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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: How far is too far?

Trump crosses the line, a way forward against oligarchy, new life in old songs

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Oct 01, 2025
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THE GIST: Revenge, retribution, and red lines

Donald Trump has spent the last eight months dismantling institutions, laying off hundreds of thousands of federal workers, occupying cities, conducting mass deportations, and — just yesterday — forcing a government shutdown and calling for the military to fight an “enemy within.” It’s all happened so fast an…

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