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Politics
Elon Musk Only Has 100 Days Left in Government
The Trump White House insists he’s a ‘special government employee.’ That designation has a time limit.
The Man Madison Warned Us Against
He authored the Constitution to forestall the rise of a despotic president. We’ll soon see if those safeguards suffice.
Elon Musk, General Secretary of DOGE
The richest man on Earth is setting himself up as dictator of the United States.
House Releases Reverse Robin Hood Resolution
It would take food and medicine from the poor and give the money to the rich. But there’s nothing even approaching consensus among Republicans.
What Trump Could Learn From Hitler on NIH Funding
Even the Führer knew to support German science, and not just for war. Why is Trump trying to destroy America’s great research universities?
Government by Malicious Autopilot
The hostile takeover of federal IT systems is intended to use technology to reach preordained conclusions.
2024’s Foreseeable Unforeseens
What many refused to see in the last election becomes clearer day by day.
Corrupted Capitalism and Dithering Democrats
America needs a true opposition party.
Pete Hegseth’s Venmo: Defense Contractors, UnitedHealth Execs, Fox, and Friends
The VA may be the next government agency to go dark, if Pete Hegseth’s digital Rolodex is anything to go by.

