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Topic: “Shock and Awe”

Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting, Dec. 2, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is sleepy. Americans are exhausted

Chauncey DeVega
In this May 2, 2016 photo, writer-director Rob Reiner poses for a portrait in New York. Reiner has always had an affinity for the father-son story and has explored the theme and his own life in films like "Stand By Me" and "A Few Good Men," but none have come so close as "Being Charlie," loosely based on his son Nick Reiner's struggles with drugs. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP) (AP/Brian Ach)

Rob Reiner on Trump: "He's a con man"

Andrew O'Hehir
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US Army soldiers investigate the site of an explosion, January 18, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq (Getty/Mario Tama)

After 15 years in Iraq, we deserve this

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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Natasha Lennard