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The Green candidate for governor of California speaks out on Gavin Newsom, Zack Polanski, trans rights, and the future of third parties in America.
Standing for Nothing
After being a leading Democratic enabler of the genocide of Palestinians, Cory Booker now has the audacity to publish a book about moral virtue.
The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon
Under the sterile blue lights of his studio, Fallon laughs endlessly at the same pseudo-jokes, rubs elbows with Trump and Sam Altman, and ushers in the death of culture.
How to Avoid a Cold War
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