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Oh You Are NOT Fucking with the Fucking Smithsonian
Trump orders first steps toward making the Smithsonian Institution reflect his warped view of America
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March 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The Signal Betrayal: A National Security Breach That Demands Accountability
My comments on Laura Coats Live
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March 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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March 18, 2025
On Saturday, U.S.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The Truth Dies with Him
Another voice didn’t toe the Trump line
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March 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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The Week Ahead
March 16, 2025
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March 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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March 14, 2025
Today the Senate passed a stopgap measure from the House of Representatives to fund the government for six months through September 30.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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March 13, 2025
Stocks fell again today.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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March 12, 2025
Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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March 10, 2025
Last week’s dramatically dropping stock market prompted Fox News Channel personality Maria Bartiromo to ask Trump in an interview that aired yesterday if he was expecting a recession.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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March 9, 2025
Lately, political writers have called attention to the tendency of billionaire Elon Musk to refer to his political opponents as “NPCs.” This term comes from the gaming world and refers to a nonplayer ...
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March 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Trump's Lifeline to Putin: Cutting Ukraine's Aid Amid Russia's Collapse
Marco Rubio, Michael Waltz, and their ilk will spend the rest of their lives avoiding Ukrainians for fear of being spit on
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March 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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March 5, 2025
In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose to deliver a speech.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The Depravity Is the Point
Morning Dispatch
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March 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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A New Arm of the Kremlin
As Trump’s gaslighting goes global
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March 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin manosphere
Friends,
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March 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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March 1, 2025
John Simpson of the BBC noted recently that “there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change.” Seven weeks in, he suggested, 2025 is on track to be one of them: “a time...
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March 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Musk Puts Trump in Charge of New Unit Called DOZE
The Tesla chief said he was “totally pumped” to see what Trump accomplishes at the Department Of Zero Efficiency.
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February 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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February 27, 2025
Yesterday an unvaccinated child in Texas died of measles as nearly 140 people in Texas and New Mexico have been reported ill with the disease.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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February 26, 2025
This morning, Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought and Office of Personnel Management acting director Charles Ezell sent a memo to the heads of departments and agencies.
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February 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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February 25, 2025
On Friday, February 21, former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg posted: “A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country.
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February 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The King of Chaos
Trump’s Delusions of Grandeur and the Dangers of His Malignant Narcissism
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February 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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February 23, 2025
Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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February 22, 2025
Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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There Are No Faces
The White House releases bondage porn.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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February 21, 2025
In an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, billionaire Elon Musk seemed to be having difficulty speaking.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM