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The Country Wanted a Trump Test of Chaos, So Let Them Have the Full Factory Tour
If the country insists on touching the stovetop again just to “make sure it’s still hot,” who am I to stand between a democracy and its favorite form of self-harm. There are moments in public life when you stop trying to warn people about the cliff and instead hand them binoculars so they can appreciate
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End ACA Protections Means Cancer Care Becomes Optional And Bills Explode
Translate the slogan into math and law, and the promise to “send the money to the people” becomes a coupon for chaos with the patient protections ripped off the box. The pitch sounds generous if you hear it from far away. Cut out the insurance companies, send the money straight to you, terminate the bad
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The Shutdown That Ate Democracy’s Homework: A Love Letter to Gridlock, Delusion, and the Filibuster Fetishists
There is a certain kind of American absurdity that only blossoms when the government is closed, the airports are melting down, and someone in the Senate has started speaking of the filibuster as if it is a religious relic discovered deep beneath the floor of the Capitol. You can almost set your watch by it.
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The Optimus Secession: Elon Musk Unveils the Robot That Will Replace Us, Rule Us, and Possibly Charge Us a Subscription Fee
A cyberpunk shareholder rave, a trillion dollar man, and a humanoid life form that will both eliminate poverty and make you its pet There are certain moments in history when you can feel the ground shift beneath your feet. The moon landing. The Berlin Wall. The first time someone uttered the phrase “live, laugh, love”
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The Prosecutor Who Wasn’t There: Trump’s DOJ, James Comey, and the Case of the Missing Lawful Appointment
At some point, the Department of Justice stopped pretending to be about justice and started acting like a casting call for vengeance. This week, a federal judge finally noticed. In the Trump Justice Department’s long-running revenge play against former FBI Director James Comey, the court pressed pause—not on the facts, not on the charges, but
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The Blue Wave Broke: Prepare For Trump To Become More Unhinged
Some nights don’t end; they just change temperature. Tonight is one of those nights. Across America, the political map bled blue again. It wasn’t subtle, and it wasn’t polite. The “Blue Wave” that pundits dismissed as myth or meme arrived in full coastal fury. Suburban districts turned into crime scenes for Republican incumbents. Ballot initiatives
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The Dick Cheney Legacy: When Power, Privilege and Paradox Collide
At 84, Dick Cheney leaves us a blueprint of power run amok, and a side note on gay rights that doesn’t redeem the wreckage. There is a kind of irony that follows the news of Dick Cheney’s death in 2025 like an aftershock: the man who helped expand the presidency’s power, condone torture, harden the
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The Ocean’s 107 Days Problem: George Clooney and the Art of Missing the Point
There’s something almost poetic about George Clooney criticizing the Democratic Party from an Italian villa while American democracy keeps coughing up blood in the background. It’s like watching a man deliver a eulogy for a house he helped burn down, except he’s doing it over espresso, wearing a watch that costs more than a precinct’s
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Hillary and Kamala Told You: A Double Ledger of Warnings They Laughed At and We Now Live In
History keeps receipts. Sometimes they’re in the form of subpoenas. Sometimes they’re in the form of women who told you exactly what would happen, then watched you pick the showman over the steward. This is that ledger. The one we were warned about. Twice. Once by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the woman mocked for sounding too
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The Golden Throne of Mar-a-Lincoln: When Optics Replace Government
It is a curious image of the modern presidency: the country in a government shutdown, the courts ordering the Department of Agriculture to raid emergency funds to keep SNAP afloat, and the Commander-in-Chief posting 24 glossy photos of his newly renovated Lincoln Bathroom, complete with black and white statuary marble, gold handles on the tub,