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Forget what you saw in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'

President calls it a Democratic shutdown, while Democrats opposed to border wall funding chide Trump’s ‘temper tantrum’

Under capitalism, housing provision is based on what will make developers, lenders, and landlords rich — not what average people need to survive. That’s why we’ll never get decent, affordable housing for everyone under the free market.

Police departments have been sending their leaders to Israel to learn about the country's counterterrorism strategies since the 1990s. But growing opposition is pushing some to rethink these exchange programs.

We'd like to say that everyone can breathe easier after the midterm elections, which delivered an emphatic judgment on Trump and Trumpism. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this achievement in any way.

In the end, it’s irrational to decide what’s true in your daily life using empirical evidence, but then rely on wishful-thinking and ancient superstitions to judge the “truths” undergirding your faith.

In the third installment of The Amazon Diaries, a worker describes the madness that is the six-week ‘peak’ season

"Giving the deportation agencies of ICE and CBP more money will mean more people detained, more families separated and more deaths.”

A Very Special Counsel Christmas. Jon Batiste Performs 'Saint James Infirmary Blues'. Walking to America with the Migrant Caravan. Capernaum |Movie. Trump’s New Chief of Staff & Stephen Miller’s New Hairline

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