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Do we have to use ‘cult’ to describe normal illiberal politics?
Hillary Clinton knows the answer.
Justice is divisive and that’s OK
The framing of the Trump indictments story is stupid.
Trump’s prosecution is politically motivated, and thank God for that
It’s a product of democratic politics, not the rule of law.
Showing off was Trump’s motive
It defies imagination but it’s there.
The smoke is proof that no one is truly alone
Evidence of “the interdependent web of all existence”
We need gun control, not perverse legal precedents
Criminalizing ordinary people in impossible situations is grotesque.
Josh Hawley is not insecure about his manhood
Insecurity is sincere. He’s never sincere.
Manhood doesn’t require an argument in favor of it, but dominance does
Josh Hawley keeps arguing.
After 29 straight months, why does job growth continue to ‘surprise’ us?
We’re thinking as if we still lived in the 1970s.
The GOP can’t stop won’t stop hating the poor for their poverty
With the debt-ceiling deal, the poor will suffer twice as much.