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July 9, 2025

 

American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good

The predictable consequences of the right wing’s war on public schools are being felt as educators leave their communities—and their profession.

By Kenneal Patterson

 

E. Jean Carroll Speaks—and She’s Throwing Darts All Across Trumpworld

Joe Tacopina was “disgusting.” Alina Habba, “deliciously arrogant.” Plus, what she’ll do with all that money—if Trump ever pays it.

By Nina Burleigh

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The “Undeserving Poor” Deserve Medicaid

Most able-bodied Medicaid recipients already have jobs, but those who don’t should receive health care too.

By Timothy Noah

 

The Ugly Politics of Jackson, Mississippi’s Ongoing Water Crisis

$600 million has been spent trying to salvage the city’s decrepit water system after it collapsed three years ago. Now the money is gone and the problems aren’t fixed—and residents fear they may permanently lose control of their water.

By Kate Mabus

 

Most Third-Party Efforts Are Jokes. Musk’s Might Not Be. Here’s Why.

He’s not setting his sights on the presidency, and that could make all the difference.

By Michael Tomasky

 

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Democrats Should​ Say Who’s Really to Blame for the ​Flooding in Texas

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The Bear Offers Apologies—and an Uncertain Path Forward

By Phillip Maciak

 

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Turns Out, Pete Hegseth Forgot a Crucial Step in Pausing Ukraine Aid

Guess who forgot to tell his boss what he was doing?

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

 

GOP Senators Stunned by Terrible Rule in Budget Bill They Voted For

Did these senators actually read the bill?

By Edith Olmsted

 

KBJ Rips “Senseless” Supreme Court Decision on Trump’s Mass Firings

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out her colleagues for greenlighting Trump’s “legally dubious” layoffs in the federal government.

By Robert McCoy

 

Trump Press Sec’s Fury at Media Over Texas Flood Exposes Worst of MAGA

As Karoline Leavitt rages at the media and Democrats for probing whether Trump policies made the Texas disaster worse, a writer on climate change argues that this absolutely is the time for such hard questions.

By The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

 

Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?

If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.

By Michael Tomasky

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