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The Obscene Wealth Issue

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

America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point—and There’s No Going Back
16.06.2025 100

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

The Manhandling of Alex Padilla Was a Red-Line Moment for America
13.06.2025 2

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

Would Trump and Hegseth Have Protesters Be Shot? See What They’ve Said
09.06.2025 70

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

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.

Trump’s Out-of-Control Debt Is Not a Bug. To the GOP, It’s a Feature.
02.06.2025 2

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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 1

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

19.05.2025 4

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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 2

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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...

02.05.2025 4

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In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

28.04.2025 80

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Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done

25.04.2025 4

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Who Were Those Gullible People Who Believed Donald Trump’s Bullsh*t?

21.04.2025 20

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Hello, John Roberts. America’s D-Day is Coming. Whatcha Gonna Do?

18.04.2025 10

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Trump Is Getting Owned by China—but He’s Making Showering Great Again

14.04.2025 10

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Stephen Miller Wins This Week’s Stalin Prize for Totalitarian Flattery

11.04.2025 4

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The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now.

07.04.2025 80

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Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.

31.03.2025 100

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Donald Trump Has Invented Something New and Chilling

28.03.2025 4

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Congressional Democrats Want to Show Some Fight? Start Here.

24.03.2025 8

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Trump v. Boasberg: If This Isn’t a Constitutional Crisis, What Is?

21.03.2025 9

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Democrats, This Is the Worst Possible Time for a Civil War

17.03.2025 10

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Trump and Musk Are Getting Their Butts Royally Spanked in the Courts

14.03.2025 30

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Humor Is Vital to Effective Protest, and the Democrats Suck at It

10.03.2025 40

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Donald Trump Just Proved He’s an Economic Idiot. Again.

07.03.2025 8

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Would President Trump Have Stopped Hitler? The Answer Is Alarming.

03.03.2025 30

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Trump Brings a Day of Historic Shame for the United States

01.03.2025 100

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“Rule of Law Shock and Awe”: Norm Eisen’s Legal War on Trump and Musk

27.02.2025 4

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Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for It

24.02.2025 4

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Trump-Musk’s Chainsaw Promotes the Same Old Cruel Right-Wing Ignorance

At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Elon Musk appeared on stage in oversized sunglasses, a black gothic MAGA hat, a thick...

21.02.2025 4

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JD Vance’s Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA’s Sinister Global Endgame

18.02.2025 70

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Trump’s A.G. Just Did Something So Corrupt She Should Be Fired Already

14.02.2025 10

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Three Big Lessons for the Democrats in 2025

13.02.2025 10

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Democrats: This Is War. Isn’t It Time You Acted Like It?

10.02.2025 60

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Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Not a Distraction. It’s a Potential War Crime.

07.02.2025 4

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Will Elon Musk Do to the Federal Government What He Did to Twitter?

03.02.2025 10

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We’ve Now Learned the Three Principles of Trumpism, and They’re Ugly

31.01.2025 30

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“A Mortal, Existential Threat”: Harry Litman on the DOJ Crisis

31.01.2025 40

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Trump Just Broke the Law. Blatantly. And He Might Get Away With It.

27.01.2025 6

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At the End of Week One, Every Dark Prediction Is Already Coming True

24.01.2025 10

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Trump the Redemptionist: The Coming American Armageddon

21.01.2025 30

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It’s Time to Check Back in, Liberals—Trump 2.0 Will Be Far, Far Worse

17.01.2025 2

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Trump Could Frankly Learn a Lot From Denmark

13.01.2025 4

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We’ve Never Been Here Before: The Zero-Accountability Presidency

10.01.2025 70

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The Trump Era Came Into Sharper View This Week. God Help Us.

Where do I even begin in describing what the events of the week have told us about the coming Trump era? Four developments this week, in entirely...

13.12.2024 10

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