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Tressie McMillan Cottom

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Can MAGA Survive Without Its Moms?

Can MAGA Survive Without Its Moms?

The moms are not happy.

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Is the Era of Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss Finally Over?

Is the Era of Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss Finally Over?

Some of this country’s most prominent girl bosses sound like they don’t even know how to read the room.

15.05.2026 50

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ICE Is Watching You

ICE knows that it cannot shoot us all. But the Department of Homeland Security is close to being able to track us all.

03.02.2026 6

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Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?

This is a classic breakup drama.

26.11.2025 20

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A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

Do Democrats know what the working class actually looks like?

29.10.2025 20

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When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?

Trump is known for saying a lot of things that he can’t or won’t back up. This time, the threats are real.

01.10.2025 10

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Make America Healthy Again, Even if It Gets You Sick

The Make America Healthy Again movement offers a simple belief system: Healthy choices are self-evident in aesthetically pleasing bodies.

26.08.2025 10

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We Can Disagree on Trump’s Motives. But a Pattern Is Still Emerging.

Just how can we tell which of Trump’s moves matters?

24.08.2025 20

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The Elite Panic at the Heart of Liberal Attacks on Mamdani

Mamdani’s detractors don’t care about his race; they care about clawing back a century of civil rights.

27.07.2025 20

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Political Violence Is Here, and It’s Working

Trump is the Republican Party. That is settled. His violent talk is, then, the official political communication strategy of the ruling party.

22.06.2025 20

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Obama Isn’t Going to Save You

We no longer have the country that made Obama possible.

13.06.2025 30

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The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

29.03.2025 40

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