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What Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd tells us about liberal patriotism
It’s incoherent to those confusing love of country for love of the status quo.
Capitol cop Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, but don’t kid yourself. The insurgency killed him
It might not be murder, but his assailants hastened his death.
Odds are in favor of Chauvin’s acquittal
White people usually don’t see that killing people is key to policing.
ICE and the Border Patrol consume $20B a year, but have not made us safer. Just the opposite
The threat is not coming from outsiders.
The ‘migration crisis’ is a complete fiction
The Republicans are making legal action seem illegal.
The market is becoming less useful to Republicans. The long marriage of convenience is over
Mitch McConnell was never really a fan, writes Magdi Semrau
America does not have to wait for the next insurgency. We’re still living in the first one
Political violence has been optional since 2012.
The history that went into killing Adam Toledo
Most of us think policing was invented to deal with crime. Not so, says Mia Brett.
Q is exposed. Will he face consequences?
Probably not, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. Lying isn’t a crime.
Pro-life politics isn’t as moral as you think
It sidesteps, or accepts as necessary, a profound moral problem.