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Tag: Corruption

REVOLUTION NOW

There is a man you should know. His name is Russell Ellis. He grew up in the mountains of North Carolina inside a home where racism was not a flaw to be corrected but a foundation to be built upon. He was raised, as he puts it plainly, not merely around racists, but by them. […]

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Virtual Treason and Genuine Incompetence

Let us be precise about what happened. The New York Times and the Washington Post reported that classified American intelligence assessments show Iran has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, roughly 75 percent of its mobile missile launchers, operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, […]

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Something Rotten In The State

I am a fallen spirit. I was King of Denmark. I have not risen for spectacle. I am not summoned for theatrics. I rise because I recognize a familiar rot. Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing to what I shall unfold. I once ruled a kingdom. I learned early that power decays when it stops listening. When men stop asking what they owe and […]

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January 6: What We Are Asked to Forget

Every anniversary of January 6 arrives with the same demand: forget what you saw. Forget the broken windows of the United States Capitol.Forget the chants that rose like smoke inside the halls of power.Forget the officers crushed against doors, beaten with poles, sprayed, stomped, hunted.Forget the dead. Instead, we are offered a bedtime story. It […]

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The Unmatched Transparency of the Trump Administration: A Guided Tour Through Bright, Shimmering Deceit

Karoline Leavitt reminds us so often it practically counts as a devotional ritual: The Trump administration is the most transparent administration in American history. And who are we to question this gospel? Let us instead examine the brilliant examples of this legendary transparency, many examples drawn from just the past few weeks, where Trump’s openness […]

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