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  • Arctic Frostbite: How Trump’s DOJ Turned Revenge Into a Branch of Government

    Arctic Frostbite: How Trump’s DOJ Turned Revenge Into a Branch of Government

    Some scandals melt under scrutiny. Others freeze time itself—like Operation Arctic Frost, the FBI’s now-infamous 2022 election-interference investigation that asked a few telecom companies for call logs and somehow got rebranded as the new Watergate. The facts were simple enough: the Bureau, approved at senior levels by Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, and Lisa Monaco, used

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  • Trump sold who the Pentagon? Inside America’s First Crowdfunded Military Payroll

    Trump sold who the Pentagon? Inside America’s First Crowdfunded Military Payroll

    There’s something exquisitely American about a shutdown that ends with the Pentagon passing a hat. Somewhere between a bake sale and a Bond villain subplot, the Department of Defense just accepted a $130 million “gift” from an anonymous donor—yes, a literal donation—to help pay soldiers’ salaries while the government remains closed for business. President Trump,

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  • Third Term? Nice Try. But After January 6th, Pretending He Won’t Try Is the Real Fantasy

    Third Term? Nice Try. But After January 6th, Pretending He Won’t Try Is the Real Fantasy

    A twice-elected president doesn’t get a do-over—but anyone who watched the fake elector schemes, the pressure on state officials, and the January 6th gambit knows attempts can be real; the likeliest 2028 plays are pressure campaigns, calendar games, and emergency pretexts that slam into law, courts, and a public done being played—no matter how grand

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  • The People’s Propaganda: Beijing Declares America Dead While Measuring Its Own Pulse

    The People’s Propaganda: Beijing Declares America Dead While Measuring Its Own Pulse

    China has officially diagnosed the United States with “terminal democracy.” According to Chinese state media, America is “dying from within,” “a failed state,” and—if you believe the new string of editorials—just a few supply-chain snags away from the global hospice ward. The declaration arrived perfectly timed with the Chinese Communist Party’s closed-door Fourth Plenum, where

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  • Trump’s The Apprentice: Kremlin Edition

    Trump’s The Apprentice: Kremlin Edition

    It took three years, two wars, and one canceled summit for America’s Strongman-in-Chief to finally pretend to stand up to his idol—and even now, it looks more like performance art than policy. The White House has slapped sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two biggest oil arteries and the bankroll of Vladimir Putin’s imperial cosplay.

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  • The Man Who Sued Himself: How Trump Turned “Equal Justice Under Law” into “Cash App Me, DOJ”

    The Man Who Sued Himself: How Trump Turned “Equal Justice Under Law” into “Cash App Me, DOJ”

    If late-stage empire ever needed a mascot, Donald Trump just nominated himself—and sent the bill to the Justice Department. According to The New York Times (and verified by outlets that still remember what fact-checking is), the President of the United States is currently pressing his own Justice Department to pay him $230 million. Not for

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  • The Mirage Economy: When the GDP Grows but Nobody Hires

    The Mirage Economy: When the GDP Grows but Nobody Hires

    It’s official: America is thriving—on paper. The GDP is glowing like a ring light on a politician’s livestream. The stock market is preening. The White House comms shop is drafting victory tweets about “resilience.” And yet, if you’re an actual human being with a pulse, a rent payment, and a résumé floating in the void,

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  • Amazon To Cut 600,000 Jobs: When They Offer You a Robot Berserker for Free Shipping

    Amazon To Cut 600,000 Jobs: When They Offer You a Robot Berserker for Free Shipping

    There’s a moment in every supposedly “innovative” company where the victory lap turns into a funeral procession—and for Amazon, the leaked plan to automate three-quarters of its operations and eliminate or avoid hiring over 600,000 U.S. jobs by 2033 marks the coffin nail. These aren’t little tweaks; internal strategy documents show the robotics team wants

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  • The Commander in Brief: How Trump v. Illinois Might Create A Trump Army

    The Commander in Brief: How Trump v. Illinois Might Create A Trump Army

    It’s a strange moment in the American experiment when the question before the Supreme Court is whether the President can send troops to Chicago because someone held up a sign too close to an ICE office. But here we are: Trump v. Illinois, a case that could turn the National Guard into the president’s personal

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  • The Ministry of Make-Believe: Karoline Leavitt and the Art of the Manufactured Enemy

    The Ministry of Make-Believe: Karoline Leavitt and the Art of the Manufactured Enemy

    There’s a rhythm to authoritarianism, and Karoline Leavitt has perfect pitch. Every press secretary inherits a tone from the boss they serve, but Leavitt’s isn’t mere mimicry. It’s weaponized performance—an acceleration of Trumpism’s original sin: confusing cruelty for clarity. The job isn’t to inform. It’s to injure with flair, to convert talking points into shrapnel,

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