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Russ Vought Is Going To Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Alex Shephard The New Republic
Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government. President Trump posted an AI video of Vought as the Grim Reaper. The Project 2025 architect has lived up to the billing

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Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions

Matt Ford The New Republic
The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.

Colonizing Mars Is a Really, Really Terrible Idea

Stuart Jeffries The Guardian
Woah! say Kelly and Zach Weinersmith in this romp through the many rooms of a space folly. “Leaving 2C warmer Earth for Mars would be like leaving a messy room so you can live in a toxic waste dump.”

Friday Nite Videos | July 11, 2025

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A New Far-Right American Party?

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. His next target: democracy itself.

The Five & Dime Solution to Wealth Concentration

Gabriel Zucman The Guardian
Unprecedented wealth concentration – and the unbridled power that comes with it – distorts our democracy and drives societal and economic tensions. The Five & Dime tax would would break up concentrated wealth and generate substantial new revenue.
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