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Topic: Gerontocracy

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits a cultural center for the elderly on Oct. 31, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani knows how to win

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing the White House en route to Turnberry, Scotland on July 25, 2025, in Washington DC. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump touts "perfect" MRI to reporters

Garrett Owen
Mitch McConnell Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why "age caps" can't fix democracy

Winslow Erik Wright
U.S. President Joe Biden departs the Oval Office and walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

What are risks for COVID-positive Biden?

Matthew Rozsa
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Elon Musk, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No, Elon, America isn't a "gerontocracy"

Winslow Erik Wright
Leonid Brezhnev; Vladimir Putin (Getty/Keystone/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

When Brezhnev comes to America

Alexei Bayer - The Globalist
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