Archive - Closer to the Edge

THE SUMMER OF INCOMMODING

Why America’s Most Feared Protest Species Is About to Ruin Brunch, Block Traffic, and Save Democracy One Sit-In at a Time

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MISSILES AT DAWN: INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND THE IDIOT GOD OF WAR

Sometime before dawn in Bahawalpur, a child was praying.

May 6 •

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DEAR PETE: Secretary Duffy’s Cry for Help

A satirical plea from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy — and the kind of devastating response Pete Buttigieg just might write.

May 6 •

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PART TWO: THE COUNTERMOVE

May 6 •

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Rook T. Winchester

SITH LORDS AND EGO TRIPS: MAY THE 4TH BE WITH WHO, EXACTLY?

May 5 •

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Snopes, Silence, and the Man Who Named Trump

How a forgotten Facebook post, a deleted news story, and one flawed fact-check shaped the fate of a geopolitical bombshell.

May 5 •

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Rook T. Winchester

HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT JOB HE HAS: TRUMP CAN’T SAY IF HE’LL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION

Let’s be absolutely clear: the President of the United States just went on national television and said “I don’t know” when asked if he’s required to…

May 4 •

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and

Rook T. Winchester

“GET OUT OF MY HOUSE”: A MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP AND THE HOLY MEME BRIGADE.

Editor’s Note:

May 4 •

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Alireza Doroudi

The Case of Alireza Doroudi and the Deportation State’s War on Thought

May 4 •

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Jessica Brösche

THE HORROR STAMP: HOW ICE TURNED A GERMAN TOURIST INTO A PRISONER

May 4 •

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Francisco García Casique

THE BARBER WHO VANISHED: HOW ICE TURNED A VENEZUELAN HAIRCUT INTO A CRIMINAL ACT

May 4 •

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THE SKIN CRAWLS IN: WHAT HAPPENS IF STEPHEN MILLER BECOMES NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

Imagine if a haunted ventriloquist dummy got ahold of a Predator drone. That’s where we are now.

May 3 •

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