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The Rich and Famous Aren’t the L.A. Fires’ Only Victims - Dame Magazine
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On Monday, I got a cheap flight to Los Angeles to see my family with plans to spend some quality time with my grandson in Pasadena. He always lifts my spirits. I am an adjunct professor and needed to make a quick turnaround before the semester began next week. But nothing could have prepared me
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The Most Important SCOTUS Case You’ve Never Heard Of - Dame Magazine
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On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a court case called Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. It hasn’t gotten a lot of press, and if you have heard of it, there’s a good chance you don’t think it affects you. But a diverse group of free-speech advocates—including the ACLU,...
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Is Anyone Going to Fight for Democracy? - Dame Magazine
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From the start, Donald Trump has offered autocracy to the United States. He has built his vision of the country on Big Lie politics, threatened, cajoled, and corrupted everyone who would challenge him, targeted millions of citizens as unworthy of rights, and rejected millions of would-be...
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Can DIY Clothes Unravel Fast Fashion’s Climate Disasters? - Dame Magazine
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When Helena Stark decided to crochet her own wedding dress two months before her ceremony, she knew it would be a time crunch. She planned to chronicle her exhausting journey on her TikTok account (@squish.and.co), where she creates crochet and knitting content for half a million followers....
on Nov 27
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Mainstream Media’s Rightward Lurch - Dame Magazine
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I’ve seen a number of stories in recent weeks about CNN’s supposed shift to a “less partisan” strategy under new CEO Chris Licht. “CNN to dull its liberal edge,” reads a February 26 headline at Axios, and earlier this month, the New York Times reported that Licht “said he wanted to book more...
on Mar 26
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The Revisionist History of January 6 - Dame Magazine
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In the U.S., January 6 is a day that exists outside of context. Did that violent attack on the Capitol really happen? It must have. Millions of people watched Republicans’ fumbling insurrection unfold on live television. Yet fewer Americans today agree on what happened that day than did four...
on Jan 7
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America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
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America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error. It’s a global assault on reason and informed consensus, and corporations and authoritarian...
on Jan 2
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What It Really Means to Be “Woke” - Dame Magazine
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"The burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander … If you have a critique for the resistance, for our resistance, then you better have an established record of critique of our oppresion. If you have no interest in equal rights for Black people then do not make suggestions to those who do.
on Jan 2
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“Marital Rape” Was Legal Longer Than You Think - Dame Magazine
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As a scholar and professor of horror, history, and feminism, one of the questions I ask my students most often is when they think marital rape was criminalized in New York State. They usually guess around 1900, sometimes as late as 1950. But the truth is far more horrifying: Until the landmark...
on Dec 30
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What Abuse Survivors Can Teach Us About Trump 2.0 - Dame Magazine
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When Nina first met her ex, she thought she had found her perfect match. She and her partner were both queer and building careers in creative industries, and those shared interests fueled a powerful bond in the early days of their relationship. But over time, he resented the way Nina’s writing...
on Dec 23
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Corporate Media Is Obeying in Advance - Dame Magazine
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When President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden of tax evasion crimes for which no non-famous person would ever be prosecuted, every newsroom in America treated it like Christmas morning had come at Super Bowl halftime during Mardi Gras. Editors and producers at newspapers and television...
on Dec 10
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King Trump Is Not Inevitable - Dame Magazine
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The campaign is over; the election is done. The cases against Donald Trump—for the theft and improper storage of sensitive and classified government materials; for the effort to obstruct election administration in Georgia; for the attempt to overthrow the government of the United States on...
on Dec 3
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Why Are So Many Women Rejecting Medical Science? - Dame Magazine
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This feature is part of our ongoing series looking at the inequities in healthcare. Snake oil is having a renaissance. And while it’s true that for hundreds of years dubious salesmen have been riding into town on their covered wagons with mysterious concoctions claiming they have miracle cures...
