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The Worst President in U.S. History

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Traditionally, the worst presidents of the United States were those who did nothing to stop the civil war. This President tried to start one.

Dawn of the Bernie Bro

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Bernie’s supporters are young, rowdy, and, worst, they know how to meme. Is that reason enough to disavow him?

Our Democracy is Dumb

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Democracy is important. The ancient Greeks knew that. Everyone else forgot it for a couple thousand years, and then America remembered. Suffering beneath the widespread paw of the British tea-and-taxes machine, a spunky bunch of would-be American patriots found common ground in vanquishing the evil empire and building atop its ashes a democratic nation. Similar …

The Case for a Bigger House

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The United States House of Representatives is a cornerstone of the American Democratic system, a piece of living history, and a real shitshow.