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“Do food stamps make people fat?” No. But publishing lazy classist propaganda to flatter your rich readers definitely makes you a hack. https://www.theindex.media/a-war-on-welfare-wrapped-in-fatphobia/

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The midterms are not a contest of ideas. They are a contest between democracy and permanent minority rule. The GOP isn’t trying to win the debate. They’re trying to rig the scoreboard — forever. https://www.theindex.media/the-midterms-are-coming-the-gop-is-going-to-cheat/

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Confidence is cheap. Competence is rare. We built a culture that can’t tell the difference. Now we’re ruled by influencers in suits. https://www.theindex.media/americas-next-top-conman/

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Today in The Index's Meta Media series: Marco Rubio wrote a sweaty little op-ed claiming fact-checking is tyranny. Turns out when you can’t tell the truth, the next best thing is banning anyone who can. https://www.theindex.media/rubio-isnt-ending-censorship-hes-ending-oversight/

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“Freeze the conflict” = Let Putin keep the land he stole. “Block NATO membership” = Leave Ukraine defenseless. “Recognize Crimea” = Erase international law. Trump’s peace plan is a blueprint for capitulation. https://www.theindex.media/trumps-ukraine-plan-is-just-the-moscow-memo-with-a-new-header/

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The Cold War blocked exports. It didn’t stop the Soviets. It built their underground tech ecosystem. Now it’s China’s turn. https://www.theindex.media/chip-wars-are-the-new-cold-war/

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Liz Truss blew up the UK economy in 49 days and still thinks she’s qualified to write foreign policy fanfic. Now she’s praising Trump like he’s Churchill with a spray tan. The Telegraph really said: what if delusion had a byline? https://www.theindex.media/trump-has-not-been-proven-right-about-pretty-much-everything/

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The government has already decided it can control the curriculum by controlling the cash. What happens next is not up to them. It's up to everyone else. https://www.theindex.media/harvard-didnt-blink-the-fight-starts-here/

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The exhausted majority didn’t leave democracy. Democracy left them. It turned into content. Into noise. Into a circus run by clowns with Super PACs. https://www.theindex.media/what-happened-to-the-exhausted-majority/

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This week wasn’t a crash. It was a warning. When power governs by impulse, the economy can’t forecast, and institutions can’t think. The cost isn’t just money. It’s memory. https://www.theindex.media/the-epistemic-costs-of-erratic-empire/

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Anyone still thinking this is about protecting American steelworkers or rebalancing trade with China hasn't been paying attention—or worse, is clinging to the fairy tale that this movement is tethered to any rational economic theory. https://www.theindex.media/america-the-isolated/

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Kennedy didn't create the outbreak in Texas. The virus doesn't need him to replicate. But the ecosystem that enabled it—the swamp of conspiracy, pseudoscience, and libertarian moralism—that's his kingdom. https://www.theindex.media/measles-misinformation-and-the-death-cult-of-wellness/

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There are no “good Republicans.” There are cowards, enablers, and people praying SCOTUS legalizes dictatorship. That’s it. That’s the list. https://www.theindex.media/the-gop-is-the-most-dangerous-organization-in-america/

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Trust doesn't return with a photo op, a handshake, or deals signed under duress. It is built slowly, consistently, through a pattern of behavior. Trump broke that pattern. He salted the earth. And now he struts through the wreckage, calling it a win. https://www.theindex.media/trust-is-dead-trump-keeps-selling-the-corpse/

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Every time an authoritarian con-artist is held accountable, every time the mask slips in a courtroom, the spell weakens. It takes pressure. It takes a public that doesn't flinch when the volume gets turned up. It takes faith - not in the perfection of institutions, but in their potential. https://www.theindex.media/authoritarian-grift-meets-the-grind-of-justice/

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