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Stephen Miller’s New Terrorism Test: Do You Look Normal to Stephen Miller?

At a State Department summit, Trump’s policy enforcer turned counterterrorism into a beauty inspection - and exposed the authoritarian project beneath it.

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You Can Dress Up a Pig

A filthy little rhyme about the orange hog at the microphone, the cultcakes who clap for the slop, and the eternal truth that no suit, tie, or haystack wig can turn a fraud into a leader.

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Let Them Eat Ballroom: Trump’s Gold-Plated Ego Shrine Comes With a Security Excuse

While Americans are drowning in bills, Trump is trying to slap a ballroom on the White House, raise a giant triumphal arch in Washington, and call the whole thing “security.”

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Texas Isn’t Failing. It’s Being Managed Into a Ditch.

A state this rich should not be this bad at keeping kids safe, hospitals open, teachers secure, schools funded, and people insured. That isn’t freedom. That’s a policy autopsy wearing cowboy boots.

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When Democracy Wins, They Toss the Ballot

How Virginia became the warning shot for what Republicans will try nationwide when voters stop cooperating.

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Democracy, Doorways, and the Return of Jim Crow With Better Lighting

Gerrymandering, badges, and the cowardice of keeping representation out of the room.

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