Summary: <p>As Republican governors like <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/desantis-florida-migrants-marthas-vineyard.html">Ron DeSantis</a> and <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/15/greg-abbott-texas-kamala-harris-migrant-bus/">Greg Abbott</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/09/23/gop-governors-sending-migrants-democratic-cities">send migrants to Democrat run cities</a> and the Supreme Court's conservative majority <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-shadow-docket-explained">evades long-standing legal procedure</a>, Atlantic staff writer <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Adam Serwer</a> discusses how the cruelty of these practices is still the point. </p> <p>His bestselling collection of essays, "The Cruelty is the Point," argues the Trump administration effectively used cruel policies to rally its supporters. Now out on paperback with new writing, <em><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/">The Cruelty is the Point: Why Trump's America Endures</a></em>, brings Serwer's premise to the latest issues in politics. </p>
