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MAGA Feeding Frenzy Has Caused a Constitutional Crisis
The assault is coming from different angles: Project 2025. The feudal tech barons. The America First nativists. It’s not a single master plan – it’s…
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A TECHIE BASEMENT DWELLER CAN NOW FUCK UP YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
Shit’s gettin’ real, as they say.
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POKING AROUND ON DAY 16
Yeah, it took Dilbert less than two weeks to arrive at Full FUBAR.
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DILBERT’S ASSAULT ON THE RULE OF LAW IS FAILING
(Note to readers: No, I am not using “Dilbert” in reference to the former cartoon character.
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WORLD'S GREATEST DEALMAKER SAVES THE DAY
Paul Krugman wrote in his Monday morning Substack post: “It would be funny if it weren’t so serious.
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POKING AROUND - IT’S ONLY BEEN THREE WEEKS
Canadian hockey fans boo US
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Chairman Trump's Cultural Revolution
This is the first column I have written using voice-to-text since I broke my wrist on Friday.
Published on Lucian Truscott Newsletter • 
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW - UPDATED
It appears that things are moving from “weird” to “crazy.” Here are things I know you should know.
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THE DUMBEST FUCKING TRADE WAR IN HISTORY
Timothy Snyder puts it well: “Trump’s tariffs (which are also likely illegal) are there to make us poor.
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A New Kind of Coup: Trump and Musk are Updating the Autocratic Playbook
The assault on our democracy seen through the lens of authoritarian practice
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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POKING AROUND ON THE SECOND SUNDAY
Our fearless leader, the “stable genius”
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