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Why They Mask

November 10, 2025 they, mask0 comment

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. A few days after President Donald Trump took office, I got an invitation from ICE officials to observe the administration’s new “surge operations” in New York City. They told me to show up at 4 a.m. at the downtown federal building where the agency has its holding cells. Officers in body armor huddled in the basement parking garage, then headed to the Bronx in a caravan of unmarked cars. The trip wasn’t particularly…

They Aren’t Alright

August 2, 2025 they, aren't, Alright0 comment

A few weeks ago, press outlets globally ran a horrific story about Israel shooting at starving Palestinians trying to get food. The story was not true. Before the press began retracting it, a man in Colorado attacked several Jews, killing, among others, a Holocaust survivor. Earlier this week, the New York Times, on its front page, showed a malnourished toddler starved to death by Israel. The picture came with growing claims of genocide in Gaza. The Times was not alone in showing the picture of the dead toddler. Later, on…

They Didn’t Have to Do This

July 1, 2025 they, This, didn't0 comment

Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. In their heedless rush to enact a deficit-exploding tax bill so massive that they barely understand it, Senate Republicans call to mind a scene in The Sopranos. A group of young aspiring gangsters decides to stick up a Mafia card game in hopes of gaining the mobsters’ respect and being brought into the crew. At the last moment, the guys briefly reconsider, before one of them supplies the decisive argument in favor of proceeding: “Let’s do…

‘Are they keeping the president of the United States in the dark?’

November 27, 2024 president, States, they, United, are', Dark, keeping0 comment

UFO research remains one of the federal government’s most closely guarded secrets. Rep. Nancy Mace wants that to change. The Washington Times stories: White House

Kamala Harris exhorts Detroit churchgoers to ponder the future they want

November 3, 2024 want, Detroit, Future, they, ponder, Kamala, Harris, exhorts, churchgoers0 comment

Vice President Kamala Harris said the election is about much more than “partisan politics” while speaking to churchgoers in Michigan Sunday, two days before U.S. voters head to the polls to choose between her and Republican rival former President Donald Trump. The Washington Times stories: White House

Trump and Vance Are Harming the People They Claim to Care About

September 16, 2024 about, People, they, Claim, care, Trump, Harming, Vance0 comment

Springfield, Ohio, is just the sort of beleaguered heartland manufacturing town that Donald Trump and J. D. Vance say the MAGA movement wants to help. Instead, the Republican ticket has chosen to make life miserable for the town and its residents for the sake of political gain. The thing to remember is not just that Trump and Vance are lying about immigrants eating pets in Springfield. It’s that Vance is happy to admit that they’re lying. He’s done that twice, first in an X post last week and then once…