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Trump Said He Was Fighting for Workers on Labor Day. So We Checked the Receipts.
From collective bargaining to contractor wages and job protections, his own administration’s records tell a very different story.
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The Home Depot Revolution: When a Government Makes Protesters Buy Armor
Jan 16
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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 LABOR SECRETARY HAD FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ORGANIZE HER CLOSET
On Labor Day, the government’s own watchdog has something to say about how Trump’s former labor secretary treated workers.
Sep 7
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The Government Is Making the Evidence Disappear
The school bullying numbers already existed. The government hid them anyway. That’s one piece of a much bigger disappearing-data problem.
Sep 5
The White House Has Turned Deportation Into a Game
The scoreboard says “DEPORTED.” The administration calls it fun. The people being hunted are real.
Sep 5
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They Charged the ICE Agent. Then They Fired the Prosecutor.
An ICE agent was indicted for allegedly lying about shooting a man through an occupied door. The prosecutor who wanted civil-rights charges is now the…
Sep 4
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The Medicaid Cuts Were Only the Opening Bid
Upcoming regulations could hit hospitals even harder, and patients will pay the price.
Sep 3
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Who Knew the South Park Movie Was a Documentary?
Twenty-seven years after “Blame Canada,” Washington has added tariffs, annexation threats, and a federal lake-renaming tantrum.
Sep 2
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Trump’s Cheap Gas Is Always Somewhere Else
At Freedom Fuel, the discount allegedly rested on a $4 million unpaid invoice. In Venezuela, the promise rests on oil that could take decades to…
Sep 1
Forget the Name. Look at What Happened Inside the Kennedy Center.
Trump is fighting to put himself back on the building. A former curator’s account of what happened behind its walls is the story we should have been…
Aug 31
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Who’s Watching the People Watching the Election?
Trump’s DOJ is expanding its election presence while its own watchdogs are shrinking.
Aug 30
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Off Script with Tom Hicks
Independent journalism that follows the story behind the story—without talking points, tribal loyalties, or prepackaged conclusions.
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