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Eighteen Months Later: Trump’s Tariff Tantrum Isn’t Getting Better With Age
Here’s the thing about Trump tariffs and economic disasters: they don't improve just because you stop paying attention to them. They metastasize. It's been almost a year and a half since "Liberation…
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The Cruelty Is the Point—Until We Decide It Isn’t
There’s a question Americans keep asking themselves in whispered conversations at kitchen tables and in late-night phone calls with old friends: When did we as a Nation become so filled with anger,…
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When Fear Becomes Policy: What the President Didn’t Tell You About Voter Fraud
The president addressed the nation last night, and if you believed what you heard, American elections are under siege. Rampant fraud. Compromised systems. Democracy on the brink. Here’s what President Trump didn’t…
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How We Made Wildfire Season Permanent and the impact of Climate Change
The LA fire started on January 7th. By January 11th, it had consumed over 40,000 acres and destroyed more than 12,000 structures. Four days. But here’s the footnote no one’s talking about:…
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The America We Still Believe In
We need to talk about what’s happening to us.Is this the America we still believe in? Not in the abstract way politicians prefer, where problems become talking points and suffering becomes statistics.…
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The Hearings You Didn’t Watch — And Why That Should Terrify You
Senate confirmation hearings this week: Todd Blanche for Attorney General. Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence. You worked today. Maybe you dropped kids at school, sat in traffic, answered emails that…
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The Rearview Mirror Is Not a Decoration: A Plea for Road Awareness
Road awareness driving is a lost art in America. There I am, Thursday morning, Interstate 95, trying to pass a Subaru Outback doing exactly 63 miles per hour in the left lane.…
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The Blunt Instrument: How Executive Orders Became a Sledgehammer to Democracy
By Harry Tukis, Sr. Political Reporter Executive orders democracy advocates fear is under threat. There’s a peculiar irony in watching a president who campaigned against executive overreach wield the executive order like…
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Turkey Legs and Traffic Jams: A Survival Guide to Festival Season
The first warm Saturday in June, I found myself wedged between a woman carrying three funnel cakes and a man in a Viking helmet at the Riverside County Fair. Neither seemed aware…
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Who Gets to Guard the Gate? Federal Power and the Fight Over Elections
Look, I’m going to level with you: I’ve watched a lot of countries argue about who controls their elections. I’ve seen what happens when trust evaporates. And what’s happening in America right…
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