Sam Gustin
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Reporter and editor. Biz, tech, policy. Bylines @ The Nation, Vice, Time, Wired. samgustin.com
GovExec: Trump’s federal workforce changes cost the economy more than $165.6B, analysis finds
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Trump’s federal workforce changes cost the economy more than $165.6B, analysis finds
The Partnership for Public Service report includes the costs of the deferred resignation program, severance pay for laid-off civil servants and federal employees who were on paid administrative leave ...
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/04/trumps-federal-workforce-changes-cost-economy-more-1656b-analysis-finds/412818/
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The New Republic
21 days ago
Shocker: Trump is delivering a giant gift to the crypto industry.
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By making volatile crypto products widely available to millions of Americans via their 401(k)s, Trump is delivering a desperately needed bailout to a battered industry in which he happens to be a major investor.
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The New Republic
22 days ago
Trump has spent much of his second term using the U.S. presidency as a giant ATM for himself, his family, and his cronies. Now he’s devised a way for the cryptocurrency and private equity industries to do the same.
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Trump’s New Gift to Crypto and Private Equity: Access to Your 401(k)
The president wants to open up workers’ retirement plans to his pet industries, so that he and those industries can reap a windfall while Americans shoulder the risk.
https://trib.al/cPlmGK0
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Trump’s New Gift to Crypto and Private Equity: Access to Your 401(k)
newrepublic.com/article/2083...
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Trump’s New Gift to Crypto and Private Equity: Access to Your 401(k)
The president wants to open up workers’ retirement plans to his pet industries, so that he and those industries can reap a windfall while Americans shoulder the risk.
https://newrepublic.com/article/208373/trump-401k-rule-crypto-private-equity
22 days ago
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The Nation Magazine
4 months ago
In the 60 Minutes controversy, Weiss is likely doing what she always does: producing a line of propaganda masquerading as news coverage that serves the interest of her patrons–in this case, David Ellison, whose interests are served by protecting Donald Trump.
https://bit.ly/45bGW9m
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Bari Weiss's Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes”
The new editor in chief at CBS News has shown she's not merely stupendously unqualified--she's ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.
https://bit.ly/45bGW9m
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Trump’s FCC chief Brendan Carr has weaponized the agency to intimidate news organizations and media companies by threatening their broadcast licenses.
@thenation.com
(from June)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Trump’s FCC Chief Brendan Carr Is Acting More Like a Mob Enforcer Than a Federal Regulator
With a new GOP majority, the incoming FCC boss aims to punish criticism, reward obedience—and screw the public.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fcc-brendan-carr-mob-enforcer/
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How Trump Plans to Manipulate US Economic Data to Gaslight the Public
@thenation.com
[from March]
www.thenation.com/article/econ...
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How Trump Plans to Manipulate US Economic Data to Gaslight the Public
The president and his GOP cronies want to tamper with government statistics and use deceptive budget gimmicks to lie about the impact of their massive tax and budget cuts.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-manipulate-economic-data-fesac/
9 months ago
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Victor Pickard
10 months ago
I write in
@thenation.com
that Paramount’s recent settlement with Trump is a symptom of deep structural rot in our hyper-capitalistic media system. I argue that we should be thinking now about the structural media reforms we need for the post-Trump era as we rebuild journalism from the ground up.
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The Media’s Profits Trump Democracy, Once Again
Paramount’s settlement with Trump is a symptom of deep structural rot in our corporate media system.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-medias-profits-trump-democracy-once-again/
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Trump’s FCC Chief Brendan Carr Is Acting More Like a Mob Enforcer Than a Federal Regulator
@thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Trump’s FCC Chief Brendan Carr Is Acting More Like a Mob Enforcer Than a Federal Regulator
With a new GOP majority, the incoming FCC boss aims to punish criticism, reward obedience—and screw the public.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fcc-brendan-carr-mob-enforcer/
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Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died. Tribute from
@nicholsuprising.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/robert-mcchesney-obituary/
about 1 year ago
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Micah
about 1 year ago
congestion pricing is one of the most comprehensively successful policies NYC has ever seen, so of course all the worst people want to get rid of it
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James Fallows
about 1 year ago
Fodder for novels about our times: 1) Trump Commerce Sec H Lutnick says people won't really notice if SocSec misses a payment cycle:
www.axios.com/2025/03/21/s...
2) Lutnick just bought house in DC for $25 million, all cash 3) Seller: Bret Baier of Fox
www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/20/b...
