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TGIF: Mar-a-Gaza
President Donald Trump, joined by female athletes, signs the Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order in the East Room at the White House on February 5, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Trump plans the Riviera of the Middle East, and the DOGE boys air the bureaucracy’s dirty laundry. Plus: Pronouns keep dropping, TurboTax gets a MAGA rebrand, and more evidence of the vibe shift.
By Nellie Bowles
02.07.25 — TGIF
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Hello and welcome back. There’s so much news this week, we can’t really do it justice. But that’s never stopped us before. Also, if you want to hear my raspy voice, tune in to the latest episode of Eli Lake’s excellent new podcast, Breaking History.

→ Riviera of the Middle East: Trump this week announced the new American plan for Gaza, and it’s wild—even…

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Nellie Bowles
Nellie Bowles is a co-founder for The Free Press and its head of strategy. She was previously a reporter at The New York Times, where she won the Gerald Loeb Award for investigative journalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She started her career at her hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle.
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