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September 2, 2026
Trump Can’t Stop the Populist Uprising Against Data Centers
Chris Lehmann
The grassroots revolt against AI oligarchs is reviving a more than a century-old fight against robber barons and their attempts to seize land, water, and political power.
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August 20, 2026
One of the Biggest Myths of the Trump Era Is Unraveling
Chris Lehmann
It turns out that people don't actually want a Gestapo force rounding up immigrants all over America.
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August 17, 2026
Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising
Chris Lehmann
Several of the party's top committees threatened to raise legal hell over a new study into the way they pry money out of seniors.
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August 13, 2026
Is a Trump Endorsement Becoming a Liability?
Chris Lehmann
The president’s backing failed to secure a primary win in Minnesota for Mike Lindell. And he’s not the only one.
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August 10, 2026
Centrist Democrats Are Rolling Up Their Sleeves and Punching Left
Chris Lehmann
The Third Way think tank is pouring millions of dollars into combatting not the GOP but the DSA.
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August 5, 2026
The Left Insurgence Is on the Rise—and the DNC Is Flailing
Chris Lehmann
The outcome of the Michigan primaries calls Democratic conventional wisdom into question. Just don’t expect Ken Martin to do anything about that.
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July 30, 2026
Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record
Chris Lehmann
The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
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July 28, 2026
The GOP’s New Red Scare
Chris Lehmann
McCarthyism, the second time as farce.
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July 21, 2026
Do Voters Hate Democrats More Than Republicans?
Chris Lehmann
The GOP is staking its chances on the idea that that Americans are more dissatisfied with the opposition party than the one in power.
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June 29, 2026
Americans Want to Impeach Donald Trump
Chris Lehmann
So why aren’t Democrats doing something about it?
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June 26, 2026
Are Democrats Finding Their Spines?
Chris Lehmann
At an Open Markets Institute conference, economic populism was on the agenda.
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June 23, 2026
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Renovations Are a Total Disaster
Chris Lehmann
The president’s attempt to make his mark on the National Mall has become a big, wet mess.
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June 18, 2026
The Banality of Peter Thiel’s Evil
Chris Lehmann
Newly unearthed details of the tech giant’s secret annual retreat show the malignity of his influence—and the mundanity of his ideas.
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June 12, 2026
Vengeance Is the Only Thing Trump Has Left
Chris Lehmann
Everything else is going wrong. So the president is turning to his favorite project: settling scores with his many enemies.
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June 9, 2026
Trump Wants You Talking About His Manners—Not His Election Lies
Chris Lehmann
Don’t let Trump’s blowup on NBC’s Meet the Press distract from what he actually said.
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