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Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, is dead
The former Soviet premier became a sort of hero in the west. But he became that hero precisely because he was a massive failure.
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If the Congress is unchanged by the midterms, it will signal the return of an old norm
In the 20th century, six midterms flipped the Congress.
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Maybe Donald Trump’s Big Lie is, well, um, good for democracy?
Early signs of hardcore supporters losing hope.
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$10,000 in relief zeros out, or cuts in half, the student loan debt of a majority of borrowers
But is that all that's possible? No.
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Allen Weisselberg can’t plead the Fifth anymore
He used to protect Donald Trump that way. But no more.
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Cheap in money, rich in love!
What a privilege to watch a child grow.
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The most productive ‘gerontocracy’ ever
Time to retire that talking point.
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Why is the left demanding that Biden cancel student loan debts when Biden is in the process of canceling student loan debts?
To cancel or not to cancel is not the question.
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Apple of my eye
This is the seedbed of democracy.
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The Inflation Reduction Act is what a democracy can achieve when fascists are prevented from stabbing it in the back
Thank Mitch McConnell for proof of concept.
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Go ahead, celebrate. You need to
To win, the broad left has to do more than criticize.
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Trump trades places with his enemies
To him, the FBI search was an end to itself.