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The Real Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
The Real Fraud, Waste, and Abuse By Michael J. Dover 609 words Between Elon Musk’s brief, disastrous tenure with the misnamed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the Republicans’ mad rush to gut health care and food assistance for millions of lower-income Americans, you’d think they’d just discovered a massive cabal of diehard leftist criminals committing…
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Which Countries Have the Right to Possess Nuclear Weapons?
Which Countries Have the Right to Possess Nuclear Weapons? by Jerry Tetalman 712 words Humanity has a serious nuclear weapons problem. We have created a weapon that is so powerful that it poses an existential threat to us as a species. Not surprisingly, the use of nuclear weapons in war has been a redline, not crossed…
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Big, Beautiful American Poor
Big, Beautiful American Poor by Arlyce Menzies 906 words I grew up poor, that is, American poor. I fantasized about food at night–mashed potatoes, buttery dinner rolls, raspberry cheesecake. I would wake up and imagine a breakfast–strawberry waffles with whipped cream, cold orange juice–then, talk myself toward accepting what I knew was there–toast with peanut…