on Nov 25
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Democrats’ Policies Help Americans. The Right Wing Echo-Chamber Drowned Them Out - Dame Magazine
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I’ve had a job since I was 14 years old. I’ve spent most of it working in the service industry. I have always been part of the working class here in America. The characteristics of the working class that apply to me are: food and beverage service, low to moderate income, and tipped hourly wages.
on Nov 21
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Democracy Is Dying in Broad Daylight - Dame Magazine
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The day after former-President Donald Trump defeated Vice-President Kamala Harris, America’s national media began asking tough questions about how Trump planned to immediately deport millions of immigrants, a key campaign promise. How exactly would Trump institute high tariffs on foreign goods...
on Nov 19
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Can Anything Stop Trump Now? - Dame Magazine
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We canvassed. We called. We rallied. We texted. We did everything we could to support the pro-democracy ticket against a man who has been convicted of crimes against the state, who has been adjudicated as a sexual predator, and who has committed frauds large and broad for his entire “career.” We...
on Nov 12
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Can the Media Ever Regain Our Trust After Election 2024? - Dame Magazine
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A new Pew Research Center survey spells more bad news for trust in national news media. Collected between September 16–22, 2024, the data shows that only 13% of U.S. adults say they have "a lot" of trust in the information they get from national news organizations. An additional 45% say they...
on Oct 28
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America’s Teachers Don’t Want Another Trump Term - Dame Magazine
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Anna Buckley, a third-year college student at Fayetteville State University—which she describes as the “No. 1 HBCU for public education in North Carolina”—comes from a family of educators and plans to join them in the field. She has been a tutor most of her life. But right now, Buckley is...
on Oct 24
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Legacy Media Has Memory-Holed January 6 - Dame Magazine
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Some tragic, terrible days in American history are remembered as such in perpetuity. Consider the commemorations of 9/11, which never downplay the seriousness of the attacks or the suffering of those who experienced them. Remembrances of Pearl Harbor call to mind the sacrifices of those who...
on Oct 17
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Should Employers Protect Workers From Domestic Violence? - Dame Magazine
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Rebecca Cheptegei was at the pinnacle of her career when she represented Uganda in the 2024 Olympics. But when the 33-year old marathon champion returned home to Kenya, she was murdered by her ex-boyfriend. The horrific details were splashed across international headlines: that he went to her...
on Oct 10
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The Power Grab Behind the Unfittest Candidate - Dame Magazine
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Underneath all of the campaigning and commentary and polling and panic of the 2024 election cycle, there is a truth that we are collectively unable to plainly state: Donald Trump is unfit to be President of the United States. He is unfit in his temperament: childish and thin-skinned, easily...
on Oct 1
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The Real Swing Voters Aren’t Who You Think - Dame Magazine
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While the media is busy obsessing over the mythical “swing voters” who supposedly can’t decide between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there’s an equally significant—and just as important—group of voters they’re ignoring: left-leaning voters who are just about ready to walk away from the...
on Sep 25
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The Pundits Think They Know What’s Best for Harris-Walz - Dame Magazine
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Vice-President Kamala Harris has been given marching orders by the pundits of our major newspapers, the armchair Democratic advisors to past presidents sitting on TV panels, the scholars of campaigns past. Vice-President Kamala Harris must move to the center. She must appeal to right-wing...
on Sep 18
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Democrats Are Finally on the Offensive Line - Dame Magazine
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It has been more than a half century since the Democratic Party believed that we could do impossible things. After being chastened by a silent majority and rocked by a Reagan revolution, Democrats retreated into what seemed like a permanent defensive position. From policy to rhetoric, the party...
on Sep 10
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Does Animal Rescue Need Rethinking? - Dame Magazine
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I have fostered 11 dogs, but it wasn’t until my most recent fostering experience that I really stopped to think about the series of events that brought the dog into my care. At the time of his arrival, I had just read Carol Mithers’s new book, Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s
on Sep 6
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Have Evangelicals Had Enough of Trump? - Dame Magazine
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Ours is a time of internet prophets forecasting Donald Trump’s return to office. Trump endorsed—and made $300,000 from selling—a branded “God Bless the USA” Bible. Pastors pray at Trump rallies, framing the upcoming election as a spiritual battle against demonic spirits. For many believers, the...
