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January 1, 2026

On January 1, 1892, seventeen-year-old Annie Moore walked down the gangway from the steamship Nevada with her two brothers Anthony, eleven, and Philip, nine, and into history as the first person proce...

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January 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM

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November 2, 2025

Last Monday, October 27, right-wing personality Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for more than two hours, mainstreaming the podcaster whose praise for Hitler, vows to kill Jew...

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November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM

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October 30, 2025

House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to pin the upcoming catastrophic lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on the Democrats.

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October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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No defendants, no evidence, no lawyers, no courts, no judges, just dead people in the water

Trump’s rocket strikes on alleged drug boats in the Western Caribbean and Eastern Pacific are his dream of what law enforcement should be.

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October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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Is Justice Done?

You’ve probably seen or read at least something about the story that is the subject of tonight’s post.

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October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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Trump Isn't "Failing Fast" and It's Dangerous to Believe He Is

Courts keep ruling against Trump. Critics mistake this activity for success, the same error that allowed Hungary's Orbán consolidate power while opposition celebrated.

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October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM

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It is So ‘Disconcerting’ that We Have No Congress

Republicans refuse to do their jobs

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October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM

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July 16, 2025

After years of covering Donald J.

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July 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM

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Why We Don't Politicize the Military

When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.

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July 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Why Mass Deportation Is Doomed

The more voters hear about the crazy shit Trump is doing, the less they like it.

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July 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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July 15, 2025

Without any explanation, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that the Trump administration could not gut the Department of Education while th...

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July 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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We Want a Special Counsel

Nine days ago DOJ announced that the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his death in a New York jail was over, and no action would be taken.

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July 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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A few words about war and the power of determination
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A few words about war and the power of determination

Traveling in the back of a pickup along the road between Jalalabad and Asadabad in Afghanistan in 2004, we passed through one village after another that was thriving from growing poppy, the plants who...

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July 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM

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Free to Be Their Worst Selves

Trump and his cruel regime are proud to be "not so innocent." The response cannot be tame.

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June 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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Hamburger Mary's Goes to the 11th Circuit

A case you need to know about!

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May 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM

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January 13, 2025
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January 13, 2025

The incoming Trump administration is working to put its agenda into place.

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January 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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It's been a long week

It seems a lifetime ago, but it was only last Saturday that I fell ill with this mutant strain of the flu and just after midnight, not being able to get out of bed or even move my arms, Tracy called 9...

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January 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM

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January 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM

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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · Jan 6

“Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and all the rest of America’s oligarchs hold the American people in contempt….Donald Trump will keep pushing until someone, somewhere, some day, effectively pushes back again.”

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