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Anders Aslund / Jacob Silverman / Molly White

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11.14.24 - 5:00am

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It Looks Like Trump is No Longer Afraid of Being Blackmailed By Putin
Trump Shows Up at the Congress Today With His New Playmate Elon Musk
The Outsized Role the Crypto Industry Played in Electing Trump and Republicans


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Ankush Khardori / Jeet Heer / Adam Weinstein

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11.13.24 - 5:00am

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The Greatest Failure of Federal Law Enforcement in History Thanks to Garland, McConnell, and Roberts
Senator Murphy Agrees With Bernie That Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class
Saudi Arabia and Iran Get Closer in Anticipation of a Trump Presidency


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Josh Paul / Lucian Truscott IV / Will Bunch

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11.12.24 - 5:00am

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Too Little Too Late, Biden is Finally Ready to Stand Up to Israel
On Veterans Day, Will We Have Trump Wars and More American Veterans?
We are Entering America’s Strongman Era


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James Thurber / Jeff Hauser / Michael Kazin

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11.08.24 - 5:00am

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With Republicans Needing 7 and Democrats Needing 15 Seats to Flip the House, Will Trump End Up With the Trifecta of White House, Senate, and House?
The Frightening and Less Frightening Contenders for Trump’s White House and Cabinet Positions
Democrats Have Joined the Global Trend of Center Left Parties Losing to the Far Right


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John Nichols / Lily Geismer / Charles Kupchan

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11.07.24 - 5:00am

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Trump Won in a Landslide With 4 Million Fewer Votes Than 2020 While Harris won 66 Million, Far Less Than Biden’s 81 Million in 2020
The Education Divide, with Harris Winning the Educated and Trump the Less Educated
Will Trump and Vance’s “America First” Isolationism Define the Next 4 Years?


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Jared Holt / Greg Palast / David Faris

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11.05.24 - 5:00am

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Trump’s Not-So-Veiled Threat That “Bad Things Could Happen” If He Loses the Election
The Pernicious GOP Operation Underway to Purge Voter Rolls
Harris Needs to Win Big Because Trump’s GOP Will Cheat Rather Than Compete


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David Daley / Austin Ahlman / Steven Harper

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11.01.24 - 5:00am

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The Murdochs and Their Fox News Propagandists Are Laying the Groundwork For a New Civil War
A “Prairie Populist” in Nebraska is Campaigning the Way Democrats Should be in Red States
“Why is This Election Even Close?”


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Justin Higgins / Sidney Blumenthal / Richard Briffault

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10.31.24 - 5:00am

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The October Surprise as a Trump Self-Inflicted Wound
2024 Collusion Between Trump and Putin and Musk and Putin
The Supreme Court’s Latest Partisan Ruling Allows a Voter Purge in Virginia


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Sarah Leah Whitson / Luis Martinez-Fernandez / Peter Montgomery

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10.30.24 - 5:00am

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Israel’s Expulsion of UNRWA From Gaza Will Worsen an Already Dire Humanitarian Disaster
The Puerto Rican Vote After Trump’s Hate-Filled Rally He Called a “Love Fest”
Apparently Trump’s “Christians” No Longer “Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself”


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Anne Nelson / David Cay / Lincoln Mitchell

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10.29.24 - 5:00am

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Trump and His Warm-up Acts Spew Racist Hatred at Sunday’s Madison Square Garden Rally
Billionaires and CEOs Suck Up to Trump, Hedging Their Bets in Fear of Retribution
The Disputed Election Results in the Former Soviet State of Georgia


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