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Michael Tomasky

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Kristi Noem: A Case Study in the GOP Tilt Toward Ostentatious Fascism

Kristi Noem: A Case Study in the GOP Tilt Toward Ostentatious Fascism
yesterday 3

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Cowardly Pete Hegseth Is This Week’s Proof of the GOP’s Moral Rot

Cowardly Pete Hegseth Is This Week’s Proof of the GOP’s Moral Rot
saturday 40

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Immigration Crackdown, Looming War: Desperate Acts of a Desperate Man

Immigration Crackdown, Looming War: Desperate Acts of a Desperate Man
01.12.2025 8

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There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun

There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
28.11.2025 60

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America Is Finally Starting to See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is

America Is Finally Starting to See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is
24.11.2025 2

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Get to Know the Name Jay Clayton—Our Fate May Depend on His Honesty

Get to Know the Name Jay Clayton—Our Fate May Depend on His Honesty
17.11.2025 2

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The One Move That Tells Us How Crazy-Panicked Trump Is About Epstein

14.11.2025 30

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“A Story We Think We Know”: Ken Burns on The American Revolution

11.11.2025 20

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Once Again, Senate Democrats Show They Don’t Get Who They Represent

10.11.2025 2

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It’s Hard to Know Whether Trump’s Cruelty or Stupidity Is Worse

10.11.2025 3

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The Quicksand Pits That Await Zohran Mamdani—and How He Can Avoid Them

07.11.2025 3

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Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump

05.11.2025 50

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The Washington Post Has Become Right Wing Even Faster Than I Thought

03.11.2025 30

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Mike Johnson’s Christian Values: Children Starve, Pedophiles Skate

31.10.2025 20

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If Mamdani, Spanberger, and Sherrill Win, What Will It Mean? Not Much.

27.10.2025 10

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Trump Wrecks America. His “Patriotic” Fans Cheer. Is There Any Bottom?

24.10.2025 5

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The Real Patriots Will Be Marching Saturday—Against the un-Americans

17.10.2025 2

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Be Glad the Hostages Are Home. Be Worried About the Rest.

13.10.2025 2

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Trump’s Lies About Portland: An Excuse to Create a Police State

13.10.2025 20

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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

10.10.2025 40

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For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave

06.10.2025 3

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Trump Just Gave Democrats the Ideal Albatross to Hang Around His Neck

03.10.2025 3

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What’s Really Behind the Shutdown: the GOP’s Immoral Priorities

29.09.2025 30

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Comey Shows That Donald Trump’s Contempt for America Knows No Bounds

26.09.2025 3

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It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

22.09.2025 100

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Remember This Week—It’s the Week America Became a Different Place

19.09.2025 9

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Think Big for a Change, Democrats: Call This the “No Kings” Shutdown.

15.09.2025 30

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Every Shooting Is a Tragedy—and a Chance for the Right to Play Bully

12.09.2025 3

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The DOJ Lawyer Who Quit the Job He Loved to Sound the Alarm on Trump

11.09.2025 3

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Trump’s Fascist Game Plan: If He Can’t Tame Russia, He’ll Take Chicago

08.09.2025 5

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You Think the Bari Weiss–CBS News Story Is Bad? No—It’s Much Worse.

05.09.2025 6

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Forget Trump’s Words. His Actions Prove He Doesn’t Mind if Kids Die.

29.08.2025 10

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Trump’s Next “Hellhole”: Chicago. Democrats, Get Ready for a Fight.

25.08.2025 30

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Yep—Trump Is Still the Most Racist President of the Last 100 Years

22.08.2025 3

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Donald Trump Is About to Do to Europe What He’s Been Doing to America

11.08.2025 60

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On Epstein, Even MAGA World Can Smell That Trump Is Hiding Something

08.08.2025 60

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The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic

04.08.2025 10

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Trump Has “Accomplished” a Lot. It’s Just That America Hates It.

01.08.2025 5

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On Planet Earth, Obama Can’t Be Indicted. But We Live on Planet Trump.

28.07.2025 30

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Trump Is Teeing Up a Pardon of Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

25.07.2025 3

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Would Fox Take Donald Trump’s Side Against Rupert Murdoch? Uh ... Yes.

21.07.2025 20

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Will the Epstein Story Hurt Trump in MAGA-Land? Wake Up—It Already Has

14.07.2025 20

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Trump’s Toxic Toolkit: Lies, Corruption, Idiocy, Loyalty, Propaganda

11.07.2025 4

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Most Third-Party Efforts Are Jokes. Musk’s Might Not Be. Here’s Why.

08.07.2025 10

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Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?

07.07.2025 100

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What Centrist Democrats Need to Learn from Zohran Mamdani

30.06.2025 10

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How Can the Democrats Be Losing to These Cruel, Stupid, Inept People?

27.06.2025 3

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If You Thought Donald Trump Would Never Do This, You’re an Idiot

22.06.2025 2

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The Fate of the World Is Now in Donald Trump’s Hands. Gulp.

20.06.2025 5

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The Obscene Wealth Issue

19.06.2025 20

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