The Hype Man of Trump’s Mass Deportations
Gregory Bovino has taken his aggressive tactics and propaganda videos from the southern border to the streets of California.
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Donald Trump seems to have no theory of governance beyond personal gain and retribution.
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Shooing young children away from the kitchen and the laundry can have a lasting effect.
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If you’re trying to find someone who doesn’t want to be found, you don’t go to the obvious places.
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The president was adamant about doing nothing. But the story wouldn’t go away.
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The country is witnessing the creation of an all-powerful institution, and one man is responsible.
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The president has launched a frontal assault on the journalism business. So far, he’s winning.
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Why Europeans Don’t Get Huge Medical Bills
Other countries still have health insurers, but they avoid five-figure medical bills. The answer lies in how the insurers and doctors are regulated. (From 2019)
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My grandmother worked in housekeeping for 10 years—and it’s a job where you could use a gratuity. (From 2019)
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American television is fair game for its critics, but think twice, says this student of TV, before you disparage The Friendly Giant, Misterogers’ Neighborhood, and Captain Kangaroo. (From 1969)
AP Modern Cats
“There is a prejudice against cats because dogs hate them. We defer overmuch to the opinion of the dog because he is ‘faithful.’” (From 1874)
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters. radio atlantic•Episode 138The Razor-Thin Line Between Conspiracy Theory and Actual Conspiracy
A conversation with Julie K. Brown, the investigative reporter who knows more than almost anyone else about Jeffrey Epstein
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We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
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The former FBI official Peter Strzok on how President Donald Trump is destroying U.S. counterintelligence from the inside.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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Autocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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