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The fetish of George Santos
He’s an empty vessel into which the Republicans pour their desires.
Suddenly, the Republicans want a piece of the action
The party of no seems to be rethinking the utility of no.
Book bans and why liberals win the argument but lose the fight
The rightwing target is what progressivism does to education.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has outlived her usefulness
Biden and the Democrats have assimilated progressive politics.
Worshiping the elevated rational choices of the rich is no way to a better world
Many effective altruists are sincere and want to do good but …
The best worst lab leak book yet
Andrew Huff explains how he told on yourself in 312 pages.
The only way to preserve the rule of law is by preserving democracy
Most people have it backward.
Abortion pills, abortion bans and Republican policies that kill
Anti-abortionists claim in a new suit that the Food and Drug Administration shouldn’t have approved it in the first place.
Republicans don’t serve their states. They immiserate them
Why are people from states with the worst child poverty problems determined to kill the Child Tax Credit expansion program?
Anti-trans laws and the collapse of the American imagination
Liberals don’t need to chase after every fact.