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February 23, 2022

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Texas’s Attorney General Is Laying the Groundwork to Separate Trans Kids From Their Families
Ken Paxton says his “formal attorney general opinion” is that gender-affirming health care for trans kids is “child abuse.”
by Melissa Gira Grant
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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
In a lengthy screed, the Russian dictator made it clear that his ambitions are to restore his nation's status as a colonizer of Europe.
by Casey Michel
Since 2007, Romania has lost between half and two-thirds of its virgin forest. The environmentalists and activists trying to protect it keep getting killed.
by The Politics of Everything
“We have no intention of fighting Russia,” the president said.
by Grace Segers
Biden, like his German counterpart, is asking his country to sacrifice for the greater good of punishing Russia. Will British Prime Minister Boris Johnson do the same?
by Walter Shapiro
Putin is Hitler. Biden is weak. Trump was strong. Let’s nuke ’em. Yadda yadda yadda. Here’s hoping the president isn’t listening to this nonsense.
by Jordan Michael Smith

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