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American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
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American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were workin...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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What It Means To Be A Democrat
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He’s so right about priorities
What It Means To Be A Democrat
What I Heard From Party Faithful Across New York
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December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Has Trump totally lost it? Watch!
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Has Trump totally lost it? Watch!
It’s one thing to read about his mental decline, another to see it. That’s why this video is so important.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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December 9, 2025
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December 9, 2025
When G.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Immigrants Say They Have Been Scared Away From US by Kristi Noem’s Face
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Immigrants Say They Have Been Scared Away From US by Kristi Noem’s Face
DHS touted Noem’s face as the nation's number one weapon against immigration.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”
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Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”
If we allow a network of secretive, cruel, detention facilities for one set of powerless people today, tomorrow it will inevitably turn those same systems against anyone who challenges their power.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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December 8, 2025
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December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
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How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
Here's One Good Answer
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December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Profile in Awfulness: Tom Cotton
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Profile in Awfulness: Tom Cotton
The senator from Arkansas is a firehose of lies.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”
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America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”
When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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American Conversations: Marc Elias
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American Conversations: Marc Elias
Hi Folks:
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December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The Trump Who Stole Christmas
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The Trump Who Stole Christmas
(A Holiday Poem for a Country Getting Mugged in Broad Daylight)
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December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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December 7, 2025
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December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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December 6, 2025
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December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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December 5, 2025
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December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Saturday Report 12/6/25 — MAGA Mistletoe: Is "Daddy’s Home" Trump’s Strongman Branding?
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Saturday Report 12/6/25 — MAGA Mistletoe: Is "Daddy’s Home" Trump’s Strongman Branding?
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Trump’s Monument to Corruption
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Trump’s Monument to Corruption
And one of the first things to do when sanity and legality are restored
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December 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Young Americans Want a Reboot: Can They Build a Majority Big Enough to Overrule Big Money?
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Young Americans Want a Reboot: Can They Build a Majority Big Enough to Overrule Big Money?
Expect a fight for healthcare access, debt relief, affordable housing, and a living wage that doesn’t require two full-time jobs…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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December 4, 2025
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December 4, 2025
“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Kushner, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia: The Conflict-of-Interest Story Everyone’s Ignoring
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Kushner, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia: The Conflict-of-Interest Story Everyone’s Ignoring
If a Ukraine proposal was shaped to benefit a foreign power tied to Kushner’s money, that’s not diplomacy: it’s corruption…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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December 3, 2025
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December 3, 2025
Republican Matt Van Epps won yesterday’s special election in Tennessee’s seventh congressional district, but Republicans aren’t celebrating triumphantly.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Why Calling Mamdani a “Jihadist” Is Wrong — and Dangerous
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Why Calling Mamdani a “Jihadist” Is Wrong — and Dangerous
Yesterday, the Times Union published an op-ed I wrote about something deeply troubling happening in our politics — and in New York.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Is Viral Propaganda How the Trump Administration Normalizes Cruelty?
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Is Viral Propaganda How the Trump Administration Normalizes Cruelty?
A government that celebrates cruelty, weaponizes culture, and mocks due process is telling you exactly what it plans to become...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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December 2, 2025
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December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
“They said it was in response to things I’ve done as president,” Trump told reporters.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM