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What Happened to the "Don't Tread On Me" Conservatives?
Guess what, they never cared about individual rights or had a problem with state violence. It just depends on who's on the receiving end.
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Trump Is Proving the Wacky Lefties Right
No blood for oil? Abolish ICE? What used to be far-left ideas are now just sensible responses to this administration.
Jan 13
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America is Now A Rogue State
Call it neo-royalism, call it gangsterism, but Trump is determined to create a world of chaos where he can plunder what he wants.
Jan 8
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Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
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The Real Reason Reporters Won't Talk About Trump's Mental Decline
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If the Public Turns Against Trump, It Won't Be to Save Democracy
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Trump Goes to War Against His Own Supporters
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You Are the "Inefficiency"
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Why the Democratic Party Fears Its Best Candidates
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Elon Musk's Chatbot Is a Machine of Horrors
Didn't like the Nazi stuff? Well now Grok is making sexualized images of children.
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
The Cross Section year-end roundup, and a look ahead.
Jan 2
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No, Whiny Billionaires Will Not Flee California
A 5% wealth tax may be on the ballot there next year. But these guys gain and lose 5% of their fortunes in the stock market all the time. Why does this…
Dec 30, 2025
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Why JD Vance Can't Ride Whiteness to the White House
He thinks naked white supremacy will make him president. He's almost certainly wrong.
Dec 22, 2025
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Trump Gets Ready to Get His War On
Would the public really be down for a war on Venezuela?
Dec 19, 2025
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Being a Huge Asshole Is Not Good Politics
It would be one thing if Trump was delivering for the average person. But when he isn't, his complete lack of human virtue becomes a bigger problem.
Dec 16, 2025
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The RFK Jr. Catastrophe Holds An Important Lesson In the Uses of Power
Just a kid with a dream, that one day millions more people could die from preventable diseases.
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