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Trumpworld’s Worthless Transparency

The White House wants praise for empty revelations. But the timing of its disclosures reveals something valuable about its motives.

Even GOP Senators Don’t Really Know What They’re Voting On Today

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NYC Wants to Slash Its Rat Population. Good Luck With That.

We Shouldn’t Want Great Stage Actors to Make the Leap to Film

Crime

An Inconvenient Police Shooting

A black cop shot and killed a white woman in Minneapolis, and it’s twisting ideologues into knots.

Should Aaron Judge Be the Face of Baseball?

The Yankees slugger is remarkable, but right now, Major League Baseball needs a different kind of hero.

What the Response to a Police Shooting Sounds Like When a Black Cop Kills a White Woman

Aaron Judge Could Be the Face of Baseball, but He’s Not the Hero the Sport Needs Right Now

What Drives Steve Bannon? A Conversation About His Bigotry and Other Motivations.

How the GOP Can Protect the Rule of Law Before Trump Pardons Himself

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