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Sabrina Haake

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In Latin America, Trump signals war in all but name

The Pentagon's aircraft carrier deployment to the Caribbean is a major escalation

25.10.2025 9

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Fired Fed governor sues Trump — and she just might win

Lisa Cook is refusing to back down from her firing without cause

31.08.2025 20

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Trump’s DC occupation scratches an old itch

He's running the Central Park Five playbook on a massive scale

17.08.2025 30

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Ahead of the Trump-Putin summit, don’t forget what we owe Ukraine

The U.S. has an obligation to defend Ukraine — and democratic values

13.08.2025 10

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America’s heartbreaking divorce from Canada

Bourbon boycotts, a drop in Canadian tourism — Trump's tariffs and rhetoric are taking their toll

11.08.2025 20

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Fired Labor commissioner should sue Trump for defamation

Dr. Erika McEntarfer's public ouster is actionable because of Trump's false accusations

06.08.2025 5

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Democracy is at stake in Harvard’s lawsuit against Trump

At the case's heart is whether the First Amendment will survive the administration's assaults

28.07.2025 40

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Trump and SCOTUS are weakening the separation of powers

Conservative justices permit Trump's Education Department purge — and increase his power

19.07.2025 10

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 Pam Bondi's “shocking” strategy should cost her

The attorney general should try the case in court, not on TV

05.06.2025 5

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Signalgate resets the standard of scrutiny for Team Trump

Deleting official communications is a federal crime, punishable by up to ten years in prison

01.04.2025 40

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Justice Alito's USAID dissent is a map for Trump

The Supreme Court justice insists that President Trump can disregard federal law simply because he disapproves

09.03.2025 10

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JD Vance's bombast tells us where MAGA is going 

Trump is sticking to the Zelenskyy script

03.03.2025 100

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Trump undercuts Zelenskyy — but Americans are not abandoning Ukraine

As Trump tries to demean Ukraine, millions of Americans reach out to President Volodmyr Zelenskyy

25.02.2025 10

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John Roberts' Supreme Court obeyed in advance

Trump’s wrecking ball is a constitutional unravelling of the Roberts’ court’s own making

18.02.2025 7

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Donald Trump's retribution campaign tests the limits of the First Amendment

First Amendment protections afforded to all public employees are supposed to shield them from political punishment

10.02.2025 20

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Trump is using tragedy to hide his bait and switch

When a radicalized US Army veteran mowed down 14 people in New Orleans, Donald Trump wasted no time pointing his finger, blaming immigrants and a...

05.01.2025 60

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Why ABC settled a case with Donald Trump they knew they would win

Since 2012, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has defined rape as “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or...

21.12.2024 20

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Unpardonable double standards

Mainstream media spent last week in a self-righteous frenzy over Joe Biden’s pardon of his son.  Almost none of the coverage explained that Hunter...

09.12.2024 20

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Elon Musk's biggest campaign contribution to Trump: Weaponizing the First Amendment

America has made a terrible mistake. Despite everything we’ve seen from the right, voters have nonetheless moved toward it .  Rather than the...

08.11.2024 3

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The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration

Heading into November, Donald Trump’s rhetorical strategy on the economy is simple: Insist it is doomed, blame it on Kamala Harris, and tie...

07.10.2024 5

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The downside to selling hatred as a MAGA commodity

I used to be a Republican. Right out of college, I worked for the legislature, then governor, of a conservative state. Governor Robert Orr,...

23.09.2024 100

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“He’s one of us”: Trump defends political violence against the press, while the press remains silent

At Donald Trump’s weekend hatefest in Pennsylvania, when he got to the obligatory mainstream-media-is-the-enemy part, a devoted MAGA follower got...

04.09.2024 40

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Democrats snatch a major political football away from Republicans: freedom

The uplifting pageantry of the Democratic National Convention is over, leaving a national hangover of possibility. Judging from mainstream media...

27.08.2024 10

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4 Supreme Court decisions that have quietly jumpstarted Project 2025

Project 2025 , Donald Trump’s authoritarian playbook on Christian nationalism, is already in motion .  While the media debates Trump’s disingenuous...

12.08.2024 3

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Vibes matter: Trump can hardly restrain his jealousy over the Harris campaign's joy

Evolutionary biologists know why humans spend disproportionate energy on negative thoughts compared to positive: Teasing out threats, real or...

11.08.2024 10

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