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An uncomfortable truth about GOP anti-trans bigotry
This is how genocide begins.
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Noah Berlatsky
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Congress used to pass laws. Now we're a nation of executive orders.
Recent history shows it's not a stable way to make policy.
 • 
Aaron Rupar
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Lisa Needham
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Minnesota Democrats' historic legislative session
Voters gave Dems a trifecta, and they wasted no time using it to pass a breathtaking array of progressive legislation.
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Aaron Rupar
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Lisa Needham
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Nikki McCann Ramírez on detoxing from Tucker
Listen now (53 min) | "I'm so relieved ... it's very heavy content to be watching on a nightly basis."
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Aaron Rupar
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Kevin McCarthy releases the hostage — this time
The debt ceiling deal shows how we can muddle through fascism, at some cost.
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Noah Berlatsky
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Elon Musk's reactionary populism
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Hunter Walker on Mark Meadows’s texts and what he expects from the final J6 report
 • Aaron Rupar and Thor Benson
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The GOP's gun obsession goes deeper than campaign donations
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Biden is boldly reshaping the federal judiciary
He's making the courts look more like America. But that's not all.
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Lisa Needham
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The (many) perils of a debt default, explained by an economist
"If we default, even a little bit, we’re going to be paying a long-term price," Eric Leeper tells us.
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Aaron Rupar
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Thor Benson
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Ron Filipkowski on why DeSantis "absolutely" can still beat Trump
Listen now (48 min) | "How can you validate any poll in May 2023 when you have the frontrunner about to be indicted multiple times?"
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Aaron Rupar
How Twitter became a haven for climate misinformation
"The intention is to create a perception that denial is far more widespread than it actually is," Michael Mann tells us.
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Aaron Rupar
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Thor Benson
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The Democratic upset in Jacksonville is a product of the GOP's war on cities
Republican big city mayors are a highly endangered species. That's not a fluke.
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Aaron Rupar
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Noah Berlatsky
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Tim Mak on reporting from Ukraine 15 months into Putin's war
“It would drive you crazy to constantly obsess about whether or not a missile might come through the window.”
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Aaron Rupar
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What Elon Musk gets wrong about content moderation
Listen now (35 min) | "He approaches Twitter almost like a disgruntled Parlor user," Adam Kovacevich tells me.
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