John E. Sonntag
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Welcome to the latest version of the Trump Kakistocracy!
"Iran has learned the lessons of American foreign policy. It has used the tools at its disposal to exacerbate risk, forcing private actors to become unwitting tools of its statecraft."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...
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Opinion | Iran Is Using America’s Playbook Against Us
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/iran-us-war-strait-hormuz.html?smid=bs-share
about 22 hours ago
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"Mr. Lumumba’s overthrow and assassination was one of the Cold War’s great crimes — a conspiracy involving White House officials, C.I.A. spooks, U.N. diplomats, Congolese separatists, and, yes, Belgian envoys."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...
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Opinion | It Was One of the Cold War’s Greatest Crimes. No One Has Paid a Price.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/congo-lumumba-cia-assassination.html?smid=bs-share
about 22 hours ago
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"On darker days, I find myself turning to a more thoroughgoing narrative: that Trump is the fulfillment of what America has always been — a self-satisfied nation, granted license by its myths about providence and exceptionalism to do whatever it wants."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...
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Opinion | It’s Not Trump. It’s America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/trump-america-iran-war.html?smid=bs-share
about 22 hours ago
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How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...
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Opinion | How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/economy-attitudes-republicans-democrats.html?smid=bs-share
about 23 hours ago
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"The Trump administration is pressuring Ukraine to surrender the part of the eastern Donbas region that the Ukrainian Army still controls,..."
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Zelensky Says U.S. Is Conditioning Security Guarantees on Surrender of Donbas
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/world/europe/zelensky-trump-ukraine-war-donbas.html?smid=bs-share
about 23 hours ago
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"When Representative Andy Ogles, Republican of Tennessee, wrote on social media earlier this month that 'Muslims don’t belong in American society' and that 'pluralism is a lie,' Democrats denounced his comments."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/u...
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Anti-Muslim Comments by G.O.P. Congressman Reflect a Rising Trend
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/politics/ogles-republicans-anti-muslim.html?smid=bs-share
about 23 hours ago
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"The war in Iran will lead to a surge in inflation this year, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz pushes up prices for oil, gas and other commodities, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/b...
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War Will Push U.S. Inflation Above 4% This Year, O.E.C.D. Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/business/inflation-prices-energy-iran-oecd.html?smid=bs-share
about 23 hours ago
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"I want to cry about the plight of our United States. Our democracy has lost its way."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...
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Opinion | Billionaires and the Erosion of Democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/opinion/billionaires-democracy.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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For Putin, the War in Iran Changed Everything
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...
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Opinion | For Putin, the War in Iran Changed Everything
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/opinion/russia-putin-iran-war.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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"A vivid illustration of the way that President Trump has degraded the nation’s political discourse will be on view when the Senate Judiciary Committee holds its next hearing on Wednesday on his nominees to the federal courts."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...
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Opinion | The One Question Trump’s Judicial Picks Refuse to Answer
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/opinion/trump-judges-nominees-federal-courts.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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"Neither Trump nor his aides, according to recent reporting, planned for Iran to target shipping and close the Strait of Hormuz. They also do not seem to have planned for serious and sustained retaliation against America’s gulf state allies."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...
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Opinion | Trump Cannot See That the Opposition Is Real
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/opinion/trump-iran-opposition-solipsism.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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“'Salzburg is no place for my talent,' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once wrote of his Austrian hometown. In fact, his family spent much of its time there making plans to get out."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/a...
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Mozart Wouldn’t Be Mozart Without These Three Objects
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/arts/music/mozart-salzburg-morgan-library.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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"Kate Marvel, a widely known climate scientist and author, has resigned from her position at NASA, citing the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science in the United States."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/c...
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Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/climate/kate-marvel-nasa-resign.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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"The SAVE America Act, which President Trump has declared his top legislative priority and the key to his party winning the midterm elections, may be beyond saving."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
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With Their Voter Bill Stymied, G.O.P. Leaders Ponder a Plan B
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/republicans-voter-bill-plan-b.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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"For the second time, a federal appeals court has backed the Trump administration’s practice of arresting undocumented immigrants inside the United States and then holding them without bond,..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
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For 2nd Time, an Appeals Court Backs the Trump Administration’s Detention Policy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/trump-appeals-court-detention-bond.html?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Dismisses Cease-Fire Offer but Signals Openness to Talks
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
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Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Dismisses Cease-Fire Offer but Signals Openness to Talks
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/25/world/iran-war-trump-oil-news?smid=bs-share
2 days ago
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"Maybe most Americans haven’t viewed President Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, Denmark’s overseas territory, as terribly serious. But for at least a few intense days in January, many Danes, Greenlanders and Europeans did."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Opinion | Denmark Has Changed
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/denmark-mette-frederiksen-election.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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"The baleful influence of moneyed interests on politics has been with us for so long that we forget how much it can distort policy-making."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Opinion | The New Moneyed Interests: Crypto and A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/crypto-ai-politics.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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John E. Sonntag
Politico
3 days ago
Minnesota sued the Trump administration for access to evidence regarding the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Local and state investigators alleged in the lawsuit that they have been stonewalled by federal officials.
