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Musk sacrificed for us. Left's violent reaction is appalling.

Billionaire Elon Musk says he will spend a lot less time hanging out with President Donald Trump starting in May. And it’s probably time. Musk’s...

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Ingrid Jacques

Hegseth should be fired. His MAGA loyalty will save him.

It was recently revealed that weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified attack plans in a Signal chat with a journalist, he did...

yesterday 1

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Dace Potas 

Actually, Americans like DEI – and disapprove of DJT

That DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) is now more popular than DJT (Donald J. Trump) is enough to make people like me LOL (laugh obnoxiously...

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Rex Huppke

I want a government where Republicans in Congress don't fear Trump

The second Trump administration is plagued by debate over the power of America's courts and the rulings being made. President Donald Trump and his...

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Dace Potas 

Not sure how to talk about politics? You're not alone.

Picture this: You’re gathered around a dinner table for a meal with loved ones. But you’re on edge because seated across from you is a family...

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Steven Olikara

Kennedy's autism stance doesn't reflect reality. That's dangerous.

I’m the father of a child with autism. My son is smart, curious and endlessly creative. He loves Pokémon, plays video games with friends and has a...

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Joseph Ball 

DOGE fired my department. It won't stop our vital work.

At the start of the American republic, President George Washington proposed to establish two national academies, one to teach war and one to spread...

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Andrew Wells-Dang 

Musk has run Tesla AND America into the ground. What skill!

Well, America, I hope you’re happy. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla saw its profits plunge 71% in the first quarter, and now the...

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Rex Huppke

Leaky Pete Hegseth highlights depths of Trump's ineptitude

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in boiling-hot water for texting U.S. war plans to seemingly everyone, the Dow is racing toward its worst April...

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Rex Huppke

What do Democrats get wrong in Abrego Garcia case? Almost everything.

I'm puzzled by Democratic politicians' decision to turn Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and alleged member of a violent gang who's been...

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Nicole Russell

New York Times goes full 'Trump is Hitler.' Then gaslights us about it.

Comedian Bill Maher devoted time on his HBO show April 11 to talk about his recent dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House. Maher's “...

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Ingrid Jacques

Who should teach your kid about sex? Supreme Court will decide.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments April 22 in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case that raises vital First Amendment questions about who decides what...

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Ingrid Jacques

When conservative Supreme Court warns Trump to stop, you should worry

The most predictable guessing game in Washington, D.C., in the first three months of Donald Trump's second presidency has focused on not if he will...

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Chris Brennan 

America promised them safety. Trump reneged on that promise.

Mujib Mehrdad, 40, and his wife, Aria Mushahed, 35, were supposed to be on their honeymoon when Afghanistan collapsed in 2021. Instead of leaving...

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Sara Pequeño 

Opinion: Are Democrats disappointing you? | Forum

On a bonus episode (first released on April 21, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: We asked: Why did Democrats lose in November? Does the Democratic...

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Michael Mccarter 

We can save monarch butterflies. And planting this 'weed' will help.

By any measure, the revival of the bald eagle stands as one of the great environmental triumphs in conservation history. In 1963, the national bird...

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Thiru Vignarajah

Trump's Harvard fight exposes its exclusion of conservatives

President Donald Trump has escalated his fight with America's premiere university by freezing billions in federal grants and threatening to revoke...

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Nicole Russell

I survived FSU shooting. It won't be our last tragedy.

This is not normal. This never has been, and it never will be. Make it stop. We heard about the shooting before Florida State University's...

22.04.2025 4

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Piper Greisl 

I'm a doctor. There's another pandemic on the horizon.

It has been five years since I saw my first COVID-19 patient here in St. Lucie County, Florida. It was a 90-year-old woman, who subsequently died...

22.04.2025 4

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Dr. Moti Ramgopal 

Pope Francis led church toward inclusion. Will progress die with him?

Although I’ve spent most of my life as a lapsed Catholic, and have generally regarded the mother church as a corrupt institution, the selection of...

22.04.2025 3

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Frank Cerabino 

Trump must not replace Biden as America's censor in chief

Until it won the election in November, the GOP was the First Amendment party; establishment Democrats were censors. President Donald Trump and Vice...

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Robert Maranto

What would ending Social Security cost you? We did the math.

For nearly 100 years, the United States has maintained one of the world’s more successful models of social insurance, protecting Americans from the...

21.04.2025 20

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J. Michael Collins And Tyler Q. Welch 

Democrats or doormats? Liberals need new leadership.

They've had a few big moments – from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's historic speech to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and New York Democratic Rep....

21.04.2025 4

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Forum 

So now wearing a Bulls hat means you're in a gang. Am I MS-13?

Like many Americans following the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man our government wrongly deported due to an “administrative error,”...

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Rex Huppke

Pope Francis renewed my faith in the Catholic Church

My heart aches for a world without Pope Francis. His death on April 21 at 88 was inevitable, yet it is still shocking and painful for Catholics...

21.04.2025 8

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Elvia Díaz

Trump doesn't care about women. GOP just wants excuse to be cruel.

President Donald Trump’s and his administration love to dehumanize transgender people under the guise of “protecting women.” It’s an ignorant and...

20.04.2025 3

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Rex Huppke

Don’t call it a revival yet, but young men are going back to church

Religious data rarely makes headlines, but a new wave of findings is creating a stir. For three decades, the percentage of Americans who identify...

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Ed Stetzer

Trump's 'legally incoherent' immigration plan is all about power

Donald Trump has bragged every month since returning to the presidency in January that his administration has drastically curtailed illegal entry...

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Chris Brennan 

White House Easter Egg Roll is tradition. This president saved it.

Each spring, the White House grounds bloom not just with flowers and tree blossoms but also with the legacy of those who shaped them – and with...

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Stewart D. Mclaurin 

Harvard wants to ignore Trump? Then give up tax dollars.

President Donald Trump isn’t wasting any time implementing his agenda. We’re not even 100 days into his second term, and it’s been busy to say the...

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Ingrid Jacques