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Real crime wave in D.C. is in Trump’s White House
Trump, always looking to distract attention from his many crimes, has deployed National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C. After his usual wild…
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Trump’s blunder doctrine
It began, like many great geopolitical farces, with a misunderstanding so profound it was practically philosophical. Steven Witkoff, real-estate magnate turned foreign-policy Sherpa,…
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John Roberts and the making of an American fascist state
On March 4, Donald Trump delivered his record-shattering 100-minute speech to Congress. After basking in the standing ovations, he strode down the aisle, greeting the Supreme Court…
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The face of the other in Gaza
Nothing prepared me for Gaza.
As a US physician trained in emergency medicine, I’ve spent decades in trauma bays across the United States, watching lives come undone. I’ve worked in…
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A tyrant is trying to scare us. Do we let him?
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” ––Mark Twain
Sometimes I hear from ordinary people who wish to do something about the multiplying threats to…
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The man who mistook a deadline for a TACO
By the time you finish this paragraph, Donald Trump could have issued another ultimatum. He would have drawn a bright red line in the sand, a wave would have washed it away, and he will…
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Donald Trump’s ‘universe’
Donald Trump has never believed in the rules that supposedly govern the American system. His personal history has been built on breaking these rules, avoiding their consequences, and…
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Health insurance giants raked in more than $71 billion last year
The seven largest publicly traded U.S. health insurance companies made a collective $71.3 billion in profits last year, and their CEOs took home a total of $146.1 million in…
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Trump’s mental sharpness being questioned
For years, Donald Trump has projected an image of supreme confidence—boasting about his intelligence, touting his memory, and mocking political opponents as feeble-minded or senile. But…
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Trump’s war against numbers
There was a time—long ago, when the Earth was cooling and economists still wore bow ties unironically—when the Bureau of Labor Statistics toiled quietly in the chiaroscuro shadows of…
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