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September 13, 2024

Is the Entire World Conspiring To Make It Look Like Trump Lost the Debate?

Jonathan Chait New York Magazine

Why did so many journalists describe the debate similarly? Matt Taibbi, a popular commentator who has migrated from liberal-hating leftist to liberal-hating Trump apologist, suggests the entire news media was taking orders from the Democratic Party.

September 13, 2024

The Young Woman Making Kamala Harris’ Strongest Case on Abortion Rights

Kathy Gilsinan Politico

Hadley Duvall helped a Democratic governor win in a red state. The vice president is counting on her to deliver votes in multiple battlegrounds.

September 13, 2024

The Naked ‘Survivor’ Guy Theory of U.S. Politics

Michael Hirschorn The New York Times

If reality television began as a crude simulacrum of real life, today the opposite can feel true — that actual life is approximating reality television, and we’ve all been conscripted as cast members. The contagion has leaked from the lab.

The GOP’s Three-Part Plan to Subvert Elections

September 13, 2024

Republicans have been laying the groundwork to subvert elections this fall

How to Debate | Sarah Cooper

September 13, 2024

Same words, same voice, but Sarah Cooper brings a whole different perspective to The Debate

Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty

September 13, 2024

Award-winning Cherokee writer Rebecca Nagle (By the Fire We Carry) talks about the more than a century-long fight for tribal sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma

Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy

September 13, 2024

Feature documentary shows how Christian Nationalist leaders have spread fear and anger for decades, distorting political issues into Biblical battles

School Lunch | John Oliver

September 13, 2024

John Oliver discusses school lunch programs in the US and why giving kids free lunch is in all of our best interest

September 13, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | September 13, 2024

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School Lunch | John Oliver. Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy. How to Debate | Sarah Cooper. Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty. The GOP’s Three-Part Plan to Subvert Elections.

September 12, 2024

Workers in the GoFundMe Economy: How Liberal Elites Fail to Understand Economic Anxiety

Taki Manolakos Dollars & Sense

Contrary to what some economists think, we are living in what we could call the GoFundMe Economy. Twenty-seven percent of adults have no emergency savings; only 44% could pay for an emergency expense of $1,000 or more.