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Immigration Judge Rules Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported
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Trump Administration Threatens to Withhold Funds From Public Schools
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Trump’s Fight Against Antisemitism Has Become Fraught for Many Jews
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Stop the Steal
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Democracy’s heart is beating again
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Back door deportation
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Wish it were…
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Trump Moves to End Union Protections Across Broad Swath of Government
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From His Lips to Your Ears
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From the Leader’s Lips…
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Contact Your Elected Officials
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Fulbright Scholar on Legal Visa Arrested and Shipped from Boston to Louisiana for Writing Editorial
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Biden Built Better
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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
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Nothing to see here
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“A Machinery of Bullshit”
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
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Trump You
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Under New Management
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Columbia Caves
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Born in the RSA
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The fraud is at the other end of the microphone.
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The Lesson for Today
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Aiding and Abetting War Crimes. Shameful.
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The Great Writ
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Today at 6. Rhode Island State House Lawn.
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All the News That Fits the Narrative
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When is political speech not political speech?
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Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University
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Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
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RESIST
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Doctor and Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge’s Order
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3 Branches of Government
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Justice Dept. Moving to Downsize Units Investigating Fraud and Corruption
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ICE arrests Pro-Palestinian activist involved with Columbia encampment
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Federal Grant Program Opens Door to Elon Musk’s Starlink
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Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges!
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Trump cuts to VA services has area vets feeling abandoned
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“‘People are Going Silent‘: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves”
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Georgetown Law Receives Curricular Demands from U.S. Atty Appointed by Felon-in-Chief Trump
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…but then again, maybe they are.
Ann Telnaes
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Ukraine
Speaking of suits in the Oval Office
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Control. Alt. Delete.
international
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…because he won’t give up in the Oval Office what the Russians have unsuccessfully been killing his people for three years to obtain.
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Trump Plays Dumb When Asked Whether He Still Thinks Zelensky Is a ‘Dictator’
Elon Musk
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social media
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TechnoMob— On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team
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Elon Musk
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One for you, one for me; two for you, one…two for me.
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GOP
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Did Russia Invade Ukraine? Is Putin a Dictator? We Asked Every Republican Member of Congress
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Nick Anderson
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Another black box checked
America
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Elon Musk
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national security
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DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
democracy
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Supreme Court
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Wrong on the pandemic, right on autocracy
international
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opinion
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Russia
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Trump’s Actions Are a Victory for Putin*
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the press
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AP Sues Trump Citing Freedom of Speech
America
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Democrats
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progressives
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Do 10 Things
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the press
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…because he lies so much.
2024 campaign
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America
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Jan 6
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Trump
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Trump 2.0
Fact-check Fact-Checked
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Coinbase Says S.E.C. Will Drop Crypto Lawsuit
democracy
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military
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Trump 2.0
A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Black History Month
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race
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Affirmative Action for Lackeys—Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman…Underqualified Replacement Will Need Congressional Waiver of Statutory Requirements
democracy
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Trump 2.0
Start the Steal
academic freedom
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DEI
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democracy
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free speech
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IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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climate
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health
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opinion
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science
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Censored Science Can’t Save Lives
Musk
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Chutkan refuses to block Musk, DOGE from 7 federal agencies
national security
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Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Waste, Fraud, Abuse; More Waste…
Black History Month
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race
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Trump 2.0
Racism trumps national security—Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event
posts
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race
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tech
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Trump 2.0
Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events
education
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Elon Musk
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Trump Admin. Suddenly Cancels Dozens of Education Department Contracts
campaign promises
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Trump 2.0
Waffle House
2025
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Consumer Protection—R.I.P.
international
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Sick
Musk
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Musk’s DOGE Teen Minion Was Once Fired for Leaking Company Secrets
America
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Into the Memory Hole…
posts
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Trump 2.0
The pump don’t work cause the vandals took the handles
America
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opinion
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posts
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the press
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Trump 2.0
How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America
Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump 2.0
What a tool
posts
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public safety
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the press
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Trump 2.0
Learn to read
immigration
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Immigrant labor, both authorized and unauthorized, is integral to the staffing and running of restaurants in the United States.
Ann Telnaes
,
immigration
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Mass deportations—red meat
corruption
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Trump Fires at Least 12 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
climate
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posts
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race
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Trump 2.0
Bad Air? Suck it Up
posts
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race
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Trump 2.0
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women
Just in Time for Black History Month— Trump’s anti-DEI order yanks air force videos of Tuskegee Airmen
posts
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Trump 2.0
The Commander-in-Chief. Really.
