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The governor’s breakup message: It’s not me, it’s you
You see, Andrew Cuomo wasn’t preying on the troopers; he was thanking them. That’s just the kind of guy he is.
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Anti-vaxxers are covering up their bad choices with 'freedom of choice.' Don't let them
They discredit themselves when they cite "reasons" for refusing to get vaccinated. Yet we keep on trusting them. That's dangerous.
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When it comes to treatment of Haitians, there's little difference between Biden and Trump
By sending them back to poverty, detainment, persecution or worse, the US forfeits the moral high ground regarding human rights.
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The 14th Amendment does not make abortion unconstitutional
There’s little evidence writers of the 14th Amendment considered fetuses or abortion or pregnancy or really even women.
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Why is anti-vaccination emerging as a distinctly right-wing phenomenon across the globe?
They were made for each other.
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If millions can't afford roofs over their heads, the floor will fall out from under the country's feet
We cannot continue to choose this broken system.
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The next time the GOP attempts a coup d'état, it won't be loud. It will be quiet. It will be legal
The press and pundit corps should assume this in all political discourse.
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At his best and most useful
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We can enrage liars by telling them the truth or we can neutralize them by telling them to stop lying
The choice is ours. Time is running out.
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People who desire a leader to save them from the humiliations of democracy are people who will do what they're told
No, you're wrong. The authoritarians among us do not want freedom.
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The Harvey Weinstein of politics
The most damning account of sexual predation by a public official in living memory.
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Is the era of NIMBYism giving way to a new era of YIMBYism? Data suggests big changes ahead
The old arguments no longer hold up, writes Christopher Jon Sprigman.