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How to Stop the Fascism
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How to Stop the Fascism
What we do after another DHS murder
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January 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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January 19, 2026
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January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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What we know about Ford autoworker's confrontation with Trump www.snopes.com/news/2026/01...
What we know about Ford autoworker's confrontation with Trump
A video shows the president flipping off a heckler during a visit to a Ford plant in Michigan.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Kristi Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
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Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
Trump started off the day with an Insurrection Act threat. DHS Sec. Noem followed up by saying that anyone "surrounding" any DHS target has to prove their legal status.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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We Make Our Own Monsters
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We Make Our Own Monsters
Foucault’s Boomerang and the road from Fallujah to Minneapolis.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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January 6, 2026
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January 6, 2026
“They say that when you win the presidency you lose the midterm,” President Donald J.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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A unilateral change to childhood vaccines: What it means for you
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A unilateral change to childhood vaccines: What it means for you
And why it matters
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January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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The ‘Peace President’ Goes To War For Oil
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The ‘Peace President’ Goes To War For Oil
And his base cheers him on.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War
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If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War
MAGA stooges destroyed the rule of law
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January 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck newrepublic.com/article/2044... via @newrepublic.com
RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is forcing his MAHA agenda on all of us—and it’s already getting ugly.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
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Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
With apologies for writing about such a serious topic as we enter the Christmas holidays, these developments seemed too important to ignore.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS
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No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS
Some statements are wrong enough to make your head explode.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The Logic of Destruction
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The Potemkin Pentagon Press
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The Potemkin Pentagon Press
Stacking a briefing room with Trump stans might seem like good praxis for a guy like Pete Hegseth. But it can backfire, too.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime to redact Epstein files, documents show www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime to redact Epstein files, documents show
Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold sued the FBI and DOJ for the files as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
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One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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190. SNAP WTF?
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190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
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November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Did the White House make this parody MySpace page mocking Democrats over shutdown? www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...
Did the White House make this parody MySpace page mocking Democrats over shutdown?
The page titled "MySafeSpace" appeared on the White House website as the federal government shutdown entered its second month.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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An Autocracy of Dunces
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An Autocracy of Dunces
How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America’s quickly declining democracy
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October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The Pentagon's Attack on Free Speech Doesn't Have To Work
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The Pentagon's Attack on Free Speech Doesn't Have To Work
When it comes to things the government can’t do without violating the First Amendment, imposing prior restraints on what the media can report is near the top of the list, absent a compelling rationale...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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DOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
DOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing
The study was still on the website as of Sept. 11, 2025, but was removed by the following day, two days after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down.
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BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 websites are down.
The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Removing Fluoride From Water? url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2838324?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=090825
September 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The American Dictator
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The American Dictator
Tonight, we have the specter of an American president trying to take control of an American city for thinly veiled political reasons.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM