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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
How regime change happens in America
The defense secretary is signaling a major shift.
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is not triumphant but pathetic.
The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.
America’s health is in the hands of an anti-vaccine conspiracist.
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
You can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd.
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
The president’s former campaign manager was denied an official role in the Department of Homeland Security, but remains influential.