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Politics With Charles P. Pierce
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That Mar-a-Lago Press Conference On Thursday Was Trump As His Most Nutty
the latest from the shebeen
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Philippe Petit Walked on Wire Fifty Years Ago
We’re all just out here taming the keeper of the abyss.
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Ron DeSantis’s Trans Health Care Ban Is DOA
Why is it so fun to watch this stupid law get struck down?
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I’m Laughing at Tim Walz’s Couch Crack
Cue the hand-wringing, which is a bit rich coming from this party.
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FBI Paid a Little Visit to Rep. Andy Ogles
Oh, you mean that $320,000?
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Neil Gorsuch Is Not Wild About SCOTUS Reform
The justice swung by Fox News to express his displeasure with the idea of being held to ethical standards.
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VP Pick Tim Walz Will Release HELL ON EARTH
Personally, I approve of the selection of anyone who once supervised a lunchroom.
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Did Trump Take $10 Million from Egypt?
Of course, you can predict the Trump response: Deep state! Fake news! Trump haters!
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J.D. Vance Is Stunningly Ignorant? You Don’t Say.
Before Lloyd Austin killed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s plea deal, the VP candidate had some choice drivel to share on the subject.
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Another Deeply Broken SCOTUS Negotiation
Take a grim look behind the scenes at the conservative-old-man museum.
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Biden Is Getting Serious About SCOTUS Reform
It's hard not to read his op-ed in The Washington Post without imagining that an expanded Court may be the gun on the table in Act One.
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J.D. Vance Sucks
This is before even taking the couch into consideration.
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Justice Elena Kagan's Got A Point
If there's no way to examine alleged misconduct, it's not much of a policy, now, is it?
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Rich Guy Had a Little Melty Over Kamala Harris
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The Most Unnerving Thing About the RNC
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J.D. Vance Is Already Stepping in It
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