on Sep 5
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Tim Walz Is the Role Model Kids Need - Dame Magazine
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I had a difficult conversation with my 13-year-old son, Charlie, recently. You know, the talk. The one every parent knows is coming. I had to sit down with him and explain why some grown-ass adults are terrified of tampons. Charlie is more involved with politics than I ever was at his age. It’s the world
on Aug 27
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Might As Well Face It, the Press Is Addicted to Trump - Dame Magazine
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Vice-President Kamala Harris was the Democratic presidential candidate for about 30 seconds before the nation’s political media started falling on its keys covering her campaign. Editors and producers amplified Republican complaints about her supposed lack of foreign policy experience, her...
on Aug 13
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Whose Vision of America Will Voters Choose? - Dame Magazine
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In all of the early exuberance over Vice-President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz taking over the ticket, it is easy to lose sight of what all of this effort is for. We are carrying this campaign into November 2024 to have our chance to reshape government in January 2025. The...
on Aug 8
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Kamala Harris’s Campaign Feels Different This Time Around - Dame Magazine
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Welcome to brat summer, a time when Kamala Harris and her newly minted presidential campaign is injecting the 2024 race with a much needed dose of enthusiasm among Democrats. But long-time supporters assert that despite the viral memes that have suddenly come into vogue, Kamala Harris and her...
on Aug 5
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JD Vance Is Couching His Misogyny in a Fake Cat Fight - Dame Magazine
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Early last year, I said goodbye to my beloved Whiskey Bearcat, a delightfully tubby tabby. I met him as a kitten, in 2005, during the week that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Whiskey was one of hundreds of animals that had been evacuated from Louisiana to Dallas, Texas, in advance of the...
on Jul 31
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We Are So Ready to Elect Kamala Harris - Dame Magazine
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Earlier this month an 11-page memo entitled, “The Case for Kamala'” circulated among top Democrats. While it was, at times, condescendingly lukewarm in its enthusiasm for Harris, it did outline her strength in polling and her advantage with young voters of color. It acknowledged that...
on Jul 26
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When “Cancel Culture” Means Letting Go - Dame Magazine
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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for anyone trying to square reality with what opponents of “cancel culture” claim are unfair, democracy-stifling attacks on people just speaking their minds as part of a full and frank exchange in the marketplace of ideas. The latest victim of the “woke...
on Jul 20
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I Prepared My Whole Life to Become My Mother’s Caregiver - Dame Magazine
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I knew the day would come that I would be solely responsible for my mother’s care. It’s a duty I have always dreaded, not because I’m the type to shirk responsibility—like many people in my generation, Generation X, we tend to be responsible for far too many things, far too early in life. Many in
on Jul 20
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Trump Will Never Be a Normal Presidential Candidate - Dame Magazine
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In the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, the usual media suspects fell all over themselves to praise Trump’s political acumen in not dying, and quote anonymous Democrats declaring the election over and Trump victorious. Nothing...
on Jul 16
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Zombie Laws Don’t Have to Be the Last of U.S. - Dame Magazine
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As controversy swirls around the 2024 Election and Democrats scramble to shore up their ticket in the wake of a disastrous June presidential debate, it is imperative to push past the media frenzy about President Biden’s intellectual fitness for office. Democratic strategists must forcefully...
on Jul 12
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I’m Here, I’m Queer, I’m 45 and Still Making New Friends - Dame Magazine
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A few months ago, I had an accidental phone call with a friend. I say accidental because we’d only gotten on the phone after texting about an event we were planning had grown tiresome, but we wound up talking for two hours, a leisurely conversation about writing and aging, spiritually winding...
on Jun 28
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The New Washington Post Leadership Is a Disaster for Democracy - Dame Magazine
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In the weeks leading up to a presidential election, the quality of a media outlet’s coverage can swing an entire country from calm prosperity to complete chaos. It sounds hyperbolic, but political races, especially at the state level, are often determined by a few thousand votes, and those votes...
