His fans love to see norms broken, but they demand new and increasingly outrageous material in order to be satisfied.
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Milking Profits: The Dairy Monopolies That Are Hurting Farmers
Born of a noble idea, dairy cooperatives let farmers join forces to get a good price for their milk and stand up to powerful interests. Now the coops are powerful, huge, and squeezing the farmers that ostensibly own them.
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As The West Burns, Trump Appoints a Climate Science Denier to NOAA
The catastrophic consequences of climate change are already making themselves felt all over the world. But nowhere is it more obvious today than in the American west, where unprecedented wildfires are raging, billowing plumes of smoke, turning the skies orange and forcing those without air conditioning or suffering from power blackouts to choose between breathing […]
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To Save Democracy, Democrats Must Hold Trump Officials Accountable
People have to go to jail for what has happened.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal
Why Bill Barr Shields Foreign Terrorists from the Death Penalty
And yet, the AG has revived capital punishment for U.S. convicts. It’s time to end the hypocrisy and stop all executions.
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A Lesson From the Pandemic on How Our Culture Infects Politics
These are some of the mistakes that keep us from addressing the major challenges we face today.
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We Can’t Endure Much More Bad Leadership
More than grand historical forces, it’s poor decision-making that led us to our dire straits.
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Will an Endorsement From Joe Lieberman Help Susan Collins?
It is balanced by condemnations from the staff of former Senator Olympia Snowe.
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Donald Trump, Constitutional Grift, and John Yoo
The former Bush administration lawyer defends Trumpian assertions of power. He’s not convincing.
