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		<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need to Take the Car Keys Away from Bernie]]></title>
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The Platner fiasco has unleashed something of a brawl in the Democratic
Party over how the sexting candidate with a Nazi tattoo came to be their
rival to Susan Collins, now in her 5th term as Republican senator from
Maine. Bernie Sanders thought...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4248461</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graham Platner's Disqualifying Behavior]]></title>
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The Washington Post put it this way: Platner, before the latest
allegation, faced scrutiny for old social media posts dismissive of
sexual assault, a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol that he has since
covered up, sexually explicit text messages ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/susanestrich/s-4247836</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Pursuit of Happiness, Spiked]]></title>
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WASHINGTON -- The Trump whirling dervish has come and gone to Turkey --
to demand NATO hand over Greenland! -- leaving a city exhausted by his
wild Fourth of July displays.

But first, it was so great to see legions of World Cup soccer fans all
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jamiestiehm/s-4247581</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Of Course the System is Rigged -- Look at Elon Musk!]]></title>
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From Q-Anon nuttiness to JD Vance's "Deep State" quackery, wacko
right-wing conspiracies have oozed into the center of Republican
politics.

But don't let their goofiness obscure the fact that there is indeed a
very real plot to rig America's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jimhightower/s-4247580</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call of the Vile: Mayor Pete Gets Swatted, and So Does America]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything about President Donald Trump's Independence Day-eve speech at
Mt. Rushmore was a much-unneeded reminder that the personification of
crude, self-glorifying narcissism occupies the White House as we
celebrate our 250th birthday. He chose ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrobbins/s-4246711</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are You Chasing False Gods?]]></title>
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My sadly departed friend, Frank, was a unicorn. He lived 89 years in the
town he grew up in, a village on the Connecticut shore. A reporter at
his local newspaper for over half a century, he had turned down offers
to work for more glamorous ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4246706</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence Details 'Repeated Injuries' Inflicted by British Monarchy; Trump Has Executed a Similar Playbook]]></title>
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Delegates from across the original 13 colonies signed the Declaration of
Independence 250 years ago on July 4, 1776, detailing the abuses of the
king of England that led to their fight for sovereignty. Their
condemnation feels all too familiar ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/aclu/s-4246280</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why is Trump playing the Communist card?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trump has run out of cards to play in the midterm elections, which is
why he’s now talking about the “communist menace.”

He can’t talk about the economy, because prices continue to rise
faster than wages, which means most Americans are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/robertbreich/s-4246108</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Former Slave Told Us the Value of July 4]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation’s birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. "Who controls the past controls the future,” wrote George ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/clarencepage/s-4243922</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Israel, Ukraine: Not Democracies]]></title>
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The United States is heavily invested in Israel and Ukraine. One of the
primary arguments used to justify extravagant American military
spending, intelligence cooperation and diplomatic support on those two
nations is that they are both ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tedrall/s-4244681</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On This Special Fourth of July, Celebrate With America's Diverse, Inspiring Team USA]]></title>
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Americans seeking inspiration during this anniversary of independence
should turn away from the nation's capital, where Donald Trump's
narcissistic celebration provides only national embarrassment (and
perhaps a few laughs).

They can look ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/joeconason/s-4244370</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[America's Public Lands Need the Same Vision That Created Them]]></title>
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Frederick Law Olmsted is well known for pioneering landscape
architecture. We know him as the man behind Central Park in New York
City, which was his first major park project. He is also well known for
his work on the U.S. Capitol grounds and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/bonniejeanfeldkamp/s-4244031</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Fall of Vicksburg]]></title>
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When I was 19, I knew a much older man who'd grown up in 1930s Alabama.

"We didn't celebrate the Fourth of July," he told me. "For us, it was
the day Vicksburg fell."

Vicksburg, Mississippi, fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863. The
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/marcmunroedion/s-4243422</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teddy Roosevelt was Everything Donald Trump is Not]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone lies every time he opens his mouth, it’s impossible to say what’s the biggest lie of all. But clearly, after insisting he actually won the 2020 election, one of Donald Trump’s biggest lies is claiming he’s just like Teddy ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/billpress/s-4243919</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Some French Say 'Non' to Air Conditioning. Others Say 'Oui']]></title>
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Europe is now the fastest heating continent, and Paris is suffering
greatly under 100-plus Fahrenheit temperatures. That has inspired some
conservative Americans to politicize the French aversion to air
conditioning. In return, many in France ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4243159</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The End of the Term]]></title>
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He still hasn't given up. In the wake of the 6-3 decision of the Supreme
Court tossing out his Executive Order abolishing birthright citizenship,
President Donald Trump was back at it, insisting that Congress should
act. He cared enough about ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/susanestrich/s-4242465</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's Tawdry and Gaudy Birthday Party]]></title>
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WASHINGTON -- No, friends, Romans, countrymen, it wasn't enough to
murder the White House Rose Garden.

It wasn't enough to tear down its stately East Wing, where guests
gathered and mingled. It wasn't enough to brandish "Donald J. Trump"
over "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jamiestiehm/s-4243160</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Days of Disgrace: America Tells Refugees to Pound Sand]]></title>
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe
free," reads the iconic welcome to the world's oppressed inscribed on
the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus, the poet who penned those words,
had herself helped Jewish ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrobbins/s-4241235</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Democrats Have the Guts to Let a Toxic Nominee Lose?]]></title>
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One of the saddest posts this weekend featured Democratic Minority
Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a moderate, welcoming three Democratic Socialist
of America candidates who had won primaries with a handful votes. They
included Darializa Avila Chevalier...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/fromaharrop/s-4241230</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is JD Vance more dangerous than Trump?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins “either way” in
negotiations with Iran. “If we make the final deal, then great,”
Vance told HBO’s Bill Maher. “If we don’t make the final deal,
their nuclear program is still destroyed. They...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/robertbreich/s-4240632</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/29/2026</pubDate>
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