Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US tod...
Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to know We in the rest of the world have had to hear a lot – such a lot – about what this US government and its hardcore fanbase thinks about us. So you know they’ll be super-relaxed and free-speechy about hearing some thoughts about how they look from the outside. Let’s use last Saturday as a single snapshot. In Minneapolis, they had the shoot
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- Violence Enabling
- Topic (health category)
- Legislative Checks
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- Distinct source domains
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- Independent sources
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Reporting (1 article)
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| Title | Source | Tier | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this Representative | theguardian.com | S4 | 2026-01-27 13:43:07 |