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Jessica J. González
about 1 year ago
As FCC chair, Brendan Carr has launched multiple attacks on freedom of the press. He’s demonstrated a clear pattern of supporting Trump’s authoritarian takeover by using his government perch to quash dissent. My latest piece dissects his seven most chilling attacks on free speech.
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How FCC Chairman Carr Has Fueled Trump's Authoritarian Takeover
Carr has undermined free speech and press freedom as he carries out Trump’s promises of retribution for those who report critically on his actions.
https://www.freepress.net/blog/how-fcc-chairman-carr-has-fueled-trumps-authoritarian-takeover
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Bobby Kogan
about 1 year ago
The Federal Reserve has significantly revised down expected growth for this year and meaningfully revised up expected inflation for this year. Trump’s chaotic and harmful approach to the economy is already showing up.
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Illustrative Distributional Effects of Policies Consistent with the House Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2025
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/illustrative-distributional-effects-policies-consistent-house-concurrent-budget-resolution-fiscal
about 1 year ago
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Matt Novak
about 1 year ago
DOJ is ditching a bunch of guidelines on how businesses can accommodate people with disabilities. It's supposedly about combating high prices.
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Justice Department Announces Actions to Combat Cost-of-Living Crisis, Including Rescinding 11 Pieces of Guidance
The Justice Department today announced that it is taking action in response to President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum “Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-actions-combat-cost-living-crisis-including-rescinding-11
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Redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top.
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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Kyle Griffin
about 1 year ago
Trump's trade war will hit Trump voters hardest.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trade War Retaliation Will Hit Trump Voters Hardest
Nearly 8 million Americans work in industries targeted by the levies and the majority are Trump voters, a New York Times analysis shows
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/business/economy/tariffs-trump-maps-voters.html
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Bobby Kogan
about 1 year ago
Yale Budget is out w/ illustrative analysis of what following the House budget plan could look like - of what cutting Medicaid & SNAP while extending the Trump tax cuts could look like. It’d hurt the poor, be roughly neutral for the middle class, & help the rich.
budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
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Ernie Tedeschi
about 1 year ago
Important new work from my
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colleagues Harris Eppsteiner & John Ricco on the House budget resolution. Neutral illustrative policies consistent w/ committee deficit targets suggest the proposed tax + spending cuts are regressive: they benefit the top & hurt the bottom. 1/3
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Wrote about "current policy baseline" earlier this week.
www.thenation.com/article/econ...
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about 1 year ago
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Carl Quintanilla
about 1 year ago
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
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Trump and his GOP allies are plotting a massive budgetary gimmick designed to conceal the fact that their budget numbers don’t add up—and they know it.
@thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/econ...
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How Trump Plans to Manipulate US Economic Data to Gaslight the Public
The president and his GOP cronies want to tamper with government statistics and use deceptive budget gimmicks to lie about the impact of their massive tax and budget cuts.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-manipulate-economic-data-fesac/
about 1 year ago
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The Trump administration is looking for ways to obscure the true cost of its economic plans at a time when the US economy is already flashing warning signs of a recession.
@thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/econ...
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How Trump Plans to Manipulate US Economic Data to Gaslight the Public
The president and his GOP cronies want to tamper with government statistics and use deceptive budget gimmicks to lie about the impact of their massive tax and budget cuts.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-manipulate-economic-data-fesac/
about 1 year ago
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AP: Trump downplays business concerns about uncertainty from his tariffs and prospect of higher prices
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Trump downplays business concerns about uncertainty from his tariffs and prospect of higher prices
President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of higher prices.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-recession-economy-higher-prices-7f481abbaae500bf826445236b958e61?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share
about 1 year ago
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Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.
https://wapo.st/3Def9KV
about 1 year ago
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AP: US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
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US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
President Donald Trump's flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-recession-fears-535e22b2c7c62ce917afe12c19c60c75?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share
about 1 year ago
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Basically, a highly regressive consumption tax that would transfer huge amounts of wealth upward. Which I suppose is the point.
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about 1 year ago
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Trump and his Bitcoin-loving acolytes want to turn the government into their personal ATM.
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Trump and His Crypto Cronies Have Big Plans. Be Afraid.
