David Rothkopf

The Markets Prove Once Again They Have the Whip Hand With Trump

The stock market is up, the stock market is down, the tariffs are on, the tariffs are off, up is…

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The Emergency Polycrisis Episode

There are two major crises at moment: one with the rule of law and one with the economy. On this…

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Time for Dems to Channel Nancy Reagan: Just Say No

There’s no other way around it – Donald Trump’s tariffs reek of idiocy piled high with stupidity with devastating ramifications…

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The DSR Daily for April 3: Post Liberation Day Deep Dive

On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we delve into the new tariffs introduced yesterday from a variety of angles, Elon…

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A Richness of Embarrassments

It’s Liberation Day in America according to the administration, but what exactly are we being liberated from? The police state…

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The DSR Daily for April 2: Cory Booker’s Record Breaking Senate Speech

On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we break down Cory Booker’s record-breaking Senate speech, election results in Wisconsin and Florida,…

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The DSR Daily for April 1: Special Election Day

On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we cover the special elections in Wisconsin and Florida, the administration’s legal fights over…

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The DSR Daily for March 31: A Third Term for Trump?

On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss Trump floating the idea of a third term, Musk giving away $1m…

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The DSR Daily for March 28: Stefanik Nomination is No More

On the DSR Daily for Friday, we break down Trump pulling Rep. Stefanik’s nomination for UN ambassador, Trump’s executive order…

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Pulling the Stefanik Nomination is a Sign MAGA is Scared

Signal-gate has dominated the news cycle over the past few days, but it’s not the only thing going on in…

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The DSR Daily for March 27: Just What We Wanted — More Tariffs

On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we cover the new auto tariffs from the Trump administration, ICE agents detaining a…

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What They’re Not Telling You About Signalgate

Signalgate is an intelligence travesty. But the problems extend beyond the masterclass in how not to handle sensitive government secrets.…

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The DSR Daily for March 26: Full Yemen Strike Chat Released

On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we share the latest on the Yemen strike Signal chat, Russia’s backtracking on a…

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The DSR Daily for March 25: The Totally Secure War Room Groupchat

On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss Trump’s Yemen strikes leaking in a group chat, an appeals court hearing…

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The DSR Daily for March 24: Venezuela Backtracks on Repatriation Flights

On the DSR Daily for Monday, we break down Venezuela accepting repatriation flights, Chuck Schumer ignoring calls to step down,…

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Surveying the AI Investment Landscape

AI development has increased rapidly in the last year in large part due to increasing investments from the private sector.…

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The DSR Daily for March 21: Trump vs. the Department of Education

On the DSR Daily for Friday, we discuss Trump’s executive order dismantling the DOE, a court blocking DOGE from accessing…

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Three Bullets to the Heart of the Constitution

On this week’s episode of DSR’s Words Matter, Slate journalist and Supreme Court expert Dahlia Lithwick joins Norm Ornstein and…

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The DSR Daily for March 20: Trump to Shut Down Department of Education

On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down Trump preparing to dismantle the DOE, DHS detaining a Georgetown University…

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Crisis Counseling with DSR

Wow, things are not good. As the Trump administration and DOGE continue their crackdown, we have to ask: is this…

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