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Expelling George Santos Did Not Set a Bad Precedent

New York Representative George Santos etched his name into history on Friday by becoming the twenty-first person to be expelled from the House of...

yesterday 1

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Matt Ford

So Long and Farewell to the Most Entertaining Person in Congress

Representative George Santos was officially expelled from Congress on Friday, making him only the sixth member ever given the boot. The House voted...

yesterday 2

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Tori Otten

We Regret to Inform You That Mike Johnson Is at It Again

At this point, the shocking thing about House Speaker Mike Johnson is not his extremist views but how brazenly he’s flaunted them. Here’s the...

yesterday 2

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Tori Otten

How Can We Possibly Be Sleepwalking into Another Trump Presidency?

A lot of people are talking about the long piece Robert Kagan wrote in The Washington Post on Thursday about how, as the headline put it, “A...

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Michael Tomasky

The GOP Showed Again How Anti-Worker It Really Is

If, as Senator Marco Rubio said last year, “GOP voters are working-class Americans, and they are changing the party,” the House Education and...

yesterday 20

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Timothy Noah

Let’s Admit It: “Bidenomics” Has Failed

The 60-second TV spot begins with  a series of brief shots: a lobster boat setting out just after dawn, a man exiting a taxi at a crowded downtown...

yesterday 1

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Walter Shapiro

Mike Johnson Repeats Kevin McCarthy’s Mistake: Trying to Govern

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s honeymoon period lasted about as long as an actual honeymoon: a few weeks, at best. Now that Congress has punted its...

yesterday 1

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Grace Segers

The Reason These Democrats Voted to Save George Santos

Former Representative George Santos was expelled from the House on Friday, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote. Republicans were divided on whether...

yesterday 1

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Grace Segers

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Social Security?

Social Security is generally considered politically untouchable, but lawmakers have been fretting about its future for months. In March, the...

yesterday 1

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Grace Segers

All the Things That Went Wrong for Ron DeSantis in His Latest Debate Failure

Thursday night’s biggest loser was Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who spent the better part of Fox’s “Great Red vs. Blue State” publicity...

yesterday 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Planet Earth Keeps Shattering the Most Terrible Record of All

Well, it’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record, but cheer up, it will likely pale in comparison to the heat waves in years to come,...

yesterday 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Is New York Our Best Hope for Renewable Energy?

“Public!” yelled Tefa Galvis, a tall, smiling organizer with New York City Democratic Socialists of America-Ecosocialists. “Power!” answered...

yesterday 1

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Liza Featherstone

Taylor Swift Has Nothing on Pope Francis

I was disappointed when news broke Tuesday that Pope Francis was canceling his appearance at the U.N. climate conference this week due to illness....

yesterday 1

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Heather Souvaine Horn

What Betty Friedan Knew

What prods our feminist foremothers into the light of reappraisal? The condition of women in the world is a changing state of affairs, except of...

yesterday 1

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Hermione Hoby

Why Aren’t Senate Democrats Investigating the Trump Family?

With three committees they control on the case, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is officially engaged in a serious inquiry...

yesterday 1

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Mark Hosenball

The Royal Family Is Going to Legal War With … Someone?

Buckingham Palace may take legal action after the translation of a book about the royal family accidentally disclosed that King Charles and...

yesterday 0

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Tori Otten

“It Should Be a Real Call to Action”: Robert Zimmerman on George Santos’s Fall

Robert Zimmerman remembers the frustration all too well. He kept telling people that the district wasn’t as Democratic as they assumed. He kept...

yesterday 0

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Michael Tomasky

Mark Cuban Grants Sweet Relief to a Grateful Nation

Happy weekend to everyone! Billionaire Mark Cuban has spared the nation from another massive headache, announcing that he has “no plans” to run...

yesterday 0

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

New York Appeals Court Tells Trump to STFU

A New York appeals court on Thursday reinstated the gag order in Donald Trump’s business fraud trial, ending a two-weeks-long flood of vitriol...

