A Nation Conceived in Liberty Confronts Its Queasiness With the "MILF Mobile"
A new law banning “vulgar” vanity plates sets the stage for a free speech showdown in the Pine Tree State.
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At 245, America Is Old Enough to Be Honest About Its Founding
The Declaration of Independence's clause about "merciless Indian Savages" and its deleted passage on slavery say a lot about us.
Wall Street’s Candidate Loses Manhattan District Attorney Primary
After donating $8.2 million to her own campaign, Tali Farhadian Weinstein fell short.
Firms That Backed Gov. Charlie Baker’s Pro-Charter Initiative Scored Millions in Contracts With Massachusetts Pension Fund
Three private equity investment managers who supported the Yes on 2 campaign in 2016 have since seen their companies receive a windfall of new investments.
Nuclear Weapon Skeptics Face Turbulent Path to Rein In the Pentagon
As the Pentagon undertakes the most ambitious development of nuclear weapons in decades, skeptics in the House of Representatives haven’t yet found a unified strategy to achieve cutbacks.
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Farewell to Donald Rumsfeld, Dreary War Criminal
Rumsfeld managed to do terrible things throughout his life while remaining tremendously banal.
Schumer Amendment Shorts States $5 Billion in Covid-19 Relief Funding
A five-word change strips 23 states of more than a quarter of recovery aid for small towns.
The End of Roe
Rep. Mike Johnson Predicts Supreme Court Will Overturn Roe v. Wade
“You’re going to have a division in the country, you’re literally going to have pro-life and pro-death states,” Johnson told a group of GOP activists.
How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — and Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Flynn hitched his financial fortunes to QAnon as early as the summer of 2019, when he was facing a mountain of legal costs.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Wants to Defund Florida Universities That Teach Anti-Racism
DeSantis signed a law to track political beliefs at universities — and threatened budget cuts for those he doesn't like.