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We're one step away from an AOC presidential run

yesterday 20

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Dace Potas 

Dave Chappelle has started to miss the point of comedy

yesterday 20

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Dennis Doyle

I don't get why colleges are pulling support from student newspapers

yesterday 10

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Sadia Khatri 

Liberal 'Superman' movie tried to make me like immigrants and kindness

I listened to warnings about the new “Superman” movie from my friends at Fox News and others in the conservative fear-o-sphere. They told me libs...

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Rex Huppke

Why can't anyone be normal about 'Love Island USA'?

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Kofi Mframa 

Over 170 are still missing in Texas as reckless Democrats spread lies

When tragedy strikes, as it did July 4 in Texas, we often see the best in human nature, whether in the form of heroic rescues or others generously...

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Ingrid Jacques

NYC's Mamdani gets the cultural message right. GOP can learn from it.

Republicans, thy urban savior is a democratic socialist − Zohran Mamdani. Don’t get me wrong. Mamdani, who decisively won the Democratic primary...

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John Tillman

I survived breast cancer. Now I'm battling a different dragon.

A sport rooted in ancient Chinese traditions and legends dating more than 2,000 years has changed my life in recent years, helping me to make new...

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Betty Becker 

What happened in Texas? To save lives, we need more than weather warnings.

The Texas flood disaster, where the death toll has already well exceeded 100, has understandably sparked scrutiny of every aspect of the response,...

previous day 1

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Thomas E. Weber 

Sorry, Grandma. You'll have to do farm work if you want Medicaid.

The Trump administration is cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade while ruthlessly deporting hardworking migrants and decimating...

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Rex Huppke

Trump deserves Nobel Prize. If he isn't a peacemaker, who is?

President Donald Trump is the last person the Norwegian Nobel Committee would honor with its Peace Prize. Yet, it should. Trump has helped end an...

thursday 9

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Nicole Russell

Musk-Trump feud may give America the political rebirth we need

Elon Musk celebrated the birthday of America by launching a new political party: the “America Party.”  “When it comes to bankrupting our...

thursday 3

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Ingrid Jacques

Rural America elected Trump. Then GOP took their health care away.

Republicans have officially made life more difficult for their rural constituents, and it seems like they’re more than content letting people...

thursday 10

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Sara Pequeño 

Workers are dying from the heat. Why won't the government help?

In June, roughly 200 million Americans baked under a punishing heat dome stretching across the country. Record-breaking temperatures have become...

thursday 2

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Leah Qusba

Spare me the knife. Khloé Kardashian sends girls the wrong message.

I'm a girl's girl. My daughters and I love to talk about skin care, makeup and fashion. We've reached a point in our culture where makeup is art...

09.07.2025 2

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Nicole Russell

Our success in Iran shows why US must invest in air superiority

The world recently witnessed a visceral demonstration of technological prowess, skill and courage when the U.S. Air Force dropped GBU-57 massive...

09.07.2025 7

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Brig. Gen. Allen Herritage 

I won't ride in a driverless Tesla – but not for the reason you think

Anyone want to take a ride in an Elon Musk-designed Tesla robotaxi that may or may not be a fan of Adolf Hitler? That sentence was made possible by...

09.07.2025 2

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Rex Huppke

Musk regrets backing Trump. Would he regret funding a third party?

Set aside for a moment the raging egos and MAGA personalities at the heart of the renewed argument about whether America needs a new political...

09.07.2025 3

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Chris Brennan 

GOP bribed voters with policy that will end up hurting them

Now that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act has been signed into law, we can get into analyzing what is actually in the...

09.07.2025 4

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Dace Potas 

Rubio: Trump's deal with NATO is a big win for American taxpayers

Winston Churchill once stated, “There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.” Although the United...

09.07.2025 2

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Marco Rubio

US isn't a democracy 'for the people' with billionaires in charge

Our country's issue is not with the number of billionaires. The issue is with how it seems every system in our country is slanted toward benefiting...

09.07.2025 1

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Forum 

TB is deadly threat. Trump just increased chance of US outbreak.

I am a high school student and tuberculosis advocate. Because of that, the defunding of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and...

08.07.2025 30

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Quinn Yates 

Is Trump really a dealmaker? Then push Israel for a Palestinian state.

Now that the Iranian nuclear issue seems to have been resolved, the United States is turning to the rest of the Middle East. Despite Tehran’s...

08.07.2025 10

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David Ramadan 

You may not interact with immigrants, but you profit from their labor

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup has been a lightning rod for criticism. Detractors have said that the monthlong event, featuring top international...

08.07.2025 10

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Blake Fontenay 

Should Elon Musk create a third political party? Take our poll.

Americans are not happy. I'm not talking about the feeling of personal happiness. This, after all, is a myth pushed by Big Pharma. I'm talking...

08.07.2025 3

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Louie Villalobos 

What does antisemitism look like? A woman murdered in the street.

In Boulder, Colorado, 82-year old grandmother Karen Diamond volunteered at her local synagogue, made deliveries to homebound neighbors and...

08.07.2025 10

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Ron Halber And Brandon Rattiner 

Where's the Epstein client list? I did my own research to find out.

After considering the Trump administration’s announcement that Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious client list doesn't exist, and having carefully reviewed...

08.07.2025 30

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Rex Huppke

Texans are resilient. But we are grieving – and we deserve answers.

The scene in Kerr County and other areas of the Texas Hill Country is worse than any horror film. The Guadalupe River surged more than 26 feet in...

07.07.2025 4

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Nicole Russell

Are you worried about extreme weather? Take our poll.

Severe. Extreme. Unprecedented. More and more, these words seem a routine part of our forecast rather than rare weather events they once described....

07.07.2025 5

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Janessa Hilliard