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When Your Government Shatters the Lives of Two Million People in Gaza, Don’t Expect It to Make Life Better for You

Stan Cox May 11, 2025

The Trump regime’s approval numbers are sinking. Americans are in the streets protesting the regime’s cruel abuses of power. And Democratic voters are yelling at their party’s leaders to show some backbone. Party operatives are counting on this nationwide backlash to gain them House and Senate majorities in next year’s congressional elections. Many liberals and […]

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Stan Cox is the author of seven books, including  The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can  and Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World. He lives in Salina, Kansas.

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The Crowning of Executive Power

President as King

David S. D’Amato April 27, 2025

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