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Illiterate Republicans Have Reignited a January 6 Conspiracy Theory
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said.“We never go to the front,...
ICE Just Detained the Superintendent of Iowa’s Largest School District
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said.“We never go to the front,...
Clarence Thomas Says the Supreme Court Is Coming for More Precedents
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said.“We never go to the front,...
Hegseth’s “Urgent” Military Meeting Is for Dumbest Reason Imaginable
Pete Hegseth’s big, urgent military summit will just be a “pep rally” for what he calls the “warrior ethos.” Earlier this week, the defense secretary ordered a mass gathering...
This Is Why ICE Agents Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Wear Masks
An ICE agent has been “relieved of his duties” after he was caught on camera assaulting a woman in a Manhattan immigration court Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security...
Why Trump Is Obsessed With Destroying People Like Comey and Kimmel
The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, and the process that led up to it, is one of the most alarming and authoritarian acts of President Trump’s second...
Trump All but Admits Direct Involvement in Comey Charges
The president didn’t hesitate to celebrate the charges. Rather than await the results of a fair and honest trial, Trump appeared to set the tone for the prosecution of...
Zohran Mamdani Is Threading One of the Trickiest Needles in Politics
In contrast, while Mamdani has made affordability the focus of his campaign, he has also emphasized other issues that might resonate with liberal New Yorkers who are fairly well-off...
Get Ready for Another Rightward Lurch in the New Supreme Court Term
Another case, Chiles v. Salazar, will allow the justices to scrutinize Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for young LGBTQ patients on First Amendment grounds. Nearly two dozen states forbid...
The So-Called Energy Transition Never Happened
There’s no one-to-one substitution, in other words, between “fossil fuels” and “clean energy.” As Jean-Baptiste Fressoz writes in his fascinating history of transition thinking, More and More and More,...
