At Justice Alito's House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display … A photo obtained by The Times shows an inverted flag at the Alito residence on Jan. 17, 2021, three days before the Biden inauguration.  —  After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed …

MAGA Rage at Trump's Trial Just Got Darker and More Dangerous  —  In recent days, a parade of Republicans have shown up at the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump faces criminal charges related to the hush-money scheme he concocted to deceive American voters during the 2016 election.

Body shaming, IQ insults and cross talk: House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults  —  The hearing was derailed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, by saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you're reading.”

Biden's team had a few demands for a Trump debate.  A major one: No crowd.  —  “Trump feeds off the crowd, they give him life.  We wanted to take that away.”  —  When Donald Trump took the stage at a CNN town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, one year ago, a crowd of his supporters roared …

Wokeness Is Dying.  We Might Miss It.  —  A protester at an encampment at U.C.L.A. this month.Philip Cheung for The New York Times  —  In her new book “Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From the Wrong Side of History,” Nellie Bowles, a former New York Times journalist grown disillusioned …

‘Stand Back And Stand By’: Matt Gaetz Parrots Trump's Call To Violent Extremists At His Trial  —  The House Republican, one of several who joined Trump at his criminal trial in New York, repeated a line hailed by the neo-fascist Proud Boys.  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) …

Lincoln's warning  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  🏛️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏛️  —  A right-wing Supreme Court majority …

Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show  —  Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging  —  A dark money group with ties to Trump's inner circle dropped …

Nuclear industry brings back ‘silver tsunami’ of retirees  —  Older workers in demand as western companies prepare for biggest wave of new projects in decades  —  The nuclear power industry is seeking to lure back thousands of retired engineers and older professionals as western companies try …

Why Is N.Y.U. Forcing Protesters to Write Apology Letters?  —  The university calls it a “restorative practice”; the students call it a coerced confession.  —  At one point during the demonstrations at Columbia University in 1968, protesters took the acting dean of the liberal arts college hostage.

Nancy Pelosi asks for “very long” sentence for David DePape, who attacked husband Paul Pelosi with hammer  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is asking the court for a “very long” sentence for the man who attacked her husband in their home over a year ago, and Paul Pelosi …

Insight: Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI.  His allies have a plan  —  Some of Donald Trump's allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department's independence and turn the nation's top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes …

The loony language of the Left: Newspeak intended to conceal rather than clarify or explain  —  .  —  Throughout the American experiment in democracy, good, old-fashioned plain-speaking has always been the coin of the realm.  —  Even when they were delivering difficult messages …

SCOTUS Silently Grinds Democracy Into Powder as Trump Distracts America  —  THE NEW ABNORMAL  —  While America's eyes are focused on the ever-evolving life and alleged crimes of Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is eroding democracy and the U.S. justice system.

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020  —  A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.  —  More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry …