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In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.

Alexander Ward and Lara Seligman of the Wall Street Journal reported today that Trump called Elon Musk yesterday to ask him to stop throttling Starlink’s military-grade communications system, ...

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Lots of people worked long and hard to try to make sure all Americans could vote. Today is the anniversary of just one of ...

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A blockbuster story in the Wall Street Journal tonight by Alexander Ward, Natalie Andrews, and Josh Dawsey says that it was billionaire Elon Musk who ordered Space X to slow down its service in ...

Everything feels out of whack in the United States. First of all, the president’s behavior is becoming more and more erratic. Earlier this week, he walked past the open door of his armored car, known ...

Recorded October 20, 2026.

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