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Dana Bash presses Doug Burgum as he deflects on Patriot Front march
Moments like these become defining not just because extremists show up, but because history remembers how our leaders responded....
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JD Vance rejects Milton Friedman, embraces socialism?
Positing that free markets are somehow antithetical to human dignity is explicitly progressive framing....
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From Ebola to conflict: Risks rise and the US is less able to respond
The Trump administration's dismantling of U.S. foreign assistance institutions has left the country less prepared to respond to international health t...
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Marijuana rescheduling hearings are finally here, but rescheduling is not enough
The DEA has begun an administrative hearing to place marijuana in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, which would make it easier to study, ...
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MAGA and DSA have a common bond: Destructive government
The sad reality is that MAGA and DSA have the same provenance....
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JD Vance is the Trump truth-teller
JD Vance's 2016 essay comparing Trump's political appeal to opioid addiction was republished a decade later, revealing the role of the enabler in Trum...
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Do democratic socialists really want socialism? If so, they have no place in America
The Democratic Party needs to offer practical solutions to the problems facing the American people, and should distance itself from the idea of social...
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From the courthouse to the White House: How corruption becomes routine
It took decades before I appreciated the cultural connection between tawdry corruption in a Cook County courtroom and the breathtaking venality of Pre...
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A win-win plan to de-politicize the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is on the verge of becoming a political football. Congress can prevent it — if both sides can trade what they want for what they nee...
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Three changes that could restore the Supreme Court's independence
The goal is to restore balance and accountability to a Supreme Court whose right-wing majority is squandering its legitimacy to advance a harmful poli...
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Doomsday speculation about the midterm elections takes hold
President Trump is pushing every button to prevent Democrats from taking control of the House and Senate in the upcoming midterms, including using fea...
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'Dignity' is a poor excuse for blocking press access to state executions
There is, of course, something odd about using the word dignity to describe what happens when the state kills one of its citizens....