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Has liberalism become pathological?
Toby Buckle on how John Rawls made liberalism too weak to defend itself, and whether ‘reactionary centrism’ is an accurate term
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Matthew Sheffield
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AI models give bad answers because they have been unwittingly programmed to offer them
New OpenAI paper reveals that ChatGPT and other large language models could be much more accurate, if they would refuse to answer
To beat MAGA violence, Democrats must warn the public about it as much as possible
In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, GOP calls for retribution against Democrats for telling the truth about Trump's authoritarianism are…
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Jim Carroll
With deranged meme about napalming Chicago, Trump dares Americans to stand up for each other
The president thinks threats and incitements of violence will cow the pro-democracy majority, but holding him accountable for harming Americans may be…
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Jim Carroll
Vowing to defend his constituents, will J.B. Pritzker shame fellow Democrats into taking on Trump?
In a Chicago speech warning Trump off troop deployments in that city, the Illinois governor modeled how to confront a lawless presidency
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Jim Carroll

August 2025

At televised cabinet meeting turned Trumpian lovefest, department heads cry the praises of dear leader
No honest American can watch grown men and women publicly humiliate themselves in front of Trump without realizing that something has gone terribly…
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Jim Carroll
Beyond illicit intimidation, the specter of violence against citizens haunts Trump's troop deployments
Opponents of Trump should ready strategies in anticipation of the president's instigation of violence in D.C. and other American cities, all squarely…
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Jim Carroll
Americans want big ideas, but Trump’s opponents aren’t providing them
Seth Flaxman on why neither Democrats nor the broader center-to-left have been willing to make a case to the public
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Matthew Sheffield
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Seth Flaxman
1:07:42
Trump's D.C. clampdown is an affront to America, and Democrats should act like it
The president's illicit deployment of troops to the nation's capital on false pretenses advances an authoritarian agenda that his opponents should…
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Jim Carroll
Leaning hard into lawless rule, Donald Trump leaves legitimacy behind
As his sinking poll numbers undermine the idea that he represents some mythical popular will, opponents have fresh opportunities to discredit his open…
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Jim Carroll
ChatGPT-5 and the end of naive AI futurism
Turns out, scale is not all you need
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Dave Karpf
As science faces external attacks, it needs to look within to defend and reform
Rather than just defending the status quo, scientists should use data to understand and fix their own institutional problems
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