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PROGRESS NOT HATE

by Mark Green | Oct 28, 2025 | Politics

The author has obtained an advance copy of a speech that the Democratic president-elect plans to deliver on Nov. 17, 2028. My Fellow Americans: I would like to thank the 87 million voters who provided the largest margin of victory in a presidential contest since 1972, entrusting me with the protection of their liberties and […]

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Two Firings—and Signs of Danger Ahead for Social Security

by Steven Pressman | Oct 24, 2025 | Economy

George Bernard Shaw quipped that if you lined up every economist, they would never reach a conclusion. Pshaw has always been my response to this. In August Donald Trump decisively proved Shaw wrong. He fired Erika McEntarfer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and claimed to fire (its legality is being litigated) Federal Reserve […]

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James Comey, Letitia James, and John Bolton

Criminalizing the Opposition

by Jonathan M. Winer | Oct 16, 2025 | Politics

When those in power bend the machinery of justice to their will, they rarely stop with their personal enemies. In 2025, Donald Trump began repurposing the powers of the federal government to hobble the infrastructure that enables Americans to vote—and especially to vote for Democrats. Dictating Prosecutions Within months of taking office, Trump demanded that […]

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Cracks Are Showing in Air Force Stonewall Over Minuteman ICBM Crews’ Cancer Charges

by Robert Rudney | Sep 29, 2025 | Health, National Security

Over 800 Air Force personnel have independently reported cases of cancer and other serious illnesses due to extended exposure to toxic chemicals while serving at three Minuteman ICBM bases since 2023. These missileers’ revelations come at a critical moment as the Air Force continues with restructuring its exorbitant $140.9 billion plan to decommission 450 Minuteman […]

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Charlie Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

Can The Left Have a Kirk?

by Kyle Spencer | Sep 26, 2025 | Politics

A day after Charlie Kirk’s mega-funeral—which corralled tens of thousands of young people, far right politicians, a roster of Christian Nationalist pastors and an otherwise distractible president, all into an Arizona stadium—political pundits on the left are already wondering: Can we have a Charlie Kirk? If you believe that Kirk’s inflammatory rhetoric towards Black women, […]

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