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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (L), head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), speaks during a Cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump (R) at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Musk's clean-up job backfires on Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"War on woke" is a war on all America

Amanda Marcotte
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats' first battle of 2025: Doge

Bryan Williams
FDR, Biden (Joshua Roberts/Universal History Archive/Getty Images/Salon)

We were wrong about Biden. That's good

Heather Digby Parton
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Tea Party budget battles and coronavirus

Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf - ProPublica
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Where your tax dollars really go

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
An air traffic control tower stands at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on June 5, 2017 in New York City (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Privatization isn't the answer

Jeremy Mohler - In These Times
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Congress must stop animal experiments

Jim Keen - Independent Media Institute
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Trump's infrastructure con

Leo Gerard - Alternet
(AP/Eric Risberg)

An infrastructure sham

Matthew Sheffield
This Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The unarmed missile roared out of its underground bunker on the California coastline and soared over the Pacific, inscribing the signature of American power amid growing worry about North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons capable of reaching U.S. soil.(Staff Sgt. Jim Araos/U.S. Air Force via AP) (AP)

Enormous cost of more nuclear weapons

Guy T. Saperstein, Kelsey Abkin - Alternet
FILE - This Sept. 2, 2015 file photo shows an F-16, below, escorting two F-35 jets, above, after arriving the latter arrived at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The U.S. and its Asia-Pacific allies are rolling out their new stealth fighter jet, a cutting-edge plane that costs about $100 million each. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (AP)

War's hidden costs

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

CBO fact checks GOP on Medicaid

Matthew Sheffield
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Trump Attacks The Economy

Amanda Marcotte
File - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center, in Hershey, Pa. After a pair of diplomatic victories, the Palestinians are now setting their sights on a Mideast peace conference in France next month in a bid to rally support as they prepare for the uncertainty of the Trump Administration. The Palestinians are hopeful that a strong international endorsement in Paris will insulate them from what they fear will be a close alliance between President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (AP)

Rajan Menon - TomDispatch.com
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Trump's scary "skinny budget"

Sophia Tesfaye
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Red-state moochers

Sean Illing
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