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Election 2022: This is Gen Z’s MomentThere’s been a surge in youth voting since 2018, and if it continues it’s going to upend next week’s US electionOct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022
Elon Musk: “Après Moi, Le Déluge”Chasing crazy dreams, our would-be Big Tech Emperors are hastening the destruction of any kind of healthy democracyOct 27, 20221Oct 27, 20221
The Lies Republicans Tell ThemselvesSupport for Trumpism, like support for Nazism, is built on a edifice of self-deception, as former GOP campaign guru Tim Miller’s new book…Oct 26, 202215Oct 26, 202215
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