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Jonathan Alter’s Trump Trial Diary
Day 15: Trump Misfires in Bid For Mistrial
A compelling exchange when the jury was out of the room.
Politics
Trump Trial Day 13: Stormy on the Stand
Day 11 was about invoices and ledgers, and Day 12 involved condoms and the creepy man in a parking lot. Monday was more important for the urgent task of convicting Donald Trump, but Tuesday was a day that, if Trump is found guilty, will take its tawdry place in the history of great American trials. I’m sorry this…
The Monopolized Economy
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The ubiquitous columnist and television broadcaster’s new book on revolution through the ages may be familiar, but it’s still spot on.
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Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done for Veterans?
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Education
The Divestment Encampments Don’t Make Any Sense
The demand that universities unload any investments having to do with Israel is half-baked and bound to fail.
Books
How Trump Survived January 6
After the insurrection, everyone was disavowing him. But thanks to his old buddy Steve Bannon and a coterie of strategists, Donald Trump regained dominance over the Republican Party.
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