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The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (Half the Answer #89, with Danny Funt)

How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody

Today’s levels of political violence are much lower than America's worst eras, but the trends strongly resemble their beginnings.

Nathan Kalmoe Jun 23, 2026

Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.

Toby Buckle Jun 22, 2026

Whitney Curry Wimbish is a staff writer at the American Prospect and also co-writes the Majority Report newsletter.

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Progressive messaging is so hot, the cynical opportunists are appropriating it for mass appeal. A combat surgeon returned from Gaza