ranging from strict rent control to an income tax cut to recriminalizing recreational marijuana. Jennifer Smith gives the latest on where each one stands. OFF THE BALLOT:  The 11 ballot measures that could appear before voters could have been 12, if not for the attorney general’s office  seemingly deciding  an initiative proposing legislative reforms can’t proceed after the state’s highest court found that it would be unconstitutional. Sam Drysdale at State House News Service has more.   Political Notebook: Data centers get their tax breaks, taxpayer group side-eyes ballot measures   May 8, 2026 By  jennifer smith and jordan wolman A long-awaited sales tax exemption for data centers based in Massachusetts just went live on Thursday, according to the state office of economic development. Qualified data centers woul...