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The People Who Turned On Democrats Over Gaza Don’t Want Your Blame After Trump’s Rant

The People Who Turned On Democrats Over Gaza Don’t Want Your Blame After Trump’s Rant
08.02.2025 60

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An Unprecedented Trump Action on His First Day Could Haunt America for Years to Come

22.01.2025 40

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I Watched the Capitol Riot Unfold Right in Front of Me. What I Saw This Year Is Haunting.

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07.01.2025 20

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Amnesty International Made a Bombshell Accusation Against Israel. Now What?

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08.12.2024 5

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It Might Seem Obvious What Happened to the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Don’t Be So Sure.

Tweet Share Share Comment A gunman dressed in dark clothing and wearing a mask over his lower face ambushed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on...

05.12.2024 3

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It Might Seem Obvious What Happened to the United Healthcare CEO. Don’t Be So Sure.

Tweet Share Share Comment A gunman dressed in dark clothing and wearing a mask across his lower face ambushed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson...

05.12.2024 5

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They Turned Against Kamala Harris in Decisive Numbers. They’re About to Find Out If It Was Worth It.

Tweet Share Share Comment On election night, at a political watch party, Abbas Alawieh, a Palestinian-American from Dearborn, Michigan, felt zero...

12.11.2024 30

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One of the Biggest Questions of the Election Is About to Be Answered. It Doesn’t Look Good for Kamala Harris.

Tweet Share Share Comment In October last year, Mohamed Almawri joined the grassroots movement Listen to Michigan to demand the Biden...

30.10.2024 4

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They Wouldn’t Support Kamala Harris Over Israel. Then They Came Out Against Trump. Now What?

Tweet Share Share Comment Last week, the movement of uncommitted protest voters who withheld support from President Joe Biden over his...

16.10.2024 10

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She Watched the Pager Attacks Unfold in Lebanon. She Almost Can’t Believe What She’s Seeing Now.

Tweet Share Share Comment I first spoke to Sally Abou AlJoud, a Beirut-based reporter for a local English-language publication, after twin attacks...

26.09.2024 3

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I Spent the Weekend in the Ohio Town Where Trump Said Immigrants Are Eating Cats. It Took a Turn Quickly.

Tweet Share Share Comment Mia Perez started her Friday early, packing her 9-year-old daughter’s lunch and dropping her off at school before heading...

18.09.2024 3

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It Seemed Like Kamala Harris Might Confront Democrats’ Most Divisive Issue. She Didn’t. Now What?

Tweet Share Share Comment For a brief moment at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, it seemed like the “uncommitted” movement might...

30.08.2024 10

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They Came to the DNC and Thought Kamala Harris Would Be Different. So Far, They’ve Been Very Wrong.

Tweet Share Share Comment “It feels like I’m in an alternate world,” Rima Mohammad, an uncommitted delegate from Michigan, told me of her...

23.08.2024 10

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The Scene Outside the DNC in Chicago Is a Little Shocking. I Don’t Mean the Protesters.

Tweet Share Share Comment The overwhelming police presence is unavoidable outside of the United Center in Chicago, where the 2024 Democratic...

21.08.2024 3

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Kamala Harris’ Confrontation With Protesters in Detroit Made Headlines. What Happened Behind the Scenes Didn’t.

Tweet Share Share Comment At a rally this week at the Detroit airport, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were greeted with loud enthusiasm by an energized...

10.08.2024 4

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I Spent Days Roaming the Republican National Convention. This Is What I Saw.

Tweet Share Share Comment Days after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Republicans arrived to Milwaukee to renominate him for...

19.07.2024 10

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He’s 23. He’s Latino. He’s the Most Excited Trump Voter in Wisconsin.

Tweet Share Share Comment Hilario Deleon is 23 years old. He is Latino. He is the chair of the Milwaukee County Republican Party. And he is having...

18.07.2024 2

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I Expected the Republican National Convention to Be Dark and Tense. It’s Something Else Entirely.

Tweet Share Share Comment As I arrived in Milwaukee a day after a 20-year-old tried to kill Donald Trump, I expected the mood to be tense. The...

16.07.2024 2

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