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November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Shadowy Groups Boost Trump politicalwire.com/2025/03/28/s...
Shadowy Groups Boost Trump
“About a dozen political groups, using unlimited and undisclosed donations, are running ads with twin goals: Boosting — and flattering — President Trump,” Axios reports. “The groups — separate from Tr...
politicalwire.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Shadowy Groups Boost Trump politicalwire.com/2025/03/28/s...
Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/Rsp6XJEd
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March 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/Rsp6XJEd
Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change Our Culture politicalwire.com/2025/03/20/t...
Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change Our Culture
New York Times: “The outcome of this clash over the purpose of higher education stands to shape American culture for a generation or more. If the president realizes his ambitions, many American univer...
politicalwire.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change Our Culture politicalwire.com/2025/03/20/t...
Who Spreads the Most Disinformation on the Internet? politicalwire.com/2025/03/19/w...
Who Spreads the Most Disinformation on the Internet?
There's so much disinformation on the internet these days, but who's the worst offender? Let's ask Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk:
politicalwire.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who Spreads the Most Disinformation on the Internet? politicalwire.com/2025/03/19/w...
Destroying America's Brand politicalwire.com/2025/03/17/d...
Destroying America's Brand
Paul Krugman: “This turn away from military dependence on the U.S. is understandable. America is no longer a reliable ally to the world’s democracies; indeed, between Trump’s turn toward Putin and his...
politicalwire.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Destroying America's Brand politicalwire.com/2025/03/17/d...
None of This Is Going to End Well politicalwire.com/2025/03/11/n...
None of This Is Going to End Well
Bret Stephens: “It used to be common knowledge — not just among policymakers and economists but also high school students with a grasp of history — that tariffs are a terrible idea. The phrase ‘beggar
politicalwire.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
None of This Is Going to End Well politicalwire.com/2025/03/11/n...
Judge Blocks Deportation of Student Activist politicalwire.com/2025/03/11/j...
Judge Blocks Deportation of Student Activist
“A federal judge has halted the deportation of a Columbia University graduate student who was detained by immigration authorities for his participation in campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war,” P...
politicalwire.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Judge Blocks Deportation of Student Activist politicalwire.com/2025/03/11/j...
Samuel Alito Suddenly Switches His Position politicalwire.com/2025/03/10/s...
Samuel Alito Suddenly Switches His Position
Above the Law: “There is plenty of commentary making the rounds regarding the 5-4 Supreme Court decision confirming that of course a judge can issue a Temporary Restraining Order to maintain the statu...
politicalwire.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Samuel Alito Suddenly Switches His Position politicalwire.com/2025/03/10/s...
The Chilling Effect politicalwire.com/2025/03/10/t...
The Chilling Effect
Don Moynihan: “We are witnessing an extraordinarily broad chilling effect in American society. It is not just what you want to say, but what you are allowed to ask. It is about both formal government
politicalwire.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Chilling Effect politicalwire.com/2025/03/10/t...
Stephen Miller’s Outside Army politicalwire.com/2025/03/08/s...
Stephen Miller’s Outside Army
“Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is setting policy from inside the White House, but a legal group he co-founded is shaping policy from the outside, through legal complaints and lawsuits against c...
politicalwire.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Stephen Miller’s Outside Army politicalwire.com/2025/03/08/s...
We Live in the Dumbest Times politicalwire.com/2025/03/07/w...
We Live in the Dumbest Times
Andrew Egger: “Every day is stupid now, but not all stupid days are created equal. Some days are darkly energizing. You want to shout from the rooftops: Look at all the damage these malevolent, cluele...
politicalwire.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We Live in the Dumbest Times politicalwire.com/2025/03/07/w...
Trump May Revoke Legal Status for 240,000 Ukrainians politicalwire.com/2025/03/06/t...
Trump May Revoke Legal Status for 240,000 Ukrainians
“President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deporta...
politicalwire.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump May Revoke Legal Status for 240,000 Ukrainians politicalwire.com/2025/03/06/t...
Government by Chaos Is Back politicalwire.com/2025/03/06/g...
Government by Chaos Is Back
Stephen Collinson: “At first, Trump’s early-term energy on multiple fronts was a bolt of energy as he scratched his Sharpie across executive orders and chased away the lethargy that marked President J...
politicalwire.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Government by Chaos Is Back politicalwire.com/2025/03/06/g...
Joni Ernst’s Relationships Under Scrutiny politicalwire.com/2025/03/04/j...
Joni Ernst’s Relationships Under Scrutiny
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, had romantic relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials which created potential conflicts of interest, ProPublica repo...
politicalwire.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Joni Ernst’s Relationships Under Scrutiny politicalwire.com/2025/03/04/j...
U.S. Downgraded to ‘Non-Democracy’ politicalwire.com/2025/03/04/u...
U.S. Downgraded to ‘Non-Democracy’
According to the Polity Project, an organization that ranks and categorizes governments worldwide, the U.S. government is classified as a “non-democracy” as of February 2025, a downgrade from its prev...
politicalwire.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
U.S. Downgraded to ‘Non-Democracy’ politicalwire.com/2025/03/04/u...
Trump Administration May Revise GDP Calculation politicalwire.com/2025/03/03/t...
Trump Administration May Revise GDP Calculation
Associated Press: “The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts.” "Doing so could potentially complicate or distort a fundamental measure of the...
politicalwire.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Trump Administration May Revise GDP Calculation politicalwire.com/2025/03/03/t...
Car Prices Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump’s Tariffs politicalwire.com/2025/03/03/c...
Car Prices Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump’s Tariffs
“Impending tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk driving up US car prices by as much as $12,000, further squeezing consumers and wreaking havoc across the intricate web of automotive supply lines spanning...
politicalwire.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Car Prices Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump’s Tariffs politicalwire.com/2025/03/03/c...
We’re Ruled by Gangsters Now politicalwire.com/2025/03/02/w...
We’re Ruled by Gangsters Now
Noah Smith: “America’s abrupt turn from moral beacon and defender of the free world is unsurprising, given the fundamental immorality of the Trump administration. If you have the morality of a gangste...
politicalwire.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We’re Ruled by Gangsters Now politicalwire.com/2025/03/02/w...
GOP Wants $4 Trillion Tax Cut to Look Like Nothing politicalwire.com/2025/03/01/g...
GOP Wants $4 Trillion Tax Cut to Look Like Nothing
Wall Street Journal: “Republicans are readying an untested and aggressive move—a blatant gimmick, critics say—that would declare that Congress can extend expiring tax cuts and record no costs. House R...
politicalwire.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
GOP Wants $4 Trillion Tax Cut to Look Like Nothing politicalwire.com/2025/03/01/g...
DOGE Just Fired a Veteran Advocate Who Served Four Tours by Email
There are thousands of Mike Slaters out there. They are forest rangers and accountants and firefighters and analysts and a hundred other things that are required to run a large democratic republic.
By Charles P. Pierce 2/26/25
There are thousands of Mike Slaters out there. They are forest rangers and accountants and firefighters and analysts and a hundred other things that are required to run a large democratic republic.
By Charles P. Pierce 2/26/25
February 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
DOGE Just Fired a Veteran Advocate Who Served Four Tours by Email
There are thousands of Mike Slaters out there. They are forest rangers and accountants and firefighters and analysts and a hundred other things that are required to run a large democratic republic.
By Charles P. Pierce 2/26/25
There are thousands of Mike Slaters out there. They are forest rangers and accountants and firefighters and analysts and a hundred other things that are required to run a large democratic republic.
By Charles P. Pierce 2/26/25