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Zack Beauchamp

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Modi’s government brought Bollywood to heel. Hollywood should pay attention.
In 2023, the Indian director Honey Trehan was on the verge of a breakthrough. His film Punjab ’95, which told the story of a human rights activist murdered for investigating mass killings of Sikhs ...
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A new speech shows how Israel lost the Democratic party
This week, Rahm Emanuel — a chief of staff in the Obama White House and widely rumored 2028 candidate — went to Tel Aviv to deliver a stern message to the Israeli public: If Israel wants to keep Am...
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The Democrat everyone suddenly wants to believe in
For the past month, one name has dominated discussions of the 2028 Democratic primary: Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff. Though Ossoff is running for reelection in a crucial swing state, his consistent p...
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The late historian who rekindled my hope for America’s future
America’s 250th birthday celebration feels like a child’s birthday party ruined by fighting between two soon-to-be-divorced parents. What should be a benign celebration of shared, if slightly borin...
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Trump’s quest for untrammeled power just got a big boost
Just what President Donald Trump needed: more unchecked power.  In the Supreme Court’s new Trump vs. Slaughter opinion, the court ruled that the president’s firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s...
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The shallow authoritarianism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool
What should one make of the president’s mounting obsession with the Reflecting Pool? On the surface, it’s ridiculous. Noting that the pool was full of algae and not reflecting as well as it should,...
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The fall of Britain’s prime minister is a warning for America
Since Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, the Democratic Party has been embroiled in a vicious internal conversation over “moderation.” One camp argues that the party has moved too far to the left on cult...
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The MAGA stars freaked out by their own movement
In 2017, US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) offered what remains one of the most insightful explanations of Donald Trump’s rise from any elected official. Massie, a Tea Party libertarian in the Rand and ...
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Here’s why Republicans just stood up to Trump
Don’t look now, but it appears that Congress is actually doing its constitutionally prescribed job: checking presidential power. On Monday multiple outlets reported that President Donald Trump was ...
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The real lesson of the E. Jean Carroll investigation is Trump’s weakness
Had you time-traveled back to 2023, and started telling people that President Donald Trump’s Justice Department would soon be trying to imprison a woman who had accused him of rape, most would like...
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There’s more to Trump’s corruption than stealing money
Donald Trump’s self-dealing and profiteering from high office, a longtime subtheme of his presidency, has just become its defining story. Consider the following list of news and revelations, all fr...
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Liberals can’t eliminate Trump-style politics — but they might be able to beat it
TORONTO — At a conference bookended by speeches from President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the leading lights of the global center-left gathered to consider their fate.  T...
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What should liberals do when an assassin sounds like them?
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the attempted White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, is unusual among attempted assassins — in his normalcy.  His political grievances, laid out in a manifest...
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This billionaire could be California’s next governor — and he wants to arrest Stephen Miller
The California governor’s race isn’t just important for Californians. At a moment where the federal government is sabotaging American democracy from within, the question of how the leader of the un...
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The next global Trump ally to fall?
Earlier this year, Yonatan Levi left his home country of Israel to observe the Hungarian election. Levi, a scholar at the center-left think tank Molad, had traveled with a group of parliamentarians...
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