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September 2025

You Have the Numbers But They Make the Game
Here’s How the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer
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Antisemitic Rhetoric Will Only Hurt the Democratic Party
A Values-Based Alliance Under Threat
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An Open Letter to Zohran Mamdani
Let’s be honest.
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Heads Trump Wins, Tails the Democrats Lose
Another Win for Teflon Don
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Who Is Really Responsible for Charlie Kirk’s Death?
Donald Trump as the Tom Buchanan of American Politics
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$100k H-1B Visas: It’s Just DEI for American Citizens
For years, conservatives have attacked diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in hiring as an assault on meritocracy.
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How the Banking System Works — and Why the Fed Matters More Than You Think
When you put $1,000 in your bank account, it doesn't sit in a vault with your name on it.
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Drones, Borders, and Silk Roads: Poland's Pressure Test Wasn't About NATO
When Russian drones slipped into Polish skies earlier this month, the headlines were predictable: "Is Moscow testing NATO?" Another round of graphics…
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Fed Manipulation for Dummies
If you want to pressure the Fed to goose the economy and help at the polls, there's a way to do it: quietly, where nobody sees you.
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Trump's $550 Billion Factory Fantasy
Donald Trump now wants to spend $550 billion—Japan's money, not ours—on a sweeping plan to "rebuild U.S.
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America's National Credit Card: How Politicians Discovered "Free" Wars
The Robber Barons and the Birth of Industrial America
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