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Al Lord says he's sorry: A former CEO of the student loan lender Sallie Mae says the cost of tuition at U.S. universities is “criminal,” but acknowledges that he played a role in their rising, according to a forthcoming book.In an adaption of Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell’s...
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One sidesism

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Jon Allsop is convincing that calling blame-the-Republicans-actually-torpedoing-a-1/6-commission-last coverage "both-sidesism" is too generous: Banks had been overtly hostile to the prospect of the committee and Jordan may be a material witness to Donald Trump’s complicity in the insurrection; both men voted to reverse Trump’s defeat in key...
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A Few Words on Bob Moses

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I was at the Newport Folk Festival when I heard that Bob Moses had died. As I will discuss in this weekend's Music Notes post, this was a festival heavily dedicated to Black artists. No one mentioned Moses, but somehow it seemed like a fitting time...

Manchin 2024?

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Joe Manchin's 2024 Senate campaign will generate so many hot takes that the internet will go supernova: Joe Manchin strongly signaled in 2018 that his brutal reelection campaign that year.

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