Laughing Leads to Crying

Laughing Leads to Crying

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How the second Trump administration could prove even deadlier than the first
Dramatic reductions of government services and expertise mean surviving this presidency will be more than a figurative challenge for millions.
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Explosives and more: What the Fourth of July stands for now
We can still celebrate America in the Trump era, but let's be clear about what we're celebrating.
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Why on Earth are Marines still in Los Angeles?
Trump's deployment of thousands of troops to the city has outlasted every remotely plausible case for their presence.
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I was an L.A. Times opinion editor. Here's why I'm not anymore
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With friends like this: How Trump is ushering in a golden age of animosity
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What the Trump administration's latest outrages have done for its opponents
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Why opinion journalists are the first casualties of the war on the press
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Why on Earth are Marines still in Los Angeles?
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Come on now: Trump's base is not going to stop his warmongering
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The peace to end all peace: Was this America's most obfuscated war?
Trump's attack on Iran was accompanied by an extraordinary level of deception and outright denial.
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Come on now: Trump's base is not going to stop his warmongering
The idea that the faithful will leave him for attacking Iran is dubious at best.
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What the Trump administration's latest outrages have done for its opponents
The regime's escalating excesses seem to have imbued Democrats such as California's Sen. Alex Padilla and Gov. Gavin Newsom with something new and…
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Brian Wilson, Ben Franklin and some completely unsuitable Father's Day reflections
Not to begrudge anyone his gifts, but some dads just don't deserve to be celebrated as such.
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Why opinion journalists are the first casualties of the war on the press
Donald Trump's media enablers and sycophants have used journalism's own confused conventions to suppress their most troublesome critics.
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Gavin Newsom wants to build housing and be president. Here's the problem
The California governor's latest push to produce homes and crack down on homeless people points to a broader difficulty for the Democratic Party.
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With friends like this: How Trump is ushering in a golden age of animosity
What unites some of the president's most baffling policies is a general disdain for the notion of mutually beneficial relationships.
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Laughing Leads to Crying
Laughing Leads to Crying
Seizing edification from the jaws of despair.

Laughing Leads to Crying

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