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Stephen Miller Pours Fuel on the Fire, Again

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Subtlety is not one of Stephen Miller’s strong suits. Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, who alternately has been called the administration’s “attack dog” and “the president’s id,” has a well-known penchant for the kind of breathless, overheated language that would make the hackiest of hacks blush. Scroll through his X feed and […]

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It’s Never Too Soon For the Right to Blame Trans People

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When Utah authorities announced on Friday morning that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson had been apprehended in connection with the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, they quelled a storm of rumors and inaccurate reporting about the gender identity and motivations of Kirk’s shooter. Almost immediately after Kirk was shot on Wednesday, right-wing social media accounts began […]

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Streaming Star Hasan Piker Was Set to Debate Charlie Kirk. Now He’s Warning of a “Reichstag Fire Moment.”

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On September 25, the left-wing Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker was supposed to debate Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. But one hour into an eight-hour stream on Wednesday, Piker’s chat started posting that Kirk got shot. “Oh my God, he definitely got shot in the neck,” Piker said, his hand covering his […]

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The Full Weight of the Federal Government Is Being Used to Memorialize Charlie Kirk

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After the shocking murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk on Wednesday afternoon, tributes and expressions of grief poured in from conservative politicians and activists, along with expressions of sympathy and denunciations of political violence from both sides of the aisle. Now, however, numerous government and elected officials are taking their protection of Kirk’s legacy a […]

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Shoulder-Checks and Smoking Weed: The Petty Crimes Being Prosecuted Under Trump’s DC Crackdown

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“Good afternoon,” is how Magistrate Judge Heide Herrmann welcomed detainees into DC Superior Court room C-10 when it was their turn to stand in front of the bench on Monday. But at 8:37 p.m., it was hardly “afternoon” anymore. Nor was it a good day for most of the inmates. They had been brought over […]

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The Saga of RFK Jr. and an Estonian Vaccine Skeptics Conference

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Last week, organizers for the “European Conference of Health and Human Rights” announced a change: Their keynote speaker, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had withdrawn after Estonian politicians reportedly called Kennedy a “quack” and “cuckoo.” It was the end of an odd saga. A month earlier, organizers announced Kennedy was […]

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Mass Deportations Ensnare Immigrant Service Members and Veterans

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In the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, US Army veteran Sae Joon Park kept in mind a warning from an immigration officer: If Donald Trump were elected, Park would likely be at risk for deportation. Park was just 7 when he came to the US from Seoul, South Korea. A green card […]

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Pardoned Insurrectionists Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Call for Civil War

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In the aftermath of Wednesday’s assassination of right-wing youth leader Charlie Kirk, in the midst of more sober calls for mourning and moderation, many far-right influencers quickly began to call for revenge against the left—whom they blamed for Kirk’s death. They did so even though the shooter still has not been identified, nor their motivations […]

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No, Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

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Tragedy is a powerful shaper of narratives. In the aftermath of the horrific assassination of MAGA champion Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two, it was natural that his allies, including President Trump, lionized him as a patriot, free-speech advocate, and activist. And political opponents somberly denounced the terrible killing, as they should, with […]

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Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Found Guilty of Coup Attempt

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A simple majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices voted to convict former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of leading a coup attempt following his electoral defeat in 2022. Bolsonaro, painted by prosecutors as the orchestrator of the conspiracy, was found guilty on five counts, including coup d’état and attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. […]

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The Supreme Court Says ICE Can Consider Race, But Colleges Can’t.

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On October 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that threatens to reshape American politics by making elected leaders whiter and locking communities of color out of power. The case concerns the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s requirement that minority communities have an equal opportunity to elect representatives of […]

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The Cruel Catch-22 of Cash Aid

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The Covid-19 pandemic’s stimulus checks and tax credits helped mainstream the idea that government could help unwealthy people through hard times by simply giving them cash—without conditions like work requirements or stringent income limits. Since then, the push for guaranteed income for the poorest Americans, for whom wage stagnation, inequality, and the disappearance of blue-collar […]

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