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Politics With Charles P. Pierce
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Now Here's a Good Local Ordinance Idea: Limits On Work in Boiling Conditions
the latest from the shebeen
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Pity the Fifth Circuit Today
They sounded like they were looking for a way to uphold the federal law regarding protective orders without damaging their masterpiece on the New York open carry ruling.
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Today's Elections Will Have Huge Ripple Effects
Tons of below-the-radar stuff is on the ballot that could show up on the radar the next time we elect a president.
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Oopsie, Trump Forgot When He Left Office
That was the big moment from today's civil fraud trial. Otherwise, the Defendant spent most of the morning feuding loudly with the judge.
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Weird Day for Mike Johnson News
He was also apparently the dean of a law school that never had any students.
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It Would Be Nice to Predict the Future
If you want to know what the future holds, buy a Ouija board. Cut up a goat on a sacred rock. Rent a crystal ball from some Deadhead.
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I Don't Believe This Weekend's Scary Poll Numbers
That poll putting Trump ahead of Biden in all the major battleground states sure looks terrifying, but there's never been an election more clouded by the unknown than this one.
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Trump's Co-Defendants In GA Are Going For It
They're arguing that no, actually, the election really was stolen.
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The Section 3 of the 14th Amendment Question Rages
Trump's defense case mustered up an interesting roster of familiar Ghosts of MAGA Past.
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Mike Johnson Is Making Friends
Especially given that his attempt at linking emergency aid to Israel with cuts to the IRS was barbecued in bipartisan fashion once it arrived in the Senate.
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Congress Has Never Been More Useless
C-SPAN was must-see TV.
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Don't Spend Your Retirement This Way
Are there even direct flights from Fargo to Prague?
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Trump Is Running to Avenge Himself
Among those unwilling or unable to participate in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election: William Barr, Pat Cipillone, Mark Milley, and Mike Pence.
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President Biden Is Dealing With a Lot of Sh*t
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Good Voting-Rights News Out of Georgia?
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This Rep Was Against Gun Restrictions Until Now
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