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Washington Cut the Budget. They Paid With Their Bodies.
In Nepal, former HIV outreach workers are now selling sex on the same highway where they once tried to keep people alive.
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The Home Depot Revolution: When a Government Makes Protesters Buy Armor
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A Supreme Court Justice Just Sounded the Alarm. Almost Nobody Noticed.
Apr 22
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Trump’s $220 Million Ego Ad Just Started a MAGA Civil War Because Kristi Noem Brought the Receipts
Mar 9
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THE PULITZER BOARD JUST SAID “OH, YOU WANT TO SUE? GREAT. COUGH UP EVERYTHING.”
Dec 16, 2025
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THE WAR ON JUDGMENT
The new authoritarian project isn’t satisfied with winning arguments. It wants to replace professional judgment with obedience.
Jul 23
CTRL+F IS NOT GOVERNMENT
Government requires judgment. A keyword search isn’t judgment.
Jul 22
PARDONS FOR SALE
Trump may not be taking the money himself. That does not make the market growing around his pardon power any less corrupting.
Jul 21
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE REFEREES STOP RESPECTING EACH OTHER?
A Hawaii justice says his state’s constitution takes no instruction from the Roberts Court. What the hell happens when the courts stop trusting each…
Jul 20
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HALF THE PRESS IS HOUSEBROKEN. THE OTHER HALF IS FERAL.
One side is scared to death of appearing biased. The other discovered that bias, rage, and humiliation are easier to sell than journalism.
Jul 19
TRUMP CAN’T GET CONGRESS TO PASS HIS ELECTION LAW. SO DHS IS PRESSURING THE STATES.
The SAVE America Act remains stalled in the Senate. The administration is now trying to build parts of it through federal databases, grant conditions…
Jul 18
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TRUMP WENT BACK TO 2020. THE REAL TARGET WAS 2026.
The president’s primetime address offered old suspicions, heavily redacted intelligence, and a familiar promise that the smoking gun was finally here…
Jul 17
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THE BIG NEWS IS THE PRETEXT
Trump may have real intelligence to show us tonight. The trick will be convincing America that a vulnerability is a stolen election.
Jul 16
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MEXICO IS COMING AT ICE FROM EVERY DIRECTION
After Mexican citizens died in custody and during enforcement operations, Mexico opened multiple routes around a federal system that cannot be trusted…
Jul 15
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