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April 8, 2026
Donald Trump, Wrecker of American Empire
The president has done more damage to American power than anyone in history.
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April 7, 2026
A Retrospective on Bidenomics
Joe Biden listened to the left on full employment. But the lasting effects were wanting, and the politics were brutal.
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April 3, 2026
You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
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March 28, 2026
‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What Real Heroism Looks Like
It isn’t shooting the bad guy. It’s sacrificing to save your alien rock pal.
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March 26, 2026
Trump’s Billion-Dollar French Boondoggle Gets Even Dumber
He is paying TotalEnergies a billion dollars to do natural gas investments it is already doing.
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March 25, 2026
Trump Pays a French Company a Billion Dollars to Increase Your Electric Bill
It might as well be a conspiracy to jack up American electric bills.
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March 20, 2026
Ol’ Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time
In Iran, he finally created a jam for himself it will not be easy to wriggle out of.
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March 18, 2026
Senate Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster
Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.
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March 16, 2026
Democratic Presidential Contenders Have a New Idea: Tax Cuts
Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker argue that middle-class households are paying too much in federal income taxes.
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March 13, 2026
The National Security Case for Renewable Energy
Turns out oil is vulnerable to price shocks caused by blood-crazed presidents.
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March 11, 2026
Donald Trump, Oil Market Obliterator
Most presidents can’t be directly blamed for gas prices going up. This one is the exception.
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March 6, 2026
I’m Sure Glad I Bought an EV and Solar Panels
Trump’s idiotic war of aggression on Iran is spiking oil prices. Not my problem.
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March 5, 2026
Time to End the American-Israeli Alliance
Alliances are built on shared interests. Those do not exist here.
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March 4, 2026
Can Congress Stop Mad King Trump’s Mad War on Iran?
With Republicans in charge, probably not.
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March 3, 2026
Trump’s Senseless Waste in Iran
Aircraft carriers and stealth bombers are expensive to use.
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March 3, 2026
Democrats Already Jostling to Oppose Trump’s War on Iran
In North Carolina, primary challenger Nida Allam is betting that the most credible critic of the latest joint Trump-Israel war will win.
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February 23, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Got Railroaded. Good.
Elite accountability is vital, even if it comes in a less-than-perfect package.
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February 16, 2026
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
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February 13, 2026
ICE Is Strangling the Minneapolis Economy
Trump’s masked kidnappers are recreating the effects of the COVID pandemic in miniature.
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February 6, 2026
Left Anchor: One Battle After Another
What does Paul Thomas Anderson think about fighting oppression?
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January 29, 2026
The Battle of Minneapolis Is Not Over
Many in the media have proclaimed a significant change of tone for Trump, if not a major defeat, but on the ground in Minneapolis ICE kidnappers are still on the rampage.
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January 27, 2026
The Minneapolis Resistance
Many elite MDs spread grotesque misinformation during the pandemic. They’re now in charge of American public health.
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January 26, 2026
The Trump Administration Wants Dead ICE Officers
Conservatives need a narrative where they’re the victim even as they’re oppressing you.
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January 23, 2026
Minneapolis Discovered Its Own Strength Fighting ICE Tyranny
Trump’s goons thought they could push around a blue city. They came in for a nasty shock.
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January 21, 2026
How the Free World Can Fight Mad King Trump
The worst president in American history wants to conquer Greenland.
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January 20, 2026
How Trump Doomed the American Auto Industry
Ford and GM made a big bet on electrification. Then Trump plunged a knife into their backs.
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January 15, 2026
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis
There are reportedly about 3,000 federal immigration officers running riot in Minneapolis. They have been captured on video beating, gassing, and pepper-spraying bystanders and kidnapping people o...
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January 14, 2026
Trump’s Persecution of Jerome Powell Is Even Crazier Than It Looks
The Trump administration is carrying out a corrupt prosecution of the Federal Reserve chair. But messing with Fed independence might spark inflation, and everyone hates that.
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January 12, 2026
There Must Be Justice for Renee Good
Minneapolis and Minnesota authorities can’t let the Trump regime suppress the truth. It is critically important that state and local authorities do all in their power to conduct their own investig...
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