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A Holocaust Tale for Today

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

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Trump’s Mob-like Shakedown: A Scandal Starring “60 Minutes,” Paramount, and the FCC

Trump’s Mob-like Shakedown: A Scandal Starring “60 Minutes,” Paramount, and the FCC

Once upon a time, but not so long ago, if an American president was involved with a company that had vital business before a federal agency, it would...

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How the Establishment Is Helping Trump’s Revenge-a-thon

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

16.04.2025 3

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Trump to the USA: There Is No Rule of Law

In the future, April 14, 2025, may well be recognized as a monumental day in US history. That is, of course, if there is honest history in the future....

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Gabbard’s Pick to Run Counterterrorism Center Aided Start of a Right-Wing Paramilitary Group

When Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, went looking for someone to head the National Counterterrorism Center, she landed on Joe...

09.04.2025 3

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Donald Trump’s War on History

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

08.04.2025 5

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During a Past Measles Outbreak, RFK Jr. Dismissed Concern as “Hysteria”

In early 2015, the California Department of Public Health identified a case of measles in an 11-year-old who had recently traveled to Disneyland....

03.04.2025 9

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Trump and Musk Are Running a Disinformation Campaign on Social Security

Donald Trump keeps saying he has no intention of slashing Social Security, but…he and his mini-me, Elon Musk, won’t stop making outlandish claims...

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Tulsi Gabbard Wanted a Promoter of Pro-Putin Commentators to Be Her Deputy

This week, Tulsi Gabbard had her first brush with controversy as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, when it became known...

15.03.2025 40

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Why the Right Is to Blame for Distrust in the Media

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

11.03.2025 4

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Trump’s NIH Pick Advised South African Group That Claimed There Was No Covid Pandemic

Jay Bhattacharya, the Stanford professor of medicine and economics who President Donald Trump has tapped to lead the National Institutes of Health,...

06.03.2025 4

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Musk’s Reckless Ebola Cuts Could Lead to Deadly Pandemics

Last week, standing in front of President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk, the unelected billionaire running a blitzkrieg against...

04.03.2025 4

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Trump’s NIH Pick Made a Big Mistake on Covid

Senate Republicans seem to be cruising toward confirming as the director of the National Institutes of Health an academic who made a huge mistake...

04.03.2025 4

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Vladimir Putin’s Investment in Donald Trump Pays Off Bigly

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

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Democrats Are MIA—Just When the Country Needs Them to Counter the Trump-Musk Blitzkrieg

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) arrive at a press briefing at the US Capitol on...

24.02.2025 8

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RFK Jr., Onetime Environmentalist, Kills NIH Climate Change Programs

In 1999, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then an environmental lawyer, was named by Time magazine as a “hero of the planet” for his pioneering work to...

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Trump Cabinet Officials Embrace Far-Right Influencer Who Has Praised Fascists

Last week, the Washington Post sparked a media kerfuffle when it reported that talk-show-host-turned-defense secretary Peter Hegseth had invited MAGA...

19.02.2025 20

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To Win America, Democrats Must Win the Story

The below article is an updated version of a piece that first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a...

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How Trump and Musk’s War on Government Will Lead to More Abortions

In 2023, during a speech at a Washington, DC, gala for the far-right Faith & Freedom Coalition, Donald Trump declared that he was proud to be “the...

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Trump White House Moves to Allow for a Musk Takeover of Government IT

It’s a rather wonky position in the US government: chief information officer. Most federal agencies and departments have one. The role of the CIO,...

05.02.2025 4

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It’s a War. Do Democrats Get That?

The below article is an updated version of a piece that first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a...

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RFK Jr. Refuses to Disclose to Senate Details of Two “Misconduct” Cases He Settled

On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., responding to written questions from Senate Democrats, revealed information about his personal history that was not...

03.02.2025 20

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SCOOP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits Settlement for “Misconduct” Accusation

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted to the US Senate that he has reached at least one settlement agreement in which he was accused of misconduct or...

31.01.2025 50

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The Madness of Robert F. Kennedy. Jr.

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

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SCOOP: RFK Jr. Secretly Recorded Second Wife During Divorce and Acknowledged Being “Polygamous”

In the early 2010s, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went through a contentious divorce with his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy. It was ugly. Richardson...

