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COUNTING THE COST
If women are going to be forced to have babies, then it is reasonable to expect anti-abortion states to help foot the bill.
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HERO FOR (JUST) A DAY
Sure, the former veep stopped Trump’s election steal on Jan. 6. But he sat on his hands for months as the Big Lie snowballed, and now he doesn’t even want to talk about it.
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THE DECISION
If a coup attempt doesn’t merit prison time, what would?
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LAST STAND
Whether or not it moves the political needle, this was a clear, damning account of what happened on that dark day, and Trump’s role in it.
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A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA…
What is standing in the way of the common sense gun regulation that super-majorities of Americans want is not the Second Amendment, it’s politics.
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THE OLD CROW’S SHOW
The wily Senate Minority Leader has been a consistent political winner for decades. But it’s all in service of himself.
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YOU OWN THIS NOW
Trump’s mismanagement of COVID probably cost him the 2020 election. If Biden doesn’t correct his own administration’s pandemic mistakes, it’ll cost him the next one.
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VATICAN POLICY
A Catholic conservative majority is openly imposing its moral values on its legal judgments.
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THERE’S ALWAYS A ‘BUTT’
The FDA’s proposed menthol ban can save Black lives. But critics say this will only lead to greater criminalization of Black communities.
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SO MUCH FOR STARE DECISIS
A constitutional right that has been in place for 50 years is about to be shattered on the wing of a promise to her that predictably turned out to be a lie.
