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The Secret Smoking Gun in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Budget

yesterday 3

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Eleanor Clift

Why Dems Have a Secret Super-Spreading Epidemic: Trump Envy

Senior-level Democrats across the country are facing an epidemic. Some cases are benign, but in others it is quite acute, with symptoms resembling...

previous day 6

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David Rothkopf

Why SCOTUS’ Monstrous Egos are Handing Trump Undeserved Wins

The U.S. Supreme Court has continued its expansion of President Trump’s powers and the use of its emergency docket in its recent ruling allowing...

thursday 10

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Shan Wu

Please Leave My Tesla Alone—It’s Not a Political Statement

Over the weekend, I was in Richmond, Virginia at a soccer tournament. On Saturday afternoon, I parked my Tesla Model 3 in the lot at the River City...

28.05.2025 5

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Chris Cillizza

Why Democrats Owe Dean Phillips a Giant Apology

When Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips started to sound the alarm about the risk Democrats were taking in lining up behind President Joe Biden in...

28.05.2025 5

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Chris Cillizza

What Do We Even Call Our Current Trump Catastrophe?

There is a lively debate about how many words for snow or different types of frozen water exist among the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. The...

27.05.2025 20

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David Rothkopf

Of Course Elon Musk Isn't Really Leaving the White House

Speaking at a forum in Qatar during President Trump’s recent grand tour of the Middle East, Elon Musk teased plans to stop funding campaigns. “I...

26.05.2025 20

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Paul Waldman