previous day 3

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Tori Otten

Democratic Rep Has an Immodest Proposal for James Comer

A Democratic congressman has come up with a way for Hunter Biden to lay himself bare in front of Congress that might hopefully appease House...

previous day 4

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Tori Otten

The Missing Love Story in Maestro

What do the sex lives of historical figures tell us that we don’t already know? What, for instance, do we stand to gain from learning that...

previous day 4

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Andrew Marzoni

Elon Musk Reveals His Super-Stupid Plan for Twitter’s Endgame

Elon Musk appears to be running out of people to blame for what has been a cataclysmic collapse of X (formerly known as Twitter) during his tenure...

previous day 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s 48-Hour Manic Rant Had Immediate Consequences

The GOP’s presidential front-runner had himself a bit of an unhinged social media binge over the last couple of days, using Truth Social to air...

previous day 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Henry Kissinger Only Cared About One Thing

Though you wouldn’t know it from my social media feed, where the prevailing sentiment since Wednesday night has been glee over the long-awaited...

previous day 1

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David Klion

George Santos Is Going Out Swinging

With his expulsion looking more likely by the hour, Representative George Santos has apparently decided that he won’t be going down alone. The...

previous day 2

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Tori Otten

The American People Want to Give Peace a Chance

Almost 50 years after the end of the Vietnam conflict, Americans are still crying out for love, not war. A new Economist/YouGov poll suggests that...

previous day 10

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Supreme Court Eyes Limiting the Power to Punish Financial Fraudsters

The Supreme Court appears poised to curb the Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house enforcement power on Seventh Amendment grounds. During...

previous day 6

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Matt Ford

Soon-to-Be Expelled George Santos Wants In on All the Expulsion Fun

With possibly just 24 hours left in Congress, Representative George Santos has decided that now he wants in on the expulsion entertainment, as...

previous day 7

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Tori Otten

The U.S. Is in a Spectacularly Bad Position to Talk About Climate Change Right Now

The United States is the world’s top producer of both oil and gas. That’s a fact you might forget listening to the U.S. diplomats attending this...

previous day 6

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Kate Aronoff

The Christian Right Wants to Force Teachers to Out Trans Kids

When Sonja Shaw ran for school board in Chino Valley in the southern California suburbs, she pledged her support to Moms for Liberty, a Christian...

previous day 5

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Melissa Gira Grant

Liberals Are Wrong to Trash the Supreme Court’s New Code of Ethics

This Thanksgiving, liberals should have spent some time showing gratitude for a historic victory—namely, the Supreme Court’s November 12 adoption...

previous day 5

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Simon Lazarus

The Colombian Murder Case That Refuses to Die

Three enormous open-pit mines owned by Drummond Co. in northern Colombia dwarf the nearby town of La Loma, which sprang up after the U.S. company...

previous day 5

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Ken Silverstein, Joshua Collins

Mike Johnson Keeps Flaunting His Extreme Ideology

House Speaker Mike Johnson will speak at a Christian nationalist event next week, making it very clear that the extreme wing of the Republican...

wednesday 20

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Tori Otten

Mike Johnson Just Blew a Hole in the GOP’s Biden Impeachment Inquiry

Mike Johnson accidentally revealed just how weak the Republican impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden is, when he failed to actually defend one of the...

wednesday 6

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Tori Otten

Republicans Are Escalating Their Attacks on the Voters They Hate the Most

In recent election cycles, young voters have consistently delivered major wins for Democrats. Republicans have decided that the best response is to...

wednesday 6

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Tori Otten

Does Anyone Know Where Joe Biden’s Second-Term Agenda Is?

