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Do we have to use ‘cult’ to describe normal illiberal politics?
Hillary Clinton knows the answer.
John Stoehr
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Justice is divisive and that’s OK
The framing of the Trump indictments story is stupid.
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Trump’s prosecution is politically motivated, and thank God for that
It’s a product of democratic politics, not the rule of law.
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Showing off was Trump's motive
It defies imagination but it's there.
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The smoke is proof that no one is truly alone
Evidence of “the interdependent web of all existence”
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Josh Hawley is not insecure about his manhood
Insecurity is sincere. He’s never sincere.
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Manhood doesn’t require an argument in favor of it, but dominance does
Josh Hawley keeps arguing.
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After 29 straight months, why does job growth continue to ‘surprise’ us?
We’re thinking as if we still lived in the 1970s.
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The GOP can’t stop won’t stop hating the poor for their poverty
With the debt-ceiling deal, the poor will suffer twice as much.
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On student loans, McCarthy didn’t get what he said he got
Even so, it’s why some Democrats voted against lifting the debt ceiling.
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The new debt ceiling deal reflects a permanent feature of democracy in these United States
The Republicans stand behind it and punch it in the kidneys.
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How small towns in America weaponize Memorial Day
They use national memory to stop local change.