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With just weeks before the presidential election, three Republican-led states have quietly filed an amended complaint against the FDA in the hopes of rolling back access to mifepristone across the country.

The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence.

Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives? "When we refer to “political junkies,” polls are pretty much the junk."

Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.

The presidential election is now two months away. What if the billionaire contests the result? What if he decides democracy is over-rated? This was Elon Musk's role in England. Now Trump is proposing him as our new Efficiency Czar.

While Donald Trump and J.D. Vance try to tear an Ohio town apart, Ohioans themselves have a more heartening response. While the nasty headlines swirl around them, Springfielders and Ohioans are making a point of saying no to Trump and Vance’s message

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If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins in November, his next administration comes armed with plans for a massive deregulation of federally-owned public land—your land, our land, the basis of our shared national identity.