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Minnesota sues Trump administration for access to evidence in Alex Pretti, Renee Good killings
The two Minnesota residents were killed by federal agents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown earlier this year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/minnesota-shooting-renee-good-alex-pretti-evidence-lawsuit-00841757
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"The Trump administration has quietly killed an effort that would have helped secure America’s future in the crucial semiconductor industry."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...
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Opinion | Trump Killed an Effort to Secure Our Technological Future
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/opinion/semiconductor-chips-natcast-biden-research.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Opinion | ‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/trump-iran-general-mcchrystal.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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"Rather than leading the free world, the United States is striding across the globe seemingly free of restraint, forethought or strategy, exerting its power because it can."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...
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Opinion | America Has Become a Dangerous Nation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/opinion/trump-iran-world-america-first.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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"Boston University removed Pride flags that were displayed in campus buildings this month, angering professors who believe school leaders may be suppressing expression because they fear the Trump administration."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...
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Boston University Pulls Pride Flags, Raising Free Speech Worries
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/boston-university-pride-flags-free-speech.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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"Law enforcement officials in Minnesota sued the federal government on Tuesday, seeking evidence that could be used to prosecute agents involved in three separate shootings during an immigration enforcement crackdown this year."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Minnesota Prosecutors Sue for Access to Evidence in Shootings by Agents
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/minnesota-ice-shootings-evidence.html?smid=bs-share
3 days ago
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"What was once a win-win has the markings of a lose-lose. Future administrations may find themselves spending years picking up the pieces of an alliance that they conclude grew too close."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Opinion | America and Israel United to Fight Iran. Both Will Pay a Price.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/america-israel-iran-war.html?smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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"Yes, President Trump’s attacks on electric vehicles, renewable power and fuel-efficiency rules are awful. But nobody’s really stopping you from buying electric vehicles, installing solar panels or using less fuel."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Opinion | Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy an Electric Vehicle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opinion/electric-vehicles-solar-gas-prices.html?smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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"The journalists claimed in their complaint that Mr. Trump’s political appointees had interfered with editorial decisions of Voice of America reporters and editors, violating a safeguard Congress set out in law called the 'firewall' that protects their independence."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...
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Voice of America Journalists Sue, Saying Trump Officials Interfered in Coverage
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/politics/voice-of-america-lawsuit-trump.html?smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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"The energy crisis caused by the Iran war is worse than the combined effect of the oil shocks in the 1970s, the leader of the International Energy Agency said on Monday, warning that it would take time to resolve even if the war were to end soon."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/w...
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Energy Crisis Will Not Be Resolved Quickly if War Ends, I.E.A. Chief Warns
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/world/middleeast/energy-crisis-iea-warning.html?smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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“'These ballot seizures are setting a dangerous precedent,' Gowri Ramachandran, director of the elections and government program at the Brennan Center for Justice, wrote on social media."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...
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In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Criticism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/politics/california-ballot-seizure-elections.html?smid=bs-share
4 days ago
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"Courts can articulate principles; they cannot supply the democratic energy that gives those principles force. A constitutional order ultimately depends less on what judges are willing to say than on what people are willing to do."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...
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Opinion | The Courts Cannot Save Us From Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/opinion/constitution-trump-courts.html?smid=bs-share
5 days ago
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"Power does not grow out of the barrel of a gun, cruelty is not the same as strength, and a politics built on such ideas promises ruin, delusion about the limits of our power and a betrayal of the promise of our founding."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/opinion/trump-iran-war-memes.html?smid=bs-share
5 days ago
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"A group representing journalists who cover the Defense Department is seeking the immediate restoration of press access for its members after a federal judge ruled on Friday that key parts of the department’s media policy were unconstitutional."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/b...