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A Brazen Moment of Christian Nationalism at Trump’s Inauguration

There were plenty of troubling moments during the string of inauguration events for the second presidency of Donald Trump. These include the multiple...

22.01.2025 10

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From Brownshirts to Billionaires: The Second Trump Inauguration

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

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A Parting Reminder From Jimmy Carter

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

13.01.2025 8

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Kash Patel Claims He Played a Major Role in the Benghazi Case. Former Colleagues Say He Didn’t.

Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Ajay Suresh/Wikimedia In his 2023 book, Government Gangsters, which claims a supposed...

12.12.2024 10

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How Kash Patel Became a Useful Idiot for Vladimir Putin

Kash Patel speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23. The below article first appeared in David Corn’s...

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Here Are the Republicans Kash Patel Wants to Target

Kash Patel speaks at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference. Michael Brochstein/AP For years, Kash Patel, the MAGA provocateur,...

03.12.2024 4

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How Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Embraced the Unhinged QAnon Movement

Kash Patel speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Prescott Valley, AZ, Oct. 13, 2024 Ross D. Franklin/AP In the middle of the Thanksgiving holiday...

01.12.2024 5

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Tulsi Gabbard Keeps Starting Up PACs. Where Is the Money Going?

Tulsi Gabbard speaks at a rally for Donald Trump in October 2024. Alex Brandon/AP In March 2024, Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman...

25.11.2024 5

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The Media and Trump: Not Resistance, But Not Acceptance

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides...

20.11.2024 4

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Trump Cabinet Picks Rubio and Stefanik Once Confirmed Putin Attacked the 2016 Election to Help Trump

Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma; Sadak Souici/Zuma; Drew Angerer/Getty For eight years, an article of faith within Trumpworld and the...

14.11.2024 2

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Can a Democracy Reverse a Slide Toward Authoritarianism?

Donald Trump speaks at an Election Night event on November 5. Lynne Sladky/AP; illustration by Alex Connor The below article first appeared in...

13.11.2024 3

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Trump and His Voters: They Like the Lying

Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The below article first appeared in David...

04.11.2024 2

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When Trump Told the Russians He Didn’t Care That They’d Attacked a US Election

President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office....

01.11.2024 20

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A Message From President JD Vance

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Wednesday. John Locher/AP The below article ...

29.10.2024 2

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Why Won’t RFK Jr. Slam the Racist Jokes at Trump’s Rally?

Andrea Renault/ZUMA Press Wire On Sunday afternoon, when Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, comedian and...

29.10.2024 10

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Elon Musk’s $100 Million-Plus Gift to Trump

Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Billionaire-troll Elon Musk is dumping untold millions of his $240 billion fortune into helping Donald...

26.10.2024 3

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Trump and Russia: It’s Still Damn Important

President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in...

24.10.2024 3

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I’m Fed Up With the Obsession Over Polls

George Gallup (sitting), director of the American Institute for Public Opinion, and the institute's chief statistician, Edward G. Benson, working...

22.10.2024 5

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Pro-Trump Ad Touting American Workers Uses Photos of Workers Overseas

Left: a screenshot from a pro-Trump ad celebrating American workers. Right: a screenshot from a stock footage clip produced by Azulroto, a Spanish...

19.10.2024 30

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Is It Racist and Misogynist to Demean Kamala Harris?

Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday. David Yeazell/AP The below article first...

17.10.2024 5

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Trump Super PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris

Mother Jones; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled....

16.10.2024 2

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Jewish Republicans Attack Harris, Who Has a Jewish Husband, for Being Bad for Jews

Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP In Michigan, a key swing state, Republicans are mounting multiple smears against Vice...

11.10.2024 3

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Tracking One of Elon Musk’s Many Big Lies

Elon Musk onstage with Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday Jim Watson/AFP/Getty The below article first...

09.10.2024 4

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GOP Senate Candidate Larry Hogan Says His Democratic Foe Is Awful. He Once Praised Her as “Great.”

Mother Jones; Nathan Howard/Getty Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland, has a tough task. As he now runs for the US Senate, he claims to be...

04.10.2024 4

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The Brazen, Absurd, and Dangerous Hypocrisy of JD Vance

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta on September 16. Mike...

23.09.2024 2

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