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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Making (Some) Sense. We’re Doomed

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Holly Hudson

How Democrats Can Win the Shutdown Fight Even If They Lose

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Eleanor Clift

This Is the Real Reason Trump's a Disaster Merchant

No, our commander-in-chief is not a hysterical little girl who sees monsters hiding under her bed or in the back of every closet she passes....

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David Rothkopf

My Fellow Americans, It’s Time to Elect an AI President

As an actor myself (very famous), I’m unnerved by the introduction of Tilly Norwood, the AI “actress” attracting attention for its lifelike “...

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Michael Ian Black

A MAGA Ghoul Is Trump’s Project 2025 Grim Reaper

Russell Vought met with President Donald Trump on Thursday as more than just another MAGA goon ready to do the administration’s bidding. Now in his...

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Michael Daly

Trump’s Generals Speech Proved Dumb, Deluded—and Dangerous

Listening to Pesident Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth address the convened leadership of the US military today in Quantico, Virginia...

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David Rothkopf

Hegseth Is Trying to Turn the Pentagon Into ‘Fight Club’

There are going to be a thousand think pieces about Pete Hegseth’s weird war pep rally. The newly christened Secretary of War (and sorry, bro, but...

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Michael Ian Black

Why ‘Peacemaker’ Trump Never Manages to Close a Deal

There was no red carpet this time and no flyover. But Benjamin Netanyahu had an unlikely teacher in Vladimir Putin on how to handle Donald Trump...

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David Gardner