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News Outlets Pressure Pentagon to Restore Access After Court Ruling
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/business/media/pentagon-press-access.html?smid=bs-share
5 days ago
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"A constitutional politics for the left must, in other words, be backed by a mass politics of legislative supremacy. In a largely atomized society of shattered civic bonds, this is much easier said than done."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
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Opinion | What Is the Left’s Theory of Power?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/democrats-congress-constitution-power-maga.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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'President Trump has his own ideas about American power, American voters, and American enemies. On 'The Opinions,' the writer Michelle Cottle and the columnists Jamelle Bouie and David French argue that unfortunately Trump misunderstands all three."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/trump-iran-save-act-reckless.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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"Mr. Trump is not making it. Instead, he has lied about the reasons for the war and about its progress, in an apparent attempt to disguise his poor planning and the war’s questionable basis."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Hiding the Truth About the War in Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/iran-war-trump-lying.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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"Inside Kristi Noem’s spacious office on the second floor of the Department of Homeland Security’s headquarters, where a painting of the secretary astride a horse decorated the wall, Corey Lewandowski would hold court."
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How Corey Lewandowski Wielded Power Inside D.H.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/corey-lewandowski-noem-dhs.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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"The Pentagon has requested $200 billion (more than $1,400 per American household) to fund the war, but even that understates the total cost."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
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Opinion | The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/iran-war-cost.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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"The Pentagon has requested $200 billion (more than $1,400 per American household) to fund the war, but even that understates the total cost."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
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Opinion | The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/iran-war-cost.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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"Ever since President Trump began what he now delicately calls his 'excursion' into Iran, Washington has been consumed by the question of when he would call it a day — even if many of his war goals remain unaccomplished."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...
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Trump Is Finally Eyeing an Exit From Iran. But Will He Take It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/trump-iran-offramp.html?smid=bs-share
6 days ago
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"Pediatric emergency medicine and intensive care are struggling. Children’s hospitals are facing work force shortages and a critical lack of funding.Unlike in the era Dr. Milhoan refers to, many doctors today have never seen a measles or polio case in their practice."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/o...
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Opinion | Measles Is Roaring Back. We Are Not Ready.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/measles-vaccines-pediatric-care.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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5 Places Where the Iran War Could Get Worse
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Opinion | 5 Places Where the Iran War Could Get Worse
How the conflict could further destabilize the region.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/20/opinion/iran-war-attacks-map.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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"It would be next to impossible for American and Israeli Special Forces to land in hostile territory and easily extricate or destroy Iran’s fissile material."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/o...
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Opinion | I Spent Two Decades Securing Nuclear Materials. Getting at Iran’s Would Not Be Easy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/iran-nuclear-materials-war.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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‘Once and for All’ Means Never
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/o...
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Opinion | ‘Once and for All’ Means Never
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/iran-israel-united-states-hamas.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Cal State System Challenges President’s Order on Transgender Athletes
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Cal State System Challenges President’s Order on Transgender Athletes
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/20/us/trump-news?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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“'This move is indefensible and unsupported by the facts and the law,' said Kristen Clarke, who was the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division when the case was brought, responding to Friday’s motion."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Justice Dept. Seeks to Drop Charges Against Officers in Breonna Taylor’s Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/politics/breonna-taylor-officer-charges.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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"The Trump administration has declared a wartime emergency to bypass Congress and push through more than $23 billion in weapons sales to allies in the Middle East,..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Administration Bypasses Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/politics/wartime-emergency-congress-weapons.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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"Republicans on Capitol Hill have given President Trump wide latitude to wage war on Iran with no congressional approval or limits."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Deferring to Trump, G.O.P. Lawmakers Resist a Public Accounting on Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/politics/congress-iran-trump.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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"He spoke of 'overwhelming force' and the U.S. military’s unmatched ability to rain 'death and destruction from above' on its 'apocalyptic' Iranian foes."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/politics/hegseth-christianity-military.html?smid=bs-share
7 days ago
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Republicans sue for right to make Nazi salutes
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/repu...
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Republicans sue for right to make Nazi salutes - LGBTQ Nation
The Republican Party has an ever-growing neo-Nazi faction.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/republicans-sue-for-right-to-make-salutes/
7 days ago
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"The attacks against Islam and Muslims from Mr. Trump and other Republicans are shameful. They are filled with lies. They deserve denunciation from all Americans, regardless of politics or religion."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Hypocrisy on Religious Freedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opinion/anti-muslim-islamophobia-trump-republicans.html?smid=bs-share
8 days ago
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