The incoming president and his Bitcoin-loving acolytes want to turn the government into their personal ATM.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-crypto-bitcoin-corruption/
about 1 year ago
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Bobby Kogan
about 1 year ago
New op-ed from me: yes, House Republicans really are coming for your Medicaid and SNAP. In this piece, I explain why the Republicans who say, "oh, we're not actually going for Medicaid and SNAP" are bullshitting you.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | The GOP’s budget plan makes it hard to conceal its lies about Medicaid and SNAP
House Republicans aim to use a procedure known as budget reconciliation, which allows the Senate to pass legislation with only 51 votes rather than the usual 60 required.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-republicans-budget-medicaid-snap-cuts-rcna194231
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Kimberly Clausing
about 1 year ago
đź§µ (1/4) Critics aren't the only ones that call this a gimmick. It simply is so.
@bbkogan.bsky.social
and Congressman Schweikert have it right; fiscal costs vanish.
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GOP Wants $4 Trillion Tax Cut to Look Like Nothing
Republicans are mulling an aggressive move that critics call a blatant gimmick.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/republican-tax-plan-extend-cuts-83e4b414?st=X4HArL
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Noah Shachtman
about 1 year ago
The DC press turns every story into a win or loss for the president. That's particularly nuts on a night like tonight when the House just voted to take food from millions of kids.
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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money,...
https://apnews.com/article/doge-federal-contracts-canceled-musk-trump-cuts-a65976a725412934ad686389889db0df
about 1 year ago
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Carl Quintanilla
about 1 year ago
$DJT 10-k
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Seth D. Michaels
about 1 year ago
very good reporting here, at micro and macro level
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's Medicaid cuts would leave millions without health care
The human cost will be brutal—unless a few Republicans develop spines.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/trump-republican-medicaid-cuts-health-disability/
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Helen Dickinson
about 1 year ago
Important piece from
@pamherd.bsky.social
on what Trump's reforms mean for people with disability in public life
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Who is included in Trump's America?
In multiple ways, Trump is pushing people with disabilities out of public life
https://open.substack.com/pub/donmoynihan/p/who-is-included-in-trumps-america?r=3os5v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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CDAPress: Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene
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Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene
Saturday’s Legislative Town Hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee turned volatile as some attendees voiced their concerns over House Bill 138 and other recent legislative ini...
https://cdapress.com/news/2025/feb/22/chaos-erupts-at-kcrcc-legislative-town-hall/
about 1 year ago
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Alt National Park Service
about 1 year ago
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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The end goal is to claim enough savings -- real or fabricated doesn't matter -- to fund the extension of Trump's 2017 tax cut, which was "skewed to the rich, expensive, and failed to deliver on Its promises."
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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about 1 year ago
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Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities
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Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities
The president’s disdain for disabled people—and obsession with genetic superiority—harks back to a grim past.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-dei-target-access-disabilities/
about 1 year ago
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Timothy McBride
about 1 year ago
Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could: --Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years -- End Coverage for 20 Million People
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Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years and End Coverage for 20 Million People | KFF
A new KFF analysis finds that a congressional proposal to significantly cut federal spending on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to nearly one-fi...
https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/press-release/eliminating-the-aca-medicaid-expansion-match-could-reduce-total-medicaid-spending-by-up-to-1-9-trillion-over-10-years-and-end-coverage-for-20-million-people/
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Ryan Geddie
about 1 year ago
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze. I worked at an organization that -helped veterans who have lost a limb -Assisted elderly and disabled people -Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
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Trump saw Chinatown in 1974, and ever since he's been an expert in California water issues.
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about 1 year ago
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Paramount brass should watch The Insider again. Or maybe for the first time?
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about 1 year ago
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The Nation: Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: The Billionaires and the Crypto Bros
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Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: The Billionaires and the Crypto Bros
In front of Trump stood a handful of CEOs whose combined wealth topped $1.2 trillion. They and the crypto scammers are the true beneficiaries of Trump’s second term.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-inauguration-billionaires-row-crypto/
over 1 year ago
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Totally normal. NYT: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World’s Most Valuable
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...
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Trump’s Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World’s Most Valuable (Gift Article)
The new business venture by the Trump family is generating intensifying criticism and ethics questions, even as it has turned into an overnight phenomenon, generating a windfall on paper.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-cryptocurrency-surges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk4.dDD5.RNGoC2hKo47Z&smid=bs-share
over 1 year ago
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AP: Bitcoin soars past $100,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump
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Bitcoin soars past $100,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump
The price of bitcoin topped $100,000 again early Friday as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by Donald Trump when he’s sworn in as president next week.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-crypto-bitcoin-council-reserve-ulbricht-b192e7ddf93ef9bad9d3209832dbb4ac
over 1 year ago
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NEH: The Trial of Hannah Arendt
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The Trial of Hannah Arendt
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/marchapril/feature/the-trial-hannah-arendt
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