What Concerns Us
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Loyalty Over Qualifications: Inside the GOP’s Sycophant Problem
Okay, so I’m sitting at this diner on K Street—best burnt coffee in DC, fight me—and I’m flipping through Merriam-Webster because I need the official definition of “sycophant” for this piece. Here…
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The Cruelty Is the Point—Until We Decide It Isn’t
There’s a question Americans keep asking themselves in whispered conversations at kitchen tables and in late-night phone calls with old friends: When did we as a Nation become so filled with anger,…
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Stop the Steal: Trump’s $1.7 Billion IRS Settlement Demands His Own Slogan
The irony is so thick you could cut it with a subpoena. For four years, Donald Trump bellowed "Stop the Steal" to anyone within earshot. He plastered it on hats, screamed it…
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The Man With the Golden Grift: Trump’s Gilded Obsession and the Villains Who Came Before
There's something about gold that makes certain men lose their minds. Not the quiet appreciation of a wedding band or the historical weight of Fort Knox. I'm talking about the gaudy, ostentatious,…
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The Death of the Promise: How American Politicians Perfected the Public Lie
Politicians’ broken promises and public lies have become America’s defining political crisis. There was a time when getting caught in a lie ended careers. Now it barely interrupts them. Consider the ledger…