GOP
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posts
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race
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Trump 2.0
Black Trump Supporters…
posts
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Trump 2.0
Trump’s 2nd Inaugural Address, annotated
health
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international
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
America
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democracy
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Jan 6
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law and order
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters
America
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law and order
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Equal Justice Under the Boot— Insurrectionists Freed
America
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posts
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Trump 2.0
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”*
corruption
,
posts
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Trump 2.0
TRUMP INAUGURATION OFFICIAL’S “PHONY CHARITY” ALLEGEDLY POCKETED EAST PALESTINE TRAIN DISASTER FUNDS
Jamelle Bouie
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Oligarchy
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opinion
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posts
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social media
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Trump 2.0
Manly Men
posts
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satire
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Trump 2.0
Hell Freezes Over
national security
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Duckworth: Trump’s Pentagon pick has less experience than Applebee’s manager
GOP
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Nick Anderson
,
posts
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social media
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Trump 2.0
But fight it we must!
Jamelle Bouie
,
opinion
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posts
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Trump
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Trump 2.0
Not so fast on that peaceful transfer of power
law and order
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posts
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Trump
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Trump 2.0
Actually, you’re already a felon.
abortion
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health
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human rights
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posts
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Trump 2.0
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women
Care Denied
foreign policy
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Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Not Satire
Ann Telnaes
,
democracy
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free speech
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posts
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Trump 2.0
After Ann Telnaes
Ann Telnaes
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democracy
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free speech
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posts
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Trump 2.0
After Ann Telnaes
Ann Telnaes
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democracy
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free speech
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posts
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Trump 2.0
After Ann Telnaes
democracy
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free speech
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posts
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Steve Brodner
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Trump 2.0
Bury the Press at Bended Knee
Ann Telnaes
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Borowitz
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corruption
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democracy
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free speech
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Profile in Courage: Ann Telnaes
Nick Anderson
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posts
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satire
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Trump 2.0
Make America Grimace Again
GOP
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immigration
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Going Native
GOP
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Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Nick Anderson
corruption
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posts
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Trump
,
Trump 2.0
Ghost of Christmas Past…and Christmas Yet to Come..
journalism
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opinion
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posts
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Trump 2.0
,
voting
Another Box Checked?
America
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commerce
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posts
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race
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Trump 2.0
,
wealth
Too Late for Christmas but It’s Always the Season
Borowitz
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Just one…
America
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corruption
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democracy
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GOP
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Another Box Checked
antisemitism
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GOP
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Heritage Foundation
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posts
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Trump
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Trump 2.0
Looks Like the Heritage Foundation Can’t Define Antisemitism Either…
Elon Musk
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national security
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Co-president Musk Can’t Be Trusted Either
democracy
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First Amendment
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free speech
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Trump Sues The Des Moines Register, Escalating Threats Against the Media
opinion
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posts
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Trump 2.0
“The Great Capitulation”
health
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
Borowitz
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Pete…Call Home
2024 campaign
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America
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opinion
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posts
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Trump 2.0
America Chose the Monster
Borowitz
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Loud. Very Loud.
free speech
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Common Cause
America
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democracy
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posts
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Trump 2.0
(Block) Quotation(s) of the Day
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Trump Nominee Pressured IRS To Crush The Humane Society
Borowitz
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Return of the Gargoyle
Borowitz
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Hegseth Holiday Wishlist
America
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posts
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Dr. Jill Biden is the First Lady of the United States
democracy
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posts
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,
wealth
Oh…and about that campaign donation.
opinion
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posts
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Trump 2.0
49.9%— “Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud”
democracy
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opinion
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posts
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“Instrument of Revenge”— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
posts
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Only the Best People
Nick Anderson
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posts
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race
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Trump 2.0
America
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democracy
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posts
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Thanksgiving 2024
democracy
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economy
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GOP
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posts
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Do Not Obey in Advance
corruption
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democracy
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law and order
,
Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump
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Trump 2.0
I’ll Carve
democracy
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Quotation of the Day
Borowitz
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GOP
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posts
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…And Personal References?
military
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national security
,
Nick Anderson
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posts
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…but seriously…
health
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posts
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001-911…International Rates May Apply
democracy
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posts
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the press
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Just Business
Gaza
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military
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posts
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Less Complicated if You Stop Raping Them*
democracy
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next steps
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posts
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As Trump Refers to Third Term, Democrat Wants to Leave No Constitutional Loophole
national security
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Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump 2.0
Homeland Insecurity
Borowitz
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international
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posts
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Trump 2.0
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UN
The U.N. Bomber
democracy
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GOP
,
Nick Anderson
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posts
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Trump 2.0
This time for real
health
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posts
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Trump
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Trump 2.0
Team Trump pushed to politically alter CDC reports on coronavirus
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