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Tariffs Expose Wall Street's Misplaced Faith in Trump
Bankers and business leaders imagine a more reliable, less protectionist version of the president than the one that actually exists. Now they're finding…
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Nicholas Grossman
10 Reasons the Media Treated the Signal Leak as a Scandal
U.S. media usually goes easy on Trump, giving him a pass on behavior they'd cover as a scandal if it were anyone else. But not this time.
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Nicholas Grossman
The Trump Admin's Stupid, Harmful, But Unfortunately Unsurprising Signal Leak
Donald Trump ran on information security in 2016, got elected, then became the biggest information security risk in U.S. history
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He’s Not Joking
The case for taking Trump's expansionist talk seriously
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Alan Elrod
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Trump and Putin v. Ukraine and Europe
Aping Kremlin propaganda, Trump sides with Russia against Zelensky and U.S. democratic allies
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Nicholas Grossman
The Unbearable Normality of Creeping Authoritarianism
The U.S. government is under attack from within, the Constitution isn't really in effect, but if you don't follow politics and aren't directly targeted…
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Alan Elrod
Trump Has the U.S. Switching Sides in Ukraine, and NATO Could be Next
Picking fights with longtime friends instead of working with them against joint adversaries is a recipe for American weakness and global instability
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Trump and Musk are Usurping Congress's Power of the Purse
The Trump administration is illegally blocking authorized spending. If Congress lets them, the U.S. doesn't have Constitutional government.
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Nicholas Grossman
Kash Patel's Job is to Corrupt the FBI
Trump picked Patel to end impartial law enforcement—his record isn't subtle—and if Senators have any respect for rule-of-law, they'll reject his…
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Nicholas Grossman
Trump Threatening American Allies is All Downside for the U.S.
The United States gets all it needs from Greenland, Denmark, Canada, and Panama via treaties and good relationships. Undermining that is self-defeating.
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Nicholas Grossman
America's Local Authoritarians
Trump may be bringing patrimonialism to D.C., but across America’s heartlands, a thousand little chieftains reign
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Alan Elrod
The January 6 Attackers Won
The fourth anniversary of the Capitol attack marks a dark day in American history
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Don't Let the Enemies of Truth Ruin Wikipedia
Elon Musk and other reactionary liars hate the "last good website" because it won't go along with their distortions
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Nicholas Grossman
For Christians, Political Power is the Golden Calf of Trumpism
Jonathan Skrmetti, Ryan Walters and the weapons of this world
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Alan Elrod
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