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Donald Trump: The Boy Who Cried Hoax

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So often when Donald Trump is cornered, he manages to escape thanks to a simple tactic: He cries hoax. With his latest troubles—caused by his administration’s declaration that there’s nothing new to see or investigate regarding deceased pedophile and sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein—Trump is once again screaming “hoax.” Yet it is not quite doing the trick. […]

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Trump’s IRS Gives Christian Nationalists a Big Boost

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My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this beautiful Sunday morning, I stand behind this pulpit to share with you—and the tens of thousands of other believers who are watching—a troubling and painful fact: Congresswoman Smith is a tool of Satan. She has sided with him on issue after issue. She is an impediment […]

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A July 4th Reflection

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. As the nation celebrates its 249th birthday, it’s hard not to wonder […]

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Dear Joe Rogan, Kash Patel Played You

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Dear Joe Rogan, I don’t know you. We’ve never met, and I am not a regular listener of your podcast. But I have the impression you are a man who does not like to be played. I regret to inform you that Kash Patel played you. When the FBI director was on your show last […]

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In Trump’s Wartime Reality Show, Truth Is a Casualty

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Donald Trump often does not tell the truth. The intelligence community produces classified reports that are unavailable for outside evaluation. Thus, the public cannot trust what Trump and his crew say about the intelligence. This is a fundamental problem. We cannot accept as fact what Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi […]

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Trump Expands His War on Truth to Iran

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. It was hard for me to ponder Donald Trump’s attack on Iran without […]

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Will Trump’s Disinformation Presidency Lead to Civil War?

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Ten years ago this week, Donald Trump rode down an elevator, surrounded by […]

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Musk Gets Out—and Gets Off Easy

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Elon Musk packed his bags and skedaddled out of Washington, DC, last week, […]

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Trump Can’t Escape the Original Sin of His Presidency: His Bond with Putin

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Donald Trump set off another social media eruption on Tuesday when he posted on his money-losing Truth Social site, “What Valdimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!” Here apparently was evidence […]

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Trump’s Big Fail: Making America the 1980s Again

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Gargantuan tax cuts for the well-heeled, draconian cuts in programs for low-income Americans, […]

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For Trump, le Grift, C’est Moi

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. The only time I ever worked on a political campaign, decades ago, I […]

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America, Say Goodbye to a Generation of Scientists, Researchers, and Policy Experts

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. The other day I ran into an acquaintance who runs a government program […]

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