Editor’s Note | There Aren’t Two Equal Sides To Every Story 

The urge to balance the unbalanceable with both-sides reporting that obscures the truth misunderstands the role of journalism.

Live Your Music — Giselle Anguizola

Less than 60 percent of the vote in South Carolina? Sheesh. Trump continues to do poorly in Republican caucuses and primaries

Why is the mainstream media referring to them as “big victories” for Trump?

CPAC Speaker’s Goal: Ending Democracy

Turning point the media missed

Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sought Court-Approved Abortion - The New York Times

Hours before the ruling, a group representing the woman, whose fetus received a fatal diagnosis, said she was leaving Texas for an abortion.

Texas A.G. Ken Paxton Tries to Block Court-Approved Abortion - The New York Times

The court, responding to an appeal from Attorney General Ken Paxton, put on hold a lower court order allowing an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal condition.

Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion - The New York Times

A state court judge said a woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition could legally obtain an abortion despite the state’s bans.

Dictatorship - by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner - Steady

The threat is real

Elon Musk prepares to walk away from the smoking crater that was Twitter

In a fantastic appearance on Wednesday afternoon, Elon Musk told advertisers who had left his X (formerly Twitter) social media site, “Go fuck yourself.” It was not the only F-bomb Musk dropped in a heated rant that included blaming advertisers for the...

Opinion | Would Trump be a dictator? And can he be stopped? - The Washington Post

There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. So why is everyone behaving like normal?

Speaker Big Lie - by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner

The drama around a speakerless House of Representatives has come to an end, at least for the moment. But the means by which it was resolved, and what it augurs for the future, offer no reason to celebrate.

Did Matt Gaetz tear the House GOP apart?

Did Matt Gaetz tear the House GOP apart like this headline claims? No. He did not. Certainly, he desecrated the House when he helped incite an insurrection that saw the Confederate battle flag finally breach the Capitol Rotunda 156 years after Appomattox. It’s absolutely true that he betrayed his oa..

Time for House Democrats to put together a governing coalition

Here’s why, and here’s how

North Carolina Republicans Are Creating a ‘Secret Police Force’

The euphemistically named “Gov Ops” is a civil liberties disaster waiting to happen.

More than 1,300 children and teens killed by guns so far this year. Here's why we're telling you some of their stories | CNN

In 2020, firearms became the No. 1 killer of children and teens in America, surpassing motor vehicles, which had long been the leading cause of death among America’s youth.