on Jun 26
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The Mifepristone Battle Isn’t Over Yet - Dame Magazine
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Two years after the Trump-packed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ostensibly kicked the question of abortion rights and access back to the states, we’re spending the summer waiting for that very same court to rule again on when, how, and whether the government can force us to stay...
on Jun 25
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The Real Message in Donald Trump’s Conviction - Dame Magazine
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Weeks of testimony and evidence, long hours of deliberation, 12 ordinary jurors, 34 felony counts, and one defendant guilty of them all: These were the key elements in the conviction of Donald Trump. Against all odds and expectations, Trump had been put on trial for nearly three dozen charges...
on Jun 24
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Twelve NY Jurors Did What the Media Won’t - Dame Magazine
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When a New York City jury handed down 34 consecutive guilty verdicts against Donald Trump in his hush money trial yesterday, I knew I had to do two things quickly. First, I poured myself a celebratory bourbon, even if it was only just after 4 p.m. here in Texas. And second, I hopped back into
on Jun 18
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The Insidious Trap of the “Tradwife Movement” - Dame Magazine
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Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning Idaho laws that limit abortion only to cases of impending maternal mortality. The law is unclear: How close to death must she be before receiving this healthcare? Kansas City...
on May 30
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Justice Alito’s Politics Are Literally Flying in Our Faces - Dame Magazine
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There’s a rule at my parents’ tony lake house neighborhood in deep East Texas, that you’re not allowed to fly “political” flags or even put “political” signs in your yard. As it is in a lot of places, this rule is dictated by the cold, unfeeling hand of the homeowners’ association. All hail the HOA,
on May 28
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Unhoused People Are Not Entertainment - Dame Magazine
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Last April, a prankster posted a video to YouTube showing himself asking a homeless man if he wants food. The prankster proceeded to eat a burger in front of the unhoused person, choosing to torment the man instead of offering him food. That video caused widespread outrage. But similar videos...
on May 21
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Presidential Polls Are Useless. Here’s Why - Dame Magazine
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In the months leading up to the most consequential presidential election in history, it’s easy to see why everyone’s jumpy. Every passing hour seems to bring a new poll showing former President Donald Trump ahead of incumbent Joe Biden, or Biden ahead of Trump. And with it, another round of...
on May 14
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The People v. Donald Trump - Dame Magazine
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On January 6, 2021, Donald J. Trump committed the ultimate betrayal of this country. After failing to sway the people through his campaign and exhausting every legal recourse available, on that singular day, he gathered thousands of supporters in Washington, D.C.—not for a redress of honest...
on May 7
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Trump Employs an Abuser’s Approach to Abortion Rights - Dame Magazine
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What did your worst ex-boyfriend do when you finally decided to leave him? I remember what mine did. He promised to change. He tried to convince me that all the times he'd put me down, stood me up, and told me he wasn’t sure he could ever love me were just mistakes brought on by
on May 2
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What the Western World Should Understand About Sudan’s Water Crisis - Dame Magazine
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Nyakuoth spent seven hours hiding in a muddy, hand-dug well after bullets started flying in South Sudan earlier this year. Cattle herders from a neighboring state, armed with AK-47s leftover from the civil war, had wandered into Nyakuoth’s community hoping to find water for their cows. But water...
on Apr 23
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What Is the Cost of American Prosperity? - Dame Magazine
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The United States has the greatest economy in the history of the world. We are a behemoth of wealth unprecedented in scale, scope, and returns. Three states by themselves—California, Texas, New York—would place in the top ten most productive economies on the planet if they were their own...
on Apr 16
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Lying Is What Dictators Do - Dame Magazine
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One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president in 2017 was to force Sean Spicer onto the podium to lie about how his inauguration was the best attended and watched ever. It was such an audacious and easily dispelled lie—there was footage to prove otherwise. But Trump’s narcissistic ego prevented...
on Apr 9