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America is ruled by gangsters now
Three takeaways from Trump's disastrous meeting with Zelensky.
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Insurance companies aren't the main villain of the U.S. health system
It's mostly the providers overcharging you, not the middlemen.
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This is called "capital flight"
It usually only happens to poor countries, and it never ends well.
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This thing will fail
Trump will not restore the "strong gods" of community, family, and faith.
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No, you are not on Indigenous land
Pieces of territory belong to institutions, not to racial groups.
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Identity politics isn't working
Lesson #1 from Trump's victory.
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Tariffs: Another American act of intentional self-harm
As Adam Smith said, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation."
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If you think Americans are mad now, just wait a few months
Some guesses as to how long it will take the real pain to arrive.
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Understanding America's New Right
Fighting for Western Civilization in someone else's back yard
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Only fools think Elon is incompetent
Underestimate a man like this at your peril.
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Palestine is the end of the line for the New Left
Whatever you think of Israel, there's just no future in "global intifada" and "Death to America".
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There is no utopia waiting on the other side of Trump's economy
It's just pain now in exchange for more pain later.
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