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Is JD Vance Rooting for the Iran War to Fail?

If you want to understand how Donald Trump is managing the Iran war, a glimpse at the president’s recent public statements tells you all you need to...

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With the War in Iran, Trump Has Launched His Own Brand of Forever War

As the Iran war drags on and the death and devastation grow, I keep returning to a three-minute clip from a Republican presidential debate in February...

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Trump Has Already Thrown the 2026 World Cup Into Chaos

For half a century, FIFA’s leaders have dished out bribes and raked them in as they’ve cozied up—and handed the World Cup—to despots and...

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Neocons Got What They Want in Iran. They Still Want More.

“Donald J. Trump saved the world from real chaos,” Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. “Thank God Trump did this.”

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The Republican Meltdown Over Iran Is Just Beginning

On Monday, two days after the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran, Megyn Kelly began her SiriusXM show by saying she was praying for...

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The Dangerous Incoherence of Trump’s War With Iran

Now what?

01.03.2026 20

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The Winners in Trump’s America Are Not You and Me

The United States, you may have heard, is the “hottest” country in the world. It’s a phrase that President Trump often deploys to sell his...

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These Are Not Your Father’s Democrats

Janet Mills, the 78-year-old moderate who has served as Maine’s governor since 2019, is staid and a little boring—which is exactly why, last fall,...

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The Hilarious Decline of MAGA’s Brief Cultural Relevance

07.02.2026 5

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Trump and Musk Knew Exactly Who Jeffrey Epstein Was

04.02.2026 7

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What Bari Weiss Doesn’t Get About CBS News

30.01.2026 10

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Trump Has No Way Out in Minneapolis

27.01.2026 3

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The Subtext of Trump’s Batshit Speech in Davos

22.01.2026 20

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Trump’s Newest Voters Are Abandoning Ship

17.01.2026 6

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Trump’s Obsession With Real Estate Is Fueling a Ruinous Foreign Policy

14.01.2026 10

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The Real “Donroe Doctrine”: Spectacular, Made-for-TV Violence

08.01.2026 30

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The Venezuela Invasion Is the Apex of Trumpian Foreign Policy

06.01.2026 5

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Marco Rubio Is Not the Adult in the Room. He’s the Warmonger.

26.12.2025 10

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Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring

28.11.2025 6

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Playing the Long Game

25.11.2025 6

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Donald Trump Is a Lame Duck Now

21.11.2025 10

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The 2026 World Cup Is Trump’s Authoritarian Debutante Ball

19.11.2025 20

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Chuck Schumer Needs to Go

11.11.2025 7

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Republicans Only Have One Plan to Deal With Shutdown Pain: More Pain

07.11.2025 3

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How Zohran Mamdani Fixed the Mistakes That Cost Democrats in 2024

06.11.2025 5

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The Democratic Tea Party Is Here

05.11.2025 5

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What’s the Matter With New Jersey Democrats?

03.11.2025 5

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Larry and David Ellison Are Building a Pro-Trump Media Behemoth

27.10.2025 10

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Graham Platner Is a Disaster. Democrats Need More Candidates Like Him.

23.10.2025 7

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Zohran Mamdani Gets It. So Does Marjorie Taylor Greene.

18.10.2025 10

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JD Vance Just Gave Us a Preview of Trumpism Without Trump

16.10.2025 5

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Why Trump Will Never Win a Nobel Peace Prize

11.10.2025 30

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Russ Vought Is Going to Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

08.10.2025 4

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Trump’s War on America Is Expanding

06.10.2025 5

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The Democrats Finally Grew a Spine

01.10.2025 10

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The Democrats Who Refuse to Back Mamdani Are Sending a Scary Message

08.09.2025 4

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Donald Trump Has Destroyed American Foreign Policy

04.09.2025 4

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I Miss the “Adults in the Room” From Trump’s First Term

02.09.2025 10

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The Trump Recession Is Coming

27.08.2025 5

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How Jeanine Pirro Became Trump’s Most Loyal—and Rabid—Attack Dog

22.08.2025 4

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ICE Begs Supreme Court for Right to Racially Profile Immigrants

08.08.2025 6

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Every Single Elected Democrat Should Be Talking About Texas Right Now

07.08.2025 4

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Democrats Have Found Their Message—and Trump Is Freaking Out

05.08.2025 10

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Trump Is Desperately Trying to Rig Economic Data In His Favor

04.08.2025 5

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Everybody Hates Trump Now

31.07.2025 4

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Why Trump’s Epstein Defense Is Failing Miserably

28.07.2025 8

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Is This the Turning Point of Trump’s Presidency?

24.07.2025 4

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The Epstein Files Are Going to Haunt Trump’s Presidency

19.07.2025 10

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The Epstein Files Anticlimax Is Exposing Trump for Who He Really Is

10.07.2025 9

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Is Trump About to Get His Own Iraq War?

18.06.2025 5

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