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Editorial cartoonist Bill Bramhall’s illustration begs the question: Does it say “In grift we trust” on the tail side?
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Vertigo. Heather Horton’s “Bruges Belfry” (2019).
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When democracy dies. Horst Strempel’s “Pogrom” (1945). When the Nazis took power, Strempel was declared a degenerate artist and his work banned. He fled to France, but after the German invasion he was arrested and assigned to a punishment unit. He was captured by the British and survived the war.
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Australian editorial cartoonist Peter Sully weighs in on Trump’s heavy-handed efforts to silence the press, critics and even late-night comedians.
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Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich: FDR shepherded Americans through a time of uncertainty and fear. Trump, on the other hand, has created a time of uncertainty and fear.
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Megyn Kelly refuses to distance herself from Candace Owens, a former Charlie Kirk colleague who suggests Kirk was assassinated by Israel after he "refused to be bullied anymore by Jewish donors.” Owens is known for calling Judaism a “pedophile-centric religion” that “believes in child sacrifice."
Opinion | Megyn Kelly Knows Which Way the Winds Are Blowing
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Painful bottom lines. Hamas killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 captives. It was the bloodiest day in Israel’s history and the deadliest for Jews anywhere since the Holocaust. A shocked Israel unleashed a devastating military response that has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians.
In Israel, Two-Year Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attack Is Quiet but Inescapable
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"Over recent months, we have watched with increasing alarm as the foundations of our nation’s public health system have been undermined. Science and expertise have taken a back seat to ideology and misinformation."
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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Conflicted messaging? After slashing nutrition assistance programs as part of their marquee tax-cut legislation and taking an ax to FEMA, Republican lawmakers suddenly warn that life-saving services are in peril.
Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises
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American taxpayers will most likely have to foot a $50 billion bill to compensate farmers for the economic damage done by Trump's trade war. “I’m going to do some farm stuff this week,” Trump said at the White House on Monday.
Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops
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As the United States retreats, China has added more solar and wind than the rest of the world combined and India's renewable energy sources grew more than three times bigger than the country's growth in power demand.
World nearing 'crucial turning point' as clean energy outpaces power demand
Energy research group Ember said the global surge in clean energy more than met demand for electricity and led to the first fall in fossil fuel use this year.
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The New Yorker’s Adam Douglas Thompson illustrates how to manufacture and fuel a crisis.
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Victims are not faceless. Klara Jas, her mother, Henderika, and baby brother, Isaac, were deported on Aug. 26, 1943, to Auschwitz, where they were gassed.
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Good dog. Giuseppe De Nigris’s “The Hand of the Thief” (1864).
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The French editorial cartoonist known as TRUANT couldn’t miss the obvious and jarring irony. The only one who didn’t get it was…
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Austrian editorial cartoonist Oliver Schopf pokes fun at Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize — and warns there could be severe consequences if his repeated claims that he deserves it are ignored.
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Editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail weighs in on Trump escalating his war on Democratic-run cities and his threat to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would handcuff court intervention.
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The New Yorker’s Guy Richards Smit remembers Trump’s broken promise that ICE would focus primarily on detaining criminals.
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Meanwhile, global solar energy is experiencing unprecedented, accelerating growth driven by falling costs, supportive policies, and the universal need to transition away from fossil fuels.
After gutting subsidies, White House finds new ways to stifle solar
Trump officials are already making their next moves in a campaign to undercut the solar industry.
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While Ian Roberts’s downfall stunned Iowans, his ability to work for years without authorization was hardly anomalous in an immigration system that politicians from both parties regard as deeply dysfunctional.
The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.
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What was expunged? Gone from the article was the fact that Charlie Kirk had perpetuated “conspiracy theories, including Covid-19 and climate misinformation, as well as the replacement theory,” which posits that Jews are trying to replace white Americans with nonwhite immigrants.
Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story
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