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Nobody can tell you if Trump believes his own claims. Somehow that's not the story.
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Straight Down the Middle
Ask the people who aren't there anymore.
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Imagining a Guy: Names Edition
The Post found a progressive who doesn’t exist and caught her betraying a belief she doesn’t hold.
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The Punchline
Dylan Mulvaney did nothing wrong. That's the point.
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Dinner Theater
Everyone's writing about how Trump bombed at the correspondents' dinner. The bigger embarrassment was the press corps that sat there and took it.
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Where Did 30% of America Get This Opinion About The Odyssey?
Nobody arrives at a take on Helen of Troy casting by accident. A YouGov poll shows what Elon Musk and right-wing media's campaign against The Odyssey…
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There’s No Gotcha Here
Calling Hegseth’s testosterone program "gender-affirming care" trivializes trans healthcare and misreads what we’re up against. Speaking only for…
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The Predicate
Steve Bannon already said what Thursday’s speech is for. The only question left is whether ABC, CBS, and NBC hand over the airwaves to deliver it.
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Trusting Chatbots with Our Ballots (At the Worst Possible Moment)
Voters are letting chatbots help fill out their ballots. The Trump administration has spent a year making sure it controls what the chatbots say.
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Go Ahead, Try and Tune Him Out
Nine years ago, The Onion wrote a fake Trump editorial about infecting every corner of your daily life. He’s since gotten a lot better at it.
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