Volume XIII

Editor's Note:

The Pragmatic Papers have been by any metric, a great success. Thanks to y'alls support and feedback, we've come a long way. AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET. In the coming weeks, we'll be working to expand our content and our reach. In order to do that, we'll need your help. Have experience running social media pages? Know how to edit videos? Are you an unemployed programmer? Or do you just want to get involved? Now's your chance. Reach out to me or join the political action discord for more details! (Not paid positions btw, or at least no one's paid me yet)

Articles in this Volume

Mike Johnson

The Big Beautiful Trap

Sweeping tax and welfare reform sets the stage for a week of high-stakes legal, political, and global drama

Birthright Citizenship Protest outside Supreme Court

Slam The Brakes: Universal Injunctions in the Trump Admin

American courts enjoy a right to delay executive orders when they believe that certain actions are unconstitutional.

Trump renaming projects

The Storm was Natural, the Disaster will be Political

FEMA faces deep cuts as hurricane season looms

Dive location

Systemic Orthodoxy

A personal look at management dogma.

George Bush Golfing

Fool Me Once

Ukraine endures its largest drone assault as Trump's diplomacy with Putin falters

A building in Kyiv damaged by a Russian overnight attack

Overnight Attacks on Ukraine and the Looming Summer Offensive

Russia launches new overnight attacks and prepares a summer offensive

Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip

Gideon's Chariots

Israel embarks on a new ground campaign in Gaza

Trump uses gold scissors to cut a red tape

Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of May 12, 2025

The latest Trump executive orders reshape regulatory, veterans, and drug pricing policy

Meet the Authors

U/

u/Menu-False

U/

u/KimMinju_Angel

U/

u/MsAgentM

JM

Jacob Mills

U/

u/FaylenTV

U/

u/ReasonRiffs

After completing his philosophy degree in 2009 Thomas turned down the opportunity to continue his studies, disillusioned with what accademic philosophy had become. By the end of that year he was working as a farm hand in Belgium. The following year, accom…

U/

u/Demosthenes_Rex

"Politics, geopolitics, history and stuff. I've worked in local government for over a decade, which is to say I've developed a professional familiarity with bureaucracy in both its functional and ornamental forms. I probably smoke too much and write too l…

KA

KafkaEsquire