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A lifeless form sprawled on the ground, with candles and American flags sprouting from their cake covered face.

Happy F***ing Birthday

An exhausted America turns two hundred and fifty.
by Christopher Hooks via Harper’s
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on June 17, 2026
Cartoon collage of Trump as an emperor with no clothes, triumphantly surveying Greenland, supported by Republicans dressed as Vikings.

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
by Christopher Hooks via The New Republic
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on May 15, 2025
A photograph of Joe Biden next to a photograph of Lyndon Baines Johnson imposed on a red background.

Lyndon Johnson Knew That Part of Wielding Power Is Knowing When to Let It Go

As Democrats debate whether Joe Biden should stay in the race against Trump, LBJ’s often misunderstood example looms.
by Christopher Hooks via Texas Monthly
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on July 2, 2024
Karl I of Austria.

Feeling Blessed

At the Habsburg Convention in Plano.
by Christopher Hooks via The Baffler
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on May 8, 2024
Demonstrators in favor of removing a Robert E. Lee statue hold signs with the names of people they would rather see memorialized.

The Battle to Rewrite Texas History

Supporters of traditional narratives are fighting to keep their grip on the public imagination.
by Christopher Hooks via Texas Monthly
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on September 18, 2019
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