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The Price of Influence: What Political Billions Could Build Instead
The numbers are clean and they are brutal. In the 2022 midterm cycle, wealthy donors — defined by the Federal Election Commission as individuals contributing $200 or more — poured $1.9 billion…
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EPA Emissions Rollback Sparks Automaker Shift and Rising Public Health Risks
The EPA announced its EPA emissions rollback for new vehicle emissions standards on a Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, three major automakers had already pivoted their 2027 production schedules back toward internal combustion.…
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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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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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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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The Emperor’s New Clothes Are on Fire: A Reckoning With the Lies We’ve Been Sold
Look, I’m going to level with you. When the Emperor’s New Clothes are on fire, someone has to say it. A reckoning with the political lies we’ve all been sold — and…
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The Insider Trading Double Standard: When the Connected Win and Average Americans Go to Prison
The insider trading double standard has always existed. I grew up around people who traded on information. Not illegal insider trading — at least, not technically — but the kind of edge…