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Michael Tomasky

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If Mamdani, Spanberger, and Sherrill Win, What Will It Mean? Not Much.

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Trump Wrecks America. His “Patriotic” Fans Cheer. Is There Any Bottom?

Trump Wrecks America. His “Patriotic” Fans Cheer. Is There Any Bottom?
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The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans

The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans
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Be Glad the Hostages Are Home. Be Worried About the Rest.

Be Glad the Hostages Are Home. Be Worried About the Rest.
13.10.2025 2

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Trump’s Lies About Portland: An Excuse to Create a Police State

Trump’s Lies About Portland: An Excuse to Create a Police State
13.10.2025 20

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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
10.10.2025 40

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For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave

For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave
06.10.2025 3

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Trump Just Gave Democrats the Ideal Albatross to Hang Around His Neck

03.10.2025 3

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What’s Really Behind the Shutdown: the GOP’s Immoral Priorities

29.09.2025 30

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Comey Shows That Donald Trump’s Contempt for America Knows No Bounds

26.09.2025 3

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It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

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Remember This Week—It’s the Week America Became a Different Place

19.09.2025 9

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Think Big for a Change, Democrats: Call This the “No Kings” Shutdown.

15.09.2025 30

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Every Shooting Is a Tragedy—and a Chance for the Right to Play Bully

12.09.2025 3

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The DOJ Lawyer Who Quit the Job He Loved to Sound the Alarm on Trump

11.09.2025 3

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Trump’s Fascist Game Plan: If He Can’t Tame Russia, He’ll Take Chicago

08.09.2025 4

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You Think the Bari Weiss–CBS News Story Is Bad? No—It’s Much Worse.

05.09.2025 6

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Forget Trump’s Words. His Actions Prove He Doesn’t Mind if Kids Die.

29.08.2025 10

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Trump’s Next “Hellhole”: Chicago. Democrats, Get Ready for a Fight.

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Yep—Trump Is Still the Most Racist President of the Last 100 Years

22.08.2025 3

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Donald Trump Is About to Do to Europe What He’s Been Doing to America

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On Epstein, Even MAGA World Can Smell That Trump Is Hiding Something

08.08.2025 60

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The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic

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Trump Has “Accomplished” a Lot. It’s Just That America Hates It.

01.08.2025 3

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On Planet Earth, Obama Can’t Be Indicted. But We Live on Planet Trump.

28.07.2025 30

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Trump Is Teeing Up a Pardon of Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

25.07.2025 2

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Would Fox Take Donald Trump’s Side Against Rupert Murdoch? Uh ... Yes.

21.07.2025 20

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Will the Epstein Story Hurt Trump in MAGA-Land? Wake Up—It Already Has

14.07.2025 20

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Trump’s Toxic Toolkit: Lies, Corruption, Idiocy, Loyalty, Propaganda

11.07.2025 4

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Most Third-Party Efforts Are Jokes. Musk’s Might Not Be. Here’s Why.

08.07.2025 10

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Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?

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What Centrist Democrats Need to Learn from Zohran Mamdani

30.06.2025 10

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How Can the Democrats Be Losing to These Cruel, Stupid, Inept People?

27.06.2025 3

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If You Thought Donald Trump Would Never Do This, You’re an Idiot

22.06.2025 2

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The Fate of the World Is Now in Donald Trump’s Hands. Gulp.

20.06.2025 5

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The Obscene Wealth Issue

19.06.2025 20

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America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point—and There’s No Going Back

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The Manhandling of Alex Padilla Was a Red-Line Moment for America

13.06.2025 3

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Would Trump and Hegseth Have Protesters Be Shot? See What They’ve Said

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There’s Only One Question Here: Can Musk Bring Trump Down if He Wants?

06.06.2025 3

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Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.

02.06.2025 3

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The Only “Judicial Coup” in This Country Is by Trump Against Judges

30.05.2025 20

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Trump Talks “Trophy Wives” But Biden’s Autopen Is the New “Her Emails”

27.05.2025 10

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Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy

23.05.2025 4

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What the Democrats Need to Learn from the Biden Cover-Up Fiasco

19.05.2025 6

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Trump’s Swamp Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger and Swampier

16.05.2025 4

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Public-Sector Workers Are Heroes, and Democrats Should Say So

12.05.2025 3

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You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year

Nicolle Wallace had Scott Galloway on her MSNBC show Thursday. She began by asking him what he makes of this moment in which we find ourselves....

09.05.2025 3

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Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is … Really Big and Really Dumb

05.05.2025 40

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Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too

When I was growing up in Morgantown, West Virginia, I remember very well when that new building went up at the end of Willowdale Road, near the...

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