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Baltimore Mayor to Trump: Don’t Send Your Troops

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When Brandon Scott took office in late 2020 as one of the youngest mayors in Baltimore’s history, he pledged to reduce the number of homicides and incidents of gun violence. That year, there were 335 reported homicides in the city of roughly 600,000 people, making it one of the most dangerous cities per capita in […]

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If Only Pete Hegseth’s Military Shaving Crusade Was Just Stupid

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On September 17, Pete Hegseth—newly dubbed our Secretary of War—announced that any member of the US military who needs a shaving exemption for more than a year will be forced out of the service, tossing out a decades-old policy created for mainly Black and brown troops with pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that makes daily […]

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Who’s Part of Trump’s “Radical Left”? Maybe You.

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A version of 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. Following the horrific murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, Donald […]

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Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much to the chagrin of many autistic adults, who were completely excluded from the process. The two, alongside administration officials including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator […]

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Trans Health Care “Skeptics” Lost a Key Ally—Now They’re Having a Meltdown

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Colleagues call Gordon Guyatt the “godfather” of evidence-based medicine. Guyatt, a distinguished professor of medicine at McMaster University in Canada, has had sweeping influence on medical research: GRADE, the framework he helped pioneer to assess the evidence behind clinical recommendations, is a standard at more than 100 medical organizations, including the WHO. Before Guyatt, medicine […]

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The Bonkers Wellness Myths That Fueled Trump’s Autism Announcement

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In a long-awaited and much-dreaded announcement on Monday evening, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed today that the government has uncovered two potential explanations for autism. In a formal White House announcement they asserted that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy and folate deficiency in pregnant people […]

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How To Survive a Republican Power Grab

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This was not how Greg Casar planned to spend his recess. On a Thursday afternoon in mid-August, as the clock ticked down on the first special session of the Texas legislature, the 36-year-old second-term Democratic congressman was sitting at the head of a small wooden conference table, commiserating with the legislator on the other end […]

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How to Survive a Republican Power Grab

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This was not how Greg Casar planned to spend his recess. On a Thursday afternoon in mid-August, as the clock ticked down on the first special session of the Texas legislature, the 36-year-old second-term Democratic congressman was sitting at the head of a small wooden conference table, commiserating with the legislator on the other end […]

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Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Was Christian Nationalism’s Biggest Moment

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On Sunday, a crowd of 80,000 people — plus scores more watching online — memorialized Charlie Kirk. The event, held at a State Farm Stadium, home to the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, brought together the biggest names in Christian music while also featuring a predictable lineup of MAGA loyalists. There were declarations that Donald Trump was […]

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Secret Service: Meet the Posters Behind Instagram’s Federal Agency Alt Accounts

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Rachel, as she puts it, is the kind of person who rushes in to help. That’s why she used to work at USAID, and why, just 10 days into President Donald Trump’s second administration, she rented a room in a Washington bar for her former colleagues to gather. That evening, Rachel recalls, they shared drinks […]

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They’ve Won In Court, But ICE Is Still Detaining and Trying to Deport Them

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When a 41-year-old Nigerian mother of two appeared before an immigration judge in New Jersey this January, she was ready with her life story.  Laura, as her friends call her, arrived in the United States on a tourist visa in 2020. She was fleeing domestic violence and in-laws who she believed would kill her because […]

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They’ve Won in Court, But ICE Is Still Detaining and Trying to Deport Them

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When a 41-year-old Nigerian mother of two appeared before an immigration judge in New Jersey in January, she was ready with her life story.  Laura, as her friends call her, arrived in the United States on a tourist visa in 2020. She was fleeing domestic violence and in-laws who she believed would kill her because […]

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