Presidential reelection campaigns are rarely dynamic or exciting. The theme is carrying on rather than change: The emphasis is on continuing work...

wednesday 1

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Alex Shephard

The Supreme Court Isn’t Done Messing With Your Reproductive Rights

Here in the waning days of its most recent session, the Supreme Court is turning its attention toward some key abortion cases left on its docket....

wednesday 20

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Democracy Is in Peril, Just Not the Way We Thought

Eight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator , the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating....

wednesday 3

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Sam Rosenfeld

The Billionaire Planning to Stick With Trump—Even If He Goes to Jail

The unwavering loyalty Donald Trump has managed to foster among his followers hit a new bar on Tuesday, when one of Trump’s billionaire donors said...

wednesday 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Mike Johnson Is Losing His Caucus To a Border Deal Breakdown

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing down his first major challenge as the leader of the lower chamber’s Republican caucus: In just a matter of weeks,...

wednesday 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

If Trump Wins Again, There May Be No Stopping Him

Seven years ago, former President Donald Trump raised his hand to take the presidential oath of office. He swore to “faithfully execute the office...

wednesday 10

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Matt Ford

Montana Republican’s Repulsive Palestinian Proposal Is Too Much for Even Pro-Israel Democrats

Two Jewish Democrats are leading the charge against a repugnant proposal floated by Montana Republican Representative Ryan Zinke—a bill that seeks...

28.11.2023 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Rupert Murdoch Has Some New Legal Entanglements Thanks to Fox News

Rupert Murdoch is set to be deposed on Tuesday and Wednesday in relation to the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit between Smartmatic and Fox News....

28.11.2023 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Hunter Biden Testimony James Comer Doesn’t Want You to See

Representative James Comer has a message for Hunter Biden: When it comes to the Biden family investigation, it’s my way or the highway. But for...

28.11.2023 10

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Tori Otten

Hunter Biden’s New Defense Strategy May Be Crazy Enough to Work

Hunter Biden’s lawyer offered Tuesday to have the embattled first son publicly testify in front of the House Oversight Committee, a marked shift...

28.11.2023 3

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Tori Otten

Just What Does the Koch Network Have Against Donald Trump?

The political network founded by Republican billionaire megadonor brothers Charles Koch and the late David Koch endorsed Nikki Haley on Tuesday for...

28.11.2023 2

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Tori Otten

No, TikTok, Joe Biden Doesn’t Control the Price of a Quarter Pounder

A story has been bouncing around on TikTok lately about a guy who went to a McDonald’s in Idaho in late 2022 and his meal came to $16.10. He...

28.11.2023 2

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Michael Tomasky

How the Club for Growth Fell Out With Trump

In the late spring, the Club for Growth, the conservative organization that has spent more than two decades excommunicating any Republican it deems...

28.11.2023 1

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Alex Shephard

Elon Musk Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It Too

Elon Musk’s business empire has been built with government money. His spacecraft manufacturing and launching company, SpaceX, exists largely as a...

28.11.2023 1

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Kate Aronoff

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Republican Government Shutdown

Government shutdown is back on the menu. The House GOP has made some ominous omissions from this week’s agenda: the appropriations bills that are...

28.11.2023 3

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Media Is Giving Donald Trump a Dangerous New Pass

The news media doesn’t seem to care about Donald Trump’s incendiary remarks anymore. At least, not as much as they cared when they were...

28.11.2023 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Thurston Moore Said It Better in Music

In the beginning there was nothing. Silence. Then: a bang. And then everything else. And though nobody was around (obviously) to hear the birth of...

28.11.2023 1

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John Semley

Tommy Tuberville Has a Ridiculous New Complaint About the U.S. Military

Senator Tommy Tuberville thinks the U.S. military is the “weakest” it’s been in history, but he conveniently blames it on “wokeness” instead...

28.11.2023 8

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Tori Otten

How Medical Examiners Shield Violent Cops From Scrutiny

In the summer of 2021, the body of 29-year-old Damien Cameron was delivered to the crime lab in Jackson, Mississippi. Cameron, a Black man, had...

28.11.2023 2

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Radley Balko

The Hilarious Reason Elon Musk May Regret Going to War With Sweden

Tesla sued the Swedish Transport Agency on Monday, accusing the government office of discriminating against the electric carmaker and gumming up...

27.11.2023 9

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Tori Otten

Sports Illustrated Has Hired—and Fired—Some Strange New Writers

Something funky is going on at Sports Illustrated—several of their authors don’t seem to exist. According to an investigation by Futurism , the...

27.11.2023 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

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