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July 6, 2023
The Truth About the GOP and the Deficit: All They Do Is Raise It
They talk deficit reduction. But what they actually do—time after time after time—is raise it via corporate giveaways. Here’s the latest example.
by Timothy Noah

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White House Floats the Idea of Blocking Out the Sun
For years, advocates have refused to consider the possibility that geoengineering to slow climate change could be an option on the table. But we may be at a point where its use is inevitable.
by John Last
The Myth of Reagan’s Cold War Toughness Haunts American Foreign Policy
Hawks may claim that uncompromising defense policies won the Cold War. But his pursuit of peace was more important.
by Sean T. Byrnes
Ron DeSantis’s Ghoulish Embrace of American Psycho Patrick Bateman
The increasingly hopeless presidential candidate is now clinging to a weird right-wing meme in the hopes of winning over the misogynistic-sociopath vote.
by Robert Schlesinger
From the Ticker:
Wisconsin Governor Increases School Funding for 400 Years in Brilliant Use of Veto Power
Peak chaotic good.
by Tori Otten
UPS Workers Could Soon Deliver One of the Biggest Strikes in U.S. History
Contract negotiations between UPS and its unionized workers broke down, and workers have already authorized a strike.
by Prem Thakker
“Is Barbie Communist?” How One Scene Dragged the Barbie Movie Into Controversy
She’s a Communist. He’s just Ken.
by Tori Otten
Republicans Are Already Blaming Trans People for the Philadelphia Shooting
There is no evidence that the mass shooter was trans, but that isn’t stopping the far right.
by Tori Otten

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