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Remember Trump's fake electors in 2020? None of the masterminds of the scheme have gone on trial - yet. Wisconsin may be the "last best hope" for justice.
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No one has faced trial for 2020 ‘fake electors’ plan. In Wisconsin, it might happen.
Criminal cases over a “fake elector” scheme to keep Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss have mostly run aground. In Wisconsin, a case involving three key figures in the effort might be...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Remember Trump's fake electors in 2020? None of the masterminds of the scheme have gone on trial - yet. Wisconsin may be the "last best hope" for justice.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
My article on X as outrage-machine grift and what happens when you unmask the so-called partisans www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Many divisive X accounts are foreign-based. What does that tell us?
A new feature on the social media platform X reveals that many popular accounts featuring inflammatory content about U.S. politics are located abroad. While it’s hard to know who is behind them, exper...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My article on X as outrage-machine grift and what happens when you unmask the so-called partisans www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
My colleague went to MTG's district to take the temperature as intra-MAGA rift deepens.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s split with Trump is the talk of her Georgia district
The public falling-out between U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and President Donald Trump has brought splits in the MAGA movement into the open. In Ms. Greene’s solidly Republican district, voters ar...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My colleague went to MTG's district to take the temperature as intra-MAGA rift deepens.
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Took a trip to California to see how Trump's vision of the U.S. as a petrostate is playing out. Climate reality bites.
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Make Oil Great Again? Even California drills as global climate action stalls.
Gov. Gavin Newsom made green energy a priority. But as President Donald Trump makes oil the focus of U.S. energy policy, even California considers “Drill, baby, drill.”
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November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Took a trip to California to see how Trump's vision of the U.S. as a petrostate is playing out. Climate reality bites.
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“Right now, the court’s been able to sort of give the administration a break without having to fully defend itself, to defend its reasons. But when it finally decides these cases, it has to actually write up the reasons for what they’re doing."
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The Supreme Court has given Trump early wins. Now, it has to explain why.
From tariffs to the 14th Amendment, the new Supreme Court term is full of cases that will determine whether President Trump’s expansive view of presidential power is constitutional.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Right now, the court’s been able to sort of give the administration a break without having to fully defend itself, to defend its reasons. But when it finally decides these cases, it has to actually write up the reasons for what they’re doing."
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“If we saw this in any other country, we would condemn that country as authoritarian.” www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Kimmel silenced, as political and corporate pressures converge
The sidelining of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show could signal a wider chilling effect on free speech, under pressure from President Donald Trump and regulators under him.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“If we saw this in any other country, we would condemn that country as authoritarian.” www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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Professor and former COO of Timberland, Kenneth Pucker, discusses global clothing supply chains in light of rising U.S. tariffs. @csmonitor.bsky.social @sjmontlake.bsky.social
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‘2 dolls instead of 30’: Will tariffs curb America’s passion for cheap goods?
An era of abundant low-cost imports faces a reckoning – but not necessarily an end – as the Trump tariffs take hold. America’s long pivot from thrift toward consumption is deeply ingrained. So are the...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Professor and former COO of Timberland, Kenneth Pucker, discusses global clothing supply chains in light of rising U.S. tariffs. @csmonitor.bsky.social @sjmontlake.bsky.social
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Reported from W Virginia on the reality of modern manufacturing and why we're not going back to 1953
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Trump promised to bring jobs to the Rust Belt. The Sun Belt may get them instead.
Donald Trump was elected partly on the promise of a factory renaissance. Made-in-America may come back, but not necessarily in the places that led U.S. manufacturing 80 years ago.
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June 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Reported from W Virginia on the reality of modern manufacturing and why we're not going back to 1953
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Bangladesh ousting a dictator and trying to rebuild democracy/sanity is an underreported story. I took a big swing at it. The past is never past.
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Students toppled a dictator. Now they must help remake Bangladesh.
Pro-democracy students helped oust Bangladesh’s autocratic leader. Now the country is grappling with how it sees its past – and defines its future.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bangladesh ousting a dictator and trying to rebuild democracy/sanity is an underreported story. I took a big swing at it. The past is never past.
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No empty shelves yet but more out-of-stock items and it's just getting started www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Empty shelves? Tariffs are about to hit US shoppers in a variety of ways.
The new levies are like a slow-motion wave that’s about to break – causing U.S. consumers to experience higher prices and out-of-stock items.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
No empty shelves yet but more out-of-stock items and it's just getting started www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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I think this was from Chapter 4 of Mein Kampf.
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I think this was from Chapter 4 of Mein Kampf.
"The directive tasks officials with combing through past communications using a list of 59 flagged key words.
...One of the most striking inclusions is "respect" -- a word that is one of the Army's own seven core values."
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...One of the most striking inclusions is "respect" -- a word that is one of the Army's own seven core values."
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Army Deleting Online Content Related to Women, Minorities Using Key Words Like 'Respect' and 'Dignity'
The deletion of photos, video and other content is part of an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that all the military services eliminate online material not allowed by the Trump administration.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"The directive tasks officials with combing through past communications using a list of 59 flagged key words.
...One of the most striking inclusions is "respect" -- a word that is one of the Army's own seven core values."
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...One of the most striking inclusions is "respect" -- a word that is one of the Army's own seven core values."
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The ruler of the Republic of Venice was called Doge. The co-ruler of the US Republic has the same moniker. Coincidence?
February 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The ruler of the Republic of Venice was called Doge. The co-ruler of the US Republic has the same moniker. Coincidence?
How about the deficit, Elon? Billions ain't trillions - and gimmicks are gimmicks. Here's my breakdown
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Musk aims to slash deficits. Trump has put key solutions out of reach.
The hard math of fiscal responsibility: Elon Musk’s disruption of entire federal agencies, even if it works, would leave the biggest drivers of federal deficits untouched.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
How about the deficit, Elon? Billions ain't trillions - and gimmicks are gimmicks. Here's my breakdown
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Our story on DOGE that was outdated by the time I finished writing last night but here it is
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Elon Musk and his DOGE: Fixing government or dismantling the Constitution?
Trump efficiency czar Elon Musk is taking drastic steps to tame bloated government. Critics say the Constitution is being shredded in the process.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our story on DOGE that was outdated by the time I finished writing last night but here it is
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I spent some time with new Utah Sen. John Curtis—Mitt Romney's replacement and one of the few non-MAGA Republicans left in the Senate. He could make or break Trump's nominees (watch Tulsi) and policy agenda (watch immigration).
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Meet Mitt Romney’s replacement – who could make or break the Trump agenda
Utah Sen. John Curtis doesn’t always agree with President Donald Trump. But his approach is aimed at consensus – and shows how the Senate GOP has changed.
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January 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I spent some time with new Utah Sen. John Curtis—Mitt Romney's replacement and one of the few non-MAGA Republicans left in the Senate. He could make or break Trump's nominees (watch Tulsi) and policy agenda (watch immigration).
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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