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Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer
This is all nonsense, of course. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a Golden Dome system would cost as much as $831 billion…
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Joe Biden Is the Least of Democrats’ Problems
Donald Trump did not fire any commissioners from the today. Donald Trump declared that he had fired the commissioners. That is,…
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The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing
Last weekend’s bombing of an in vitro fertilization clinic in Palm Springs, California, was not merely shocking for its violence. The…
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The Texas Judge Race That Republicans Are Suddenly Eyeing
But lurking behind the curtain of her marginal campaign for Harris County Judge (an executive position, presiding over a four-person…
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Trump’s Crypto Dinner Guests Admit They’re Trying to Buy Him Off
“It’s kind of a fund-raiser” for Mr. Trump, Korean crypto executive Sangrok Oh and another dinner attendee, told the Times. “And he’ll…
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Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
As I argued recently, Trump’s “white genocide” imagery draws heavily on a kind of internationalized “great replacement theory” that’s…
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Here’s What Happened at Trump’s Shady Cryptocurrency Dinner
Crypto-investors anonymously shelled out a total $148 million to purchase access to Donald Trump, but all they got was a low-quality…
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Nancy Mace Hit With Shock Accusation After Waving Nudes in Congress
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult…
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Trump’s New Attack on Harvard Fails Immediately as Judge Blocks It
A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. In a…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Breaking Rules to Install Grok in Government
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is letting his glitchy Grok AI chatbot sift through potentially sensitive government…
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Republican Congressman Seriously Claims Straws Are Only for Women
In a strange appeal to a right-wing conception of masculinity, Representative Tim Burchett proclaimed that he does not drink any liquid…
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Lindsey Graham Dumps Cold Water on Trump-Backed Budget Bill
While House Republicans celebrated passing the president’s “big, beautiful” spending bill by a one-vote margin Thursday, caucus members in…
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Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy
Let’s start with the sum and substance of the judges’ orders. Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. One judge’s order…
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Even Fox News Grilled Treasury Secretary on Budget Bill Math
The Trump administration doesn’t want you to trust independent analysis of their “big, beautiful” tax bill. The bill—now headed to the…
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RFK Jr. Just Accidentally Discredited His Own Surgeon General
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inadvertently destroyed his own nominee for surgeon general by giving a rare, good piece of medical…
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Harvard Hits Back at Trump With Lawsuit Over International Student Ban
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult…
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Is Trump Trying to Set Energy Policy in Other Countries Now?
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult…
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Trump Drops Another Tariffs Bombshell to Begin in a Matter of Days
“The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult…
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Transcript: Trump’s Vile New Attack on Harvard Is Already Backfiring
At the end of the day, what is this witch hunt about? It’s about freedom of expression. It’s about these international students who have…
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The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Or, at least it should have. Biden’s campaign sputtered on for weeks after the debate, during which many of the voices that whispered…
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The Republican Budget Bill Rips College Away From the Working Class
The changes to the Pell Grant program increase the number of credit hours that are required to qualify as a full-time student, from 12 to…
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Trump Isn’t the Godsend That Fishermen Had Hoped For
One of the problems that existed before Trump’s reelection, according to Schumann, is that government data on fish populations is often…
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Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster
“No, this isn’t the same as killing the filibuster. This actually goes way, way beyond that. First, they are doing more than going nuclear…
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Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat
When I joined the race for Democratic National Committee chair a few months ago, there was one area of consensus among all the…