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We can’t have both democracy and political violence, huh? What about [waves at everything]?

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We can’t have both democracy and political violence, huh? What about [waves at everything]?

Let’s be real.

01 Dec 2022
Another GOP ‘civil war’? We know how that story ends

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Another GOP ‘civil war’? We know how that story ends

We’ve already heard it.

30 Nov 2022
Jiang Zemin, who opened China to markets and corruption, is dead

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Jiang Zemin, who opened China to markets and corruption, is dead

Most believed he’d be, at best, a transitional figure.

30 Nov 2022
3 left-liberal reactions to Twitter’s new owner

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3 left-liberal reactions to Twitter’s new owner

Each tells us something about ourselves.

29 Nov 2022
On aid to Ukraine, the Republicans jammed themselves

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On aid to Ukraine, the Republicans jammed themselves

Will the Democrats press their advantage?

29 Nov 2022
SCOTUS is dirty. Let's clean it up

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SCOTUS is dirty. Let's clean it up

Rightwing justices aren’t going to police themselves.

28 Nov 2022
Why are there so many mass shootings? It’s an insurgency

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Why are there so many mass shootings? It’s an insurgency

Yet we won’t see it.

23 Nov 2022
No, Texas can't invoke the invasion clause

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No, Texas can't invoke the invasion clause

It's politics, not a legal theory.

23 Nov 2022
Saying that ‘trans people deserve to be alive’ is political

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Saying that ‘trans people deserve to be alive’ is political

Denying it only makes things worse.

22 Nov 2022
Political violence is an expression of the status quo

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Political violence is an expression of the status quo

Why does it surprise us?

21 Nov 2022
By destroying Twitter, Elon Musk reveals contempt for democracy

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By destroying Twitter, Elon Musk reveals contempt for democracy

It’s not enough to stop worshiping billionaires.

18 Nov 2022
The Republicans may have the House, but the Democrats have the respectable white people

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The Republicans may have the House, but the Democrats have the respectable white people

They haven’t begun calling themselves Democrats, though.

17 Nov 2022
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