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February 26, 2022
Make No Mistake—Russia Has Already Lost This War
Putin has spent eight years trying, and failing, to dominate Ukraine. The commencement of hostilities is an admission of that failure.
by Michael A. Cohen
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Ken Paxton says his “formal attorney general opinion” is that gender-affirming health care for trans kids is “child abuse.”
by Melissa Gira Grant
The physicians and scientists of the Urgency of Normal are cherry-picking data in their push to end pandemic precautions, but are getting favorable mainstream media attention and support from wealthy, white communities that never felt the full brunt of Covid-19.
by Melody Schreiber
The former president’s apologists are claiming that his recklessness would have been more effective in countering Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.
by Alex Shephard
Liberating the pigs from a Smithfield facility was just the first step in Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Picklesimer’s grand plan. Now they want their legal case to start a sea change in animal rights.
by Andrew Schwartz
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Ignore the lazy conventional wisdom. The nation’s capital is the most public-spirited city in the country. By far.
by Timothy Noah
Thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade. How safe are they?
by Niran Al-Agba
The furniture giant is hungry for Romania’s famed trees. Little stands in its way.
by Alexander Sammon
Amy McGrath and other Senate candidates deceived donors to rake in far more cash than their Republican opponents. They got crushed anyway.
by Michael Sokolove
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