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Gov. Spencer Cox Has Been Preaching Calm in a Violent Moment—But There’s Something Missing

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Since the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk last week in Utah, the state’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, has won plaudits for his general moderation. In his press conferences and TV appearances, he was perhaps the lone member of his party to remind Americans that the person most responsible for killing Kirk was the young […]

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Justice Department Aims to Kill State Laws That Compel Major Polluters to Pay for Climate Harm

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to shut down a Vermont law which holds major polluters financially responsible for climate damages. In a brief filed on Monday in a federal court in Burlington, the administration said the policy was “unlawful on its […]

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The Trump Administration’s Latest Power Grab: Your Voter Data

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As the Trump administration vows to undertake a sweeping crackdown on liberal organizations following last week’s murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, the Justice Department on Tuesday sued two blue states, Maine and Oregon, to attempt to gain access to their full, unredacted voter registration lists, intensifying President Trump’s anti-voting efforts. The DOJ has demanded […]

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Name the One Political Party Led by Those Who Call for Violence

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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. After the past few days of jabbering about which political party is to […]

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His Book on Charlie Kirk Was About to Come Out. Then His Subject Was Murdered.

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For the past several years, Matthew Boedy, an English professor at the University of North Georgia, has been working on a book about the Christian nationalist aims of the conservative powerhouse group Turning Point USA and its late founder, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. In his forthcoming book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan […]

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Senate Committee Seeks Intel on Polluters’ Efforts to Kill Critical EPA Rule

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will overturn the rule which underpins virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee has launched an investigation into a suspected lobbying push that led to the move. On Tuesday, […]

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“Amateur Hour”: The Man Sending US Military Contractors to Gaza

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In July, one week after a whistleblower accused contractors from the American security firm UG Solutions of deploying stun grenades and shooting live ammunition toward Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a new song appeared on the SoundCloud account of “Jameson G.” Titled “demon-in-the-desert,” the dubstep track featured artwork of an alien with a dagger stabbed through […]

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Charlie Kirk and Trump’s Looming Political Crackdown

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The shocking assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week was part of a wider, horrific trend: the rise of political violence in America. But Kirk’s murder also seemed to reveal something even darker. Before a suspect was found—when facts were scarce—the race for political retribution was already well underway.  On Tuesday, Utah prosecutors charged […]

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Both the Left and the Right are Targeted by Political Violence. Who Perpetrates It?

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s gruesome killing last week was both a striking visual of our nation’s intensifying polarization and, by some counts, a catalyst for it to intensify more. Even before a suspect had been identified, there was a knee-jerk reaction among some Republicans to blame the Democratic Party for his death. Some even called […]

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Trump’s War on Wind Power Has One Very Big Exception

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As Donald Trump rolled down the 18th fairway at his Turnberry golf resort in July, he was troubled by a deathly vision, slowly spinning in the Scottish distance: wind turbines. “These things are massive, and you’re looking at these ugly windmills, and it’s a shame,” Trump lamented in an interview with the New York Post—yet […]

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Charlie Kirk’s Murder Fuels New Attacks on Higher Education

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In the days following the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, his friends and allies have called for revenge against all kinds of groups, including trans people and the so-called radical left, even as the motivations of the alleged shooter, who was reportedly raised in a Republican household, remain far from clear. Now, some of […]

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Samin Nosrat Arrives Right on Time

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In the crowded world of internet gourmands and celebrity chefs, it’s difficult to imagine a cookbook more eagerly anticipated than Good Things, the second from James Beard award-winning writer Samin Nosrat. After all, she’s beloved. “Everybody loves Samin Nosrat,” a 2019 Bon Appétit headline, rather accurately, noted after the publication of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, […]

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