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Dominance Politics, Elite Gatekeeping and Jon OssoffTalking Points Memo Some are Using Trump’s Healthcare Checks to Support Charities — and Dem CandidatesTalking Points Memo We Now Know Just How Devastating the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Rulings WereTalking Points Memo The Trump Admin Is Undermining a SCOTUS Ruling Granting Disabled People the Freedom to Live Outside of InstitutionsTalking Points Memo AI and the Core Feature of the Silicon Valley EconomyTalking Points Memo Why is Elon Musk so obsessed with AOC?Daily Kos ICE scrambles to turn another victim of its violence into a criminalDaily Kos Mamdani says ICE agent looked like ‘a mass shooter’Daily Kos Whoops! GOP blows money airing attack ads in the wrong state.Daily Kos Now hiringDaily Kos Disbelief after Trump utters 'exceptionally stupid' claim about enforcing his 'ceasefire'Raw Story Trump's FCC chair orders investigation into 'hit job' on Don Jr.: reportRaw Story Trump administration busted airing ads after judge ordered them to stop: filingRaw Story 'Beware': Expert flags 'hallmark' sign of huge energy shock in key midterm statesRaw Story GOP operative predicts Hegseth's 'terrible idea' will force Trump to backpedal once moreRaw Story Trump Is Completely Detached From Reality As Midterm Loss ApproachesPoliticus USA Republicans Warn That Trump Is Dragging The Whole GOP DownPoliticus USA Abdul El-Sayed Turns The Tables On Kristen Welker When She Tries To Divide DemocratsPoliticus USA
INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and DronesProPublica Watch: Inside Our $22K Sports Betting ExperimentProPublica New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling AddictionProPublica The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department OfficialProPublica Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.ProPublica ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could GetThe Intercept Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland... OregonThe Intercept Pentagon Finally Counts an Iran War Death — Six Months LateThe Intercept Trump Wanted Minneapolis 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.The Intercept A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli DetentionThe Intercept Elon Musk Hopes His New Factory Will Help AI Supplant Life on EarthMother Jones Elon Musk Is the Midterms’ Biggest Disinformation RiskMother Jones Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the TrendMother Jones Homeland Security Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar’s ResidenceMother Jones Your Questions About Kristan Hawkins and the Campus Anti-Abortion Movement, AnsweredMother Jones Pete Hegseth’s High-Tech BarbarismThe Nation Elon Musk’s James Talarico Smear Blew Up In His FaceThe Nation Latino Pride: Honoring Heritage, Challenging Columbus DayThe Nation
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