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Pam Bondi escalates disturbing war on reporters – but the public is “choosing to look away”

AG's policy could suppress reporting by seeking journalists' phone records and forcing their testimony

13.05.2025 10

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James Thornton Harris

The enemies list: Trump takes a page from Nixon's playbook

"We're all afraid . . . " Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told a gathering of nonprofit and tribal leaders in her home state on April 14. "We are in...

29.04.2025 3

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James Thornton Harris

The right’s 60-year war on higher education

Trump's attacks on elite universities echo the right-wing playbook Ronald Reagan created nearly six decades ago

06.04.2025 30

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James Thornton Harris

Imagine deportation: When Nixon tried to pull a Trump on John Lennon

Mahmoud Khalil was targeted for anti-war activism. More than 50 years ago, former Beatle faced the same predicament

22.03.2025 3

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James Thornton Harris

Will Kash Patel turn out to be the next J. Edgar Hoover?

Trump's FBI pick could be a throwback to America's legendary secret policeman, who ran the FBI for nearly 50 years

16.02.2025 10

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James Thornton Harris

Perilous landscape: California's 250-year struggle to prepare for natural disasters

While earthquakes have caused disasters since early California, destruction from wildfires is a modern phenomenon

26.01.2025 10

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James Thornton Harris