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August 2021

Hypocrisy Dressed Up as Indignation
Before Republicans whip themselves into a frenzy calling for Biden’s head, let’s remember how Afghanistan became a case study in Murphy’s Law.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
To Fix the Planet’s Future, Fix American Democracy
Mon., Aug. 16: The world is burning, and our government is stuck.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Ron DeSantis Has Not Reconsidered
Florida’s governor has paved a path to the White House that allows no room for deviation—no matter how many bodies lie between hither and yon
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
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We Made a Deal!
Tues., Aug. 3: The infrastructure bill’s bipartisan support didn’t come cheap.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist

July 2021

When Someone Shows You Who They Are …
The point isn't what the thing looks like. It’s what it is.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Misinformation Nation
The White House’s well-intentioned war on social media misinformation sets a dangerous precedent—and targets the wrong villain
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
We're With Stupid
Anti-vaxxers, climate change, and how the most powerful nation in the history of the planet is killing itself through willful ignorance
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist

June 2021

Race to the Bottom
The 2024 primary has already begun, and it's worse than you think
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
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The Hollow Gesture of the Juneteenth Vote
The same Congress that made Juneteenth a holiday won't lift a finger to actually help Black people—even to protect their right to vote.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
And what it tells us about the effort to undermine elections.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
The First Amendment Is Losing
Welcome to the frontal assault on reality.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
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