“I think it’s abject nonsense. I think that’s what somebody says when they don’t want to see their taxes go up,” says Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Jeff Bezos arguing taxing him more won’t help Americans. 

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Amidst the war with Iran and high gas prices, President Trump is redoing the reflecting pool and continuing construction on the White House ballroom. Molly Jong-Fast breaks it down.

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Legendary award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns joins Nicolle Wallace for a special episode of “The Best People” talking about the venality and virtue of America at 250. As our nation’s 250th anniversary approaches, he joins Nicolle at the famed 92nd Street Y for an intimate conversation about the American experiment — how its failures and its successes inform each other and nudge the country forward. Ken understands that political turmoil is a hallmark of our democracy; fundamentally, we’ve been here before.  He shares why he believes Trump’s “authoritarianism” will be defeated and why we’re going to make it, by looking at history. It’s a conversation you don’t want to miss.

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President Trump’s autocratic tendencies are being enabled by his own DOJ as he uses the agency for retribution against his …

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New reports show instances in which Donald Trump purchased a company’s stock, and then did or said something as president that would boost the value of that stock.

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