Money Can’t Buy Me Votes
Republicans are going to try to solve their midterm problems with money. Good luck to them.
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Yet right-wing leaders like Trump and Putin keep starting them.
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States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.
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This Office Was the Best Defense Against Discrimination in Schools. Trump Destroyed It.
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights once resolved issues before they became yearslong investigations.
Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case
Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?
The Brownback Brushback in Kansas
Data centers and a stadium deal have set the table for a contentious governor’s race in a state that has yet to recover fully from its disastrous mid-aughts tax-cutting ‘experiment.’
‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal
Even more people want Medicare for All than did last December, a new poll shows.
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Organized Money: What Do AI Giants Really Want?
All the money in the world, and absolutely no liability.
Organized Money: How the Democratic Party Runs on Elder Fraud
Don’t respond to the text, don’t even read it, and make sure your parents don’t either.
Left Anchor: The Odyssey, Reviewed
A speaker of Homeric Greek weighs in on Christopher Nolan’s film.
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In 1995, Newt Gingrich lobotomized Congress’s technical brain trust. It should be rebuilt.
Trump’s Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix
All that’s needed is the political will to staff the government and nudge up taxes.
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Money Can’t Buy Me Votes
Republicans are going to try to solve their midterm problems with money. Good luck to them.
Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case
Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?
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