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SCOTUS is dirty. Let’s clean it up
Rightwing justices aren’t going to police themselves.
Why are there so many mass shootings? It’s an insurgency
Yet we won’t see it.
No, Texas can’t invoke the invasion clause
It’s politics, not a legal theory.
Saying that ‘trans people deserve to be alive’ is political
Denying it only makes things worse.
Political violence is an expression of the status quo
Why does it surprise us?
By destroying Twitter, Elon Musk reveals contempt for democracy
It’s not enough to stop worshiping billionaires.
The Republicans may have the House, but the Democrats have the respectable white people
They haven’t begun calling themselves Democrats, though.
‘Stochastic terrorism’ works well for the Republicans
There is, alas, more to come.
Time to start busting trusts again
The Biden administration got the memo.
The Democrats didn’t perform well in spite of inflation. They performed well because of it
Turn the conventional wisdom on its head.