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Gunboats, Grocery Aisles, and Government by the Worst
How loyalty-first rule turns cruelty into policy and confusion into control
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December 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Trump’s Assault on Health Care, Seen From a Country That Does Health Care Better
Japan is a showcase for universal health care, and what we’re losing in GOP attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Weapons of Mass Destruction - Here We Go Again
From Iraq to Venezuela
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December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A Few Good Memories
Rob Reiner told me he knew Trump was trouble
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December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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When the Adults in the World Leave the Room
Australia governs, Europe braces, Ukraine resists, and America, under Trump, forgets how to think, act, or protect its own.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Jane Fonda Op-Ed: The WBD Deal Puts Hollywood, and Democracy, at Risk
What terrifies me — and should terrify anyone who cares about a free society
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December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The Sleeper Issue That Could Destroy the Economy
Trump may have stopped threatening Jerome Powell—but he’s still got designs to control the Fed.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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A LETTER TO JUSTICE KAGAN
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
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December 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Rook T. Winchester v. Donald J. Trump
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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December 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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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 3:53 PM
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The Tarmac Where Dreams Go to Die
A Rally Against the Silent Machinery of Deportation at MSP
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December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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America, This Is Not Normal, But It Is Exactly What He Promised
Trump’s fantasy economy, racist bile, war-crime denials, and shadow diplomacy expose the true architecture of his regime.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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THE CRIME OF FEEDING THE HUNGRY
PENSACOLA’S MOST PATHETIC POWER TRIP YET
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November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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THE FASCIST WHO WROTE A MANIFESTO ON THANKSGIVING
Donald Trump didn’t wish America a Happy Thanksgiving.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Thanksgiving in the Age of Kakistocracy
Trump melts down, institutions wobble, but communities, and readers, still hold the line.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The Man Who Solved Nine Wars (And Other Fairy Tales)
Inside a holiday week where Trump disappeared, the economy cracked, the GOP detonated, and the tech titans paid tribute.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (Trump Edition)
Epstein accountability cracks open, redistricting implodes, the press caves, and measles returns from the dead.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Drip, Drip, Drip
How much more don’t we know?
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November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Furious? You Should Be
The battle may have been lost, but the war can still be won
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November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The Longest Shutdown Ends Where It Began
Eight Democrats cross the aisle, Trump redeems his disciples, and America mistakes exhaustion for governance.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The Napkin and the Noose
How Laffer’s curve, Piketty’s math, and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago feasts turned America into a banquet for billionaires and a breadline for everyone else.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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The Real Story Behind Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Ruling On Friday Night
Let’s start at the beginning and walk through it.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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THE COMMON DENOMINATOR:
STARVING AMERICA ON PURPOSE
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Fiscal Responsibility, Now with Extra Arson
The $15 billion-a-week shutdown, the Supreme Court’s tariff circus, and why The Big Short’s Michael Burry smells smoke again.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM