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Virginia Scharff
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Historian, novelist, gardener, cook
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Target cities should hold military takeover referendums. Get the population on record on whether this is what they want. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
Thinking Outside the Box; Getting Creative
Two ideas I heard from TPM Readers today: The first is from...
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Aside from anything else, it is a national emergency that the president of the United States has lost his mind.
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Nobody does.
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Our slide into authoritarian rule would not be possible without Trump's willing accomplices. William Pulte's corruption of the bureaucracy to single out the mortgages of Trump foes like Lisa Cook for "investigation" is the perfect example of this.
New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Furious Trump’s Firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook May Be about to Backfire
The fired Fed governor has filed suit against Trump—and the discovery process may allow her celebrated lawyer to find out if the White House ordered a Trump loyalist to move against her.
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Slimy.
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Trump is deeply unpopular and he's only going to get more so as the impact of the tariffs and immigration crackdowns is more widely felt.
Someone should tell the media and congressional Democrats.
Here's Trump's approval rating by issue. This month, we added "Crime and public safety" to the battery. it's one of Trump's better issues, but he's still underwater (-3) on it with 48% of adults opposed. Trump remains unpopular on every issue except border security, including deportations and trade.
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We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
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The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch
The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.
