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Not the News You Were Expecting Today
Or, how the dismantling of American freedoms is happening right under a news-cycle trained eye. Now that OBBBA is law, we must move forward.
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Rick Herbst
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Now is NOT the Time for Political Laryngitis
Progressives, consider this: Nobody is coming to save our liberties or defend our freedoms. Much is happening in what appears to be a lull. This keeps…
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Rick Herbst
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Beating MAGA: How we can Win (Pt. 1)
While it may seem that the current regime is doing everything it can to consolidate power into Trump’s hands, we have great lines of counterattacks to…
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Rick Herbst
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Performance Review: Six-Month Scorecards for Four Agencies Under Trump's Massive Cuts
The DoD, SSA, HHS, and the State Department were all ordered to make massive cuts. Here's how it affected their capacity and abilities.
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Rick Herbst
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Trump’s Revenge-Presidency: Unhinged & Explained
In a time when it feels like cruelty is the point of the Trump regime, it can be hard to see the specific liberties and rights they’re eroding. Today…
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Rick Herbst
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Trump’s OCD, Self Shooting in Foot
The days are running out for this Mad King to keep fooling around with our global economic relationships over tariffs. Soon we’ll be relegated to the…
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Week’s Wrap-Up: Excess ICE, Epstein, Tariffs and RFK Jr. is Still a Quack
There's not a week in the Trump regime that doesn't make us cringe, crawl under a desk, or stay under the covers.
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Rick Herbst
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ICE Sees Dead People, Palantir Surveils, LA Laughs
As our federal government commits digital murder, it's building a first-class surveillance state. Oh, and LA has a good laugh at ICE.
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Rick Herbst
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So, This is Independence Day? Wait a Sec...
A tax bill that virtually nobody wants becomes the law. Immigrants are caged like animals in a sweltering hot swamp in Florida. This is what our…
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Rick Herbst
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Today’s Political Moment: The Origin Story, Simplified
Today, I focus on pulling big threads from decades of our history to make a rope. I hope we’ll tie that to a more hopeful view of the future in America.
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Rick Herbst
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Wonder if your News is a Lie? Here’s Why.
News reporting has taken a long, winding downward trajectory over the past two decades. Identifying what you’re reading or seeing is the first step…
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Maximum Overdrive Pressure on These 6 Senators for Trump’s Tax Nightmare
Regardless of party affiliation, the OBBBA will obliterate medical coverage, likely cut your take-home pay, and give trillions to the wealthiest among…
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