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  • MAGA-fying the Museum: How to Curate History Without the History

    MAGA-fying the Museum: How to Curate History Without the History

    Maybe one day, years from now, there will be an exhibit about this moment. It will feature press releases about “aggressive reviews,” news clippings about political interference, and maybe — if the curators are feeling bold — a case labeled “Democracy, in Decline.” Visitors will walk past it on their way to the dinosaur hall,…

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  • The Ministry of MAGA Purity: Laura Loomer’s White House Talent Show

    The Ministry of MAGA Purity: Laura Loomer’s White House Talent Show

    The scariest part? This isn’t satire. The talent show’s already happening; it’s just dressed in bureaucratic language and the American flag. The audience — us — is left to decide whether we’re watching political theater or the prelude to something much darker. Because purges don’t stop when the list is done. They stop when there’s…

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  • BREAKING: Trump Takes Over DC Police in “Law & Order” Miracle — Deploys National Guard for Public Theater

    BREAKING: Trump Takes Over DC Police in “Law & Order” Miracle — Deploys National Guard for Public Theater

    WASHINGTON —History books have a habit of glossing over the quieter coups. The ones without tanks rolling through the streets, without generals at microphones, without gunfire. The coups that happen under the cover of “public safety,” with a smile, a signature, and a TV camera. This week, Donald Trump proved that you can drape a

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  • Ken Paxton vs. The Great Texas Hide-and-Seek Championships

    Ken Paxton vs. The Great Texas Hide-and-Seek Championships

    Some states have political disagreements. Others have lawsuits. Texas, however, prefers its disputes served with an extra-large glass of iced tea, a dash of high drama, and a courtroom appearance that smells faintly of barbecue smoke and contempt of decorum. The latest entry into this Lone Star political rodeo? Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit to

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  • RFK Jr. Just Cut $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts. Because Science Is a Vibe Now.

    RFK Jr. Just Cut $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts. Because Science Is a Vibe Now.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans to cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, showcasing a shift towards skepticism and populism over scientific progress. His actions signify a broader trend of undermining public health infrastructure, promoting conspiracy, and cultivating distrust in science, potentially jeopardizing future disease response and preventive measures.

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  • America: Where the Policy Changes But the Passive-Aggression Stays the Same

    America: Where the Policy Changes But the Passive-Aggression Stays the Same

    Somewhere between the overturned classified documents and the overturned convictions, the Trump administration (yes, that one again) decided to quietly reverse a decades-old policy that withheld federal aid from states that penalized individuals or companies for not participating in Israel boycotts. Don’t worry if you missed it—most people were too busy photoshopping mugshots onto T-shirts

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  • The Vanishing Act: How Texas Democrats Ghosted the Capitol and Left Republicans Screaming into Empty Chairs

    The Vanishing Act: How Texas Democrats Ghosted the Capitol and Left Republicans Screaming into Empty Chairs

    In Texas, redistricting isn’t about lines on a map. It’s about territory. Ownership. Power acquisition disguised as census math. And this summer, as heat warped the asphalt and rural roads shimmered like fever dreams, the Texas GOP came back for more. Never mind that the ink from the last census hadn’t dried. Never mind that

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  • The Primary Buffet: Democrats Prepare to Feed Themselves to Democracy (Again)

    The Primary Buffet: Democrats Prepare to Feed Themselves to Democracy (Again)

    The 2028 Democratic primary isn’t officially underway, but if you lean in closely, you can already hear the clinking of silverware at the self-cannibalism buffet. A dozen forks, half a platform, and the unshakeable belief that this will be the year a candidate emerges who is both inspiring and electable, progressive and pragmatic, fierce but…

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  • Lines in the Sand: How Redistricting Became the Supreme Court’s Favorite Shape-Shiting Weapon

    Lines in the Sand: How Redistricting Became the Supreme Court’s Favorite Shape-Shiting Weapon

    It’s once again that magical time in America when maps are less about geography and more about strategy—where lines aren’t drawn by cartographers but by career politicians with a vengeance kink. This month, the Supreme Court decided to up the ante in Louisiana’s redistricting case, because apparently we haven’t suffered enough slow-moving constitutional erosion for

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  • You’re Fired: Trump Finds the Real Culprit Behind America’s Job Woes (Hint: It’s Not Capitalism)

    You’re Fired: Trump Finds the Real Culprit Behind America’s Job Woes (Hint: It’s Not Capitalism)

    In a surprising twist that shocked absolutely no one, former President Donald J. Trump has once again taken bold, decisive, and entirely unhinged action against the greatest threat to American prosperity: math. Specifically, the kind of math that results in job reports that make him look bad. Following a “disappointing” economic update, which revealed that

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