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  • Gavin Newsom Out-Trumps Trump: When the Roast Becomes Policy

    Gavin Newsom Out-Trumps Trump: When the Roast Becomes Policy

    Gavin Newsom didn’t just out-Trump Trump—he built a trap out of Trump’s own ego, baited it with a meme, and then invited the press to watch the door swing shut. The danger is that once you start playing Trump’s game, you’re bound by his rules, and those rules are simple: Always make it bigger, louder,…

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  • Pete Buttigieg and the Litmus Test That Ate 2028

    Pete Buttigieg and the Litmus Test That Ate 2028

    This was supposed to be Buttigieg’s strength: grace under pressure, a knack for threading impossible needles. Instead, he’s left with the political equivalent of a half-buttoned shirt in a job interview—too casual for the formal crowd, too formal for the casual one. The Gaza litmus test has no safe answers. But what Pete Buttigieg discovered…

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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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