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Senate Dem Leaders Are Trying to Sink Graham Platner. Voters Aren’t Convinced.
Despite his high-profile controversies, Platner is still popular with Mainers. But leadership isn’t budging from its centrist pick.
Eoin Higgins
Eoin Higgins is a journalist based in New England. He is the author of "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voice on the Left," published by Hachette.
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The Bloodbath at Washington Post Is All Jeff Bezos’s Fault
Billionaires like Bezos and Trump have no real interest in a free press — particularly when massive profits are on the line.
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It’s Time for Concrete Action on ICE. Sadly, We Have the Democrats.
Democrats have offered cussing and scolding after the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. We need a real plan of attack, now.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Rebranding for the Post-MAGA Era. Centrists Are Falling for It.
By breaking with Trump, Greene might be looking to broaden her appeal ahead of 2028 — or trying to claim the MAGA mantle.
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Dick Cheney Doesn’t Deserve Your Heartfelt Eulogies
The former vice president died Monday night. Now is not the time to whitewash his bloody legacy of war and destruction.
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Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.
A year ago, Chait said centrists were winning. When Harris lost, though, he blamed the left's trans rights agenda.
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Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Bari Weiss
Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network.
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Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the Biggest Corporate Media Capitulation to Trump This Week
The mainstream media barely made a peep about Trump’s latest attack on Mahmoud Khalil’s free speech rights.
A Massachusetts Town Is Suing Monsanto for Its Cancer-Causing PCBs
A proposed PCB dump site in the town of Lee has residents and town leaders seeking options to stop the plan.
FTX-Backed PACs Expand the Crypto Lobby in Congress
As the young industry flounders, crypto resorts to a method tested by its private-sector predecessors: funding the lawmakers who might regulate it.