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    Billionaires are fueling authoritarianism like never before. Here’s how.

    The world's 12 richest billionaires now have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity—that's more than four billion people. And according to a...

    Is MAGA Eating Raw Chicken? Reality is Actually WORSE Than the Viral Posts

    A bizarre idea has been circulating across social media: that “MAGA supporters” have moved on from rejecting masks and vaccines to proudly eating raw...

    Trump: White People Were “Very Badly Treated” by Civil Rights — Media Sanewashes

    Trump now claims that civil rights protections left white people “very badly treated,” his clearest embrace yet of the right-wing fantasy that white men...

    Why Trump’s Investigation of the Fed Is a DANGEROUS New Escalation

    Donald Trump's decision to launch an investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell isn't just another political spat between a president and a central...

    What Trump’s War is Really About

    Let's cut through the fog of war rhetoric: the Trump administration's extraordinary action this morning against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro isn't about democracy, human...

    MAGA outrage over Minnesota ‘Fraud’? Already prosecuted under Biden.

    Minnesota’s fraud scandal got a new MAGA twist this week — but most of the footage is old, and prosecutions already happened under Biden. A...

    4 Big Social Security Changes Happening in 2026

    While everyone was laser-focused on Social Security's 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment for 2026, the Social Security Administration quietly rolled out several other changes that could...

    How the Far Right Is Infiltrating Culture Through TikTok and AI

    Two guys in ski masks chop peppers and slice an eggplant while giggling into a camera—just your average cooking show, except they're wearing T-shirts...

    The Real Reason Your Electric Bill Doubled

    Last month, Misty Pellew’s family in northeastern Pennsylvania had their power shut off because they couldn’t pay a $602 electric bill. They ate peanut butter...

    What They Don’t Teach You About Israel In America

    Growing up in the U.S., whenever the Middle East (more appropriately called Southwest Asia) came up in school, the story was always the same:...
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