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Politics With Charles P. Pierce
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President Biden Is Getting Serious About Supreme Court Reform
the latest from the shebeen
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J.D. Vance Sucks
This is before even taking the couch into consideration.
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Justice Elena Kagan's Got A Point
If there's no way to examine alleged misconduct, it's not much of a policy, now, is it?
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Why Is Christopher Dunn Still in Prison?
Christopher Dunn’s thirty-three-year sentence was about to end when the Missouri Supreme Court intervened.
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President Biden’s Valedictory Address
What struck me as truly noble was how he worked so hard to summon the Joe Biden we’ve always known.
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The Cynic and the Two Nations
It’s been twenty years since then-state senator Obama assured us there was not a liberal America and a conservative America. In that time, a new country has been building with fearful momentum. Can anything be done to stop it?
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Netanyahu Had No Business Addressing Congress
That speech was every bit the terrible idea it seemed to be at the outset, but hey, Mike Johnson got what he wanted.
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John Mayall Is Dead at 90
Rest in peace to one of the greatest natural talent scouts this side of Branch Rickey.
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Dems’ Big Plans to Restore Chevron Deference
Best of luck to her with the current Congress, but we still love to see it.
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Spare a Thought for Canada, Which Is on Fire
Thousands of people have been evacuated from around Jasper, Alberta.
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Get to Know the Oversight Project
They seem to be plowing a whole lot of money into questionable investigations.
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Rich Guy Had a Little Melty Over Kamala Harris
When the dust clears, Democrats may want to seriously question their relationship with wealthy donors.
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The Most Unnerving Thing About the RNC
I am not ready for a quasi-religious cult springing up around the most thoroughgoing heathen ever to sit in the White House.
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Cops Shot a Man Near the RNC
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No One Is Having Fun at the RNC
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Let’s Take a Closer Look at J.D. Vance, Shall We?
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