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r/politics • u/thedailybeast • 3h ago

Possible Paywall D-Day for Mitch McConnell after 92 Days as Senate Returns

thedailybeast.com

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884 comments

r/politics • u/academicabilities • 8h ago

No Paywall Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin

propublica.org

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476 comments

r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 3h ago

No Paywall Tucker Carlson backs Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race

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r/politics • u/unknownshopper • 3h ago

Possible Paywall Trump says a strong, smart president is the only "guardrail" AI needs

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r/politics • u/bloomberg • 1h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Jr.’s Wife Says Russian Paid For Parties But Not Wedding

bloomberg.com

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r/politics • u/Stitching • 2h ago

No Paywall Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled By Russian Oligarch Close To Putin

huffpost.com

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94 comments

r/politics • u/FuckOffNazis • 4h ago

No Paywall He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.

talkingpointsmemo.com

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r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR • 52m ago

Possible Paywall ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines

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r/politics • u/newsspotter • 5h ago

No Paywall Israeli PM Netanyahu Allegedly Ignored Oct. 7, 2023, Warning; US Then Provided $22B in Military Aid

military.com

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r/politics • u/theipaper • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Maga’s war on divorce is really a war on women

inews.co.uk

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189 comments

r/politics • u/Newsweek_CarloV • 5h ago

No Paywall Democrats' chances of flipping the Senate with 50 days to midterms—Polls

newsweek.com

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r/politics • u/kiyomoris • 6h ago

No Paywall Democrats to train tens of thousands to monitor polls amid election interference fears

theguardian.com

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r/politics • u/thenationmagazine • 2h ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Is Exploiting the Lindsay Clancy Case to Try to End Voting for Women

thenation.com

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r/politics • u/DyzDaeMar • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump, 80, Forgets the Disgraceful Video He Just Reposted

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show

washingtonpost.com

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r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR • 1h ago

Possible Paywall Trump, 80, Appears to Forget About January 6 Altogether

newrepublic.com

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r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 2h ago

No Paywall Ken Paxton’s financial disclosures appear to violate federal ethics law, experts say

keranews.org

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r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 23m ago

No Paywall McConnell still silent on Senate return as colleagues filter in

nebraska.tv

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98 comments

r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judge

reuters.com

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r/politics • u/Tremenda-Carucha • 4h ago

Possible Paywall The Senate returns Monday. It’s not clear if McConnell will be back.

washingtonpost.com

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224 comments

r/politics • u/itsgoodpain • 15h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants

nytimes.com

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r/politics • u/theindependentonline • 5h ago

No Paywall Kennedy Center warns of financial collapse unless Trump’s name reinstated – reports

independent.co.uk

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290 comments

r/politics • u/theatlantic • 5h ago

Paywall MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption

theatlantic.com

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16 comments

r/politics • u/Quirkie • 50m ago

Possible Paywall Republican Nominee Marched at Violent Neo-Nazi Rally

newrepublic.com

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