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Roxanne Cooper

@AlterRox

A long time ago, I was Rox Populi. But I quit her. Now, I'm the Publisher @AlterNet

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Joined March 2010
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Inside a conservative group’s ongoing battle with Trump alternet.org/trump-liberty-j…
Inside a conservative group’s ongoing battle with Trump

Inside a conservative group’s ongoing battle with Trump

One of the right's most famous economists, the late Milton Friedman, was a scathing critic of something President Donald Trump passionately supports: tariffs. Many of Friedman's arguments, long after...

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Billionaire comes up short in California governor's race alternet.org/california-gove…
Billionaire comes up short in California governor's race

Billionaire comes up short in California governor's race

Billionaire Tom Steyer is officially out of the 2026 California gubernatorial race.

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Trump's 'lawless' retaliation won clemency for election denier: Official alternet.org/trump-colorado-…
Trump's 'lawless' retaliation won clemency for election denier: Official

Trump's 'lawless' retaliation won clemency for election denier: Official

Top Colorado Democrats and democracy advocates were among those outraged and puzzled Friday after Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk and 2020...

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Judge topples imperiled Republican’s bid to oust Dem contender alternet.org/republicans-mid…

Judge topples imperiled Republican’s bid to oust Dem contender

The Hudson Independent reports that New York Supreme Court Jus­tice David Fried has re­jected a claim by U.S. Re­p. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) ’s to oust De­mo­c­ra­tic can­di­date Effie Phillips-Sta­ley’s...

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Trump aide who quietly controls the US government just doubled down alternet.org/miller-immigran…
Trump aide who quietly controls the US government just doubled down

Trump aide who quietly controls the US government just doubled down

President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, but that does not mean his draconian anti-immigrant agenda will wind down. According to a...

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You are the change you are looking for.
Axios (@axios) profile pictureAxios
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It's the terminally online news junkies who are detached from the actual reality. We've been manipulated by algorithms and politicians amplifying the worst of humanity. Our feeds and screens spread a twisted, inaccurate view of America.
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'Trump has said one thing so far that is true' alternet.org/trump-stock-tra…
'Trump has said one thing so far that is true'

'Trump has said one thing so far that is true'

In a rare moment, received bipartisan support.

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Evangelical 'prophet' kicked off the ballot in TX after multiple felonies revealed alternet.org/evangelical-pre…
Evangelical 'prophet' kicked off the ballot in TX after multiple felonies revealed

Evangelical 'prophet' kicked off the ballot in TX after multiple felonies revealed

An evangelical preacher and licensed mental health counselor has been kicked off the ballot for a local race in Dallas, Texas, after her past felony convictions came to light.

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'A gamble': How Texas GOP 'madness' is putting its own party at risk alternet.org/Bank/texas-gerr…
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Look around: The signs of a Trump recession are everywhere alternet.org/trump-recession…
Look around: The signs of a Trump recession are everywhere

Look around: The signs of a Trump recession are everywhere

Once you start looking, the signs of an American recession are everywhere.

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'Not exaggerating': Rachel Maddow blasts GOP for 'relinquishing' their power to Trump alternet.org/maddow-tariffs/…
'Not exaggerating': Rachel Maddow blasts GOP for 'relinquishing' their power to Trump

'Not exaggerating': Rachel Maddow blasts GOP for 'relinquishing' their power to Trump

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow criticized congressional Republicans for quietly advancing a strategy that effectively surrenders their power to President Donald Trump, allowing him to maintain his tariff...

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Musk’s cuts 'hobbling' major Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research facility: report alternet.org/msn-uk/trump-mu…

Musk’s cuts 'hobbling' major Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research facility: report

Although Elon Musk is no longer the official head of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he and his team have extended their cuts, reportedly “hobbling” a federal government facility that...

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Critics cheer Trump postmaster general’s resignation after 'turbulent five-year tenure' alternet.org/dejoy-resignati…
Critics cheer Trump postmaster general’s resignation after 'turbulent five-year tenure'

Critics cheer Trump postmaster general’s resignation after 'turbulent five-year tenure'

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's five-year association with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is coming to an end. CBS News' Kate Gibson, on Tuesday, February 18, reported that DeJoy is leaving the...

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Expert predicts Supreme Court’s refusal to save Trump 'a real warning sign' alternet.org/real-warning-si…

Expert predicts Supreme Court’s refusal to save Trump 'a real warning sign'

Journalists and political experts on Thursday quickly responded to the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision, declining to halt Donald Trump's sentencing on Friday, January 10.

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'We’re going to see battles': Ron Johnson vows to vote 'no' on Trump's debt limit plan alternet.org/ron-johnson-tru…
'We’re going to see battles': Ron Johnson vows to vote 'no' on Trump's debt limit plan

'We’re going to see battles': Ron Johnson vows to vote 'no' on Trump's debt limit plan

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he will vote against President-elect Donald Trump's plan to eliminate or raise the debt limit.

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If @elonmusk wants to get rid of bullshit federal jobs, he could start with ambassadorships. We have phones and shit now.
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'Convulsive demographic changes': George Will explains why US should encourage — not discourage — immigration alternet.org/george-will-imm…
'Convulsive demographic changes': George Will explains why US should encourage — not discourage —...

'Convulsive demographic changes': George Will explains why US should encourage — not discourage —...

Never Trump conservative and veteran Washington Post columnist George Will, who supported now-President Joe Biden in 2020, has been vehemently critical of both Republican former President Donald...

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'You are the cancer': Swing state election official admits having PTSD from MAGA threats alternet.org/swing-state-ele…
'You are the cancer': Swing state election official admits having PTSD from MAGA threats

'You are the cancer': Swing state election official admits having PTSD from MAGA threats

One public employee tasked with overseeing elections in a battleground state's most populous county has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is soon leaving his profession due to constant death...

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This is some incredible reporting from @davelevinthal and @RawStory It’s the reporting we need but will not get from NYT and WAPO. It’s also reporting they need to be paid to do, esp since it puts them on the expanded enemies list. Not everything can be free!! Worth $49 👇👇
Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) profile pictureDave Levinthal@davelevinthal10 Jul 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Bombshell ⁦@RawStory⁩ investigation about Ivan Raiklin, Trump’s “secretary of retribution,” who has created a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested rawstory.com/raw-investigate…
Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested

Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested

Ivan Raiklin dreams of ‘live-streamed swatting raids’ that round up politicians, government officials and journalists

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CEOs left 'remarkably meandering' Trump event 'less predisposed' to voting for him: financial columnist alternet.org/the-right-wing/…
CEOs left 'remarkably meandering' Trump event 'less predisposed' to voting for him: financial...

CEOs left 'remarkably meandering' Trump event 'less predisposed' to voting for him: financial...

New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin on Friday delivered a “brutal” report on Donald Trump’s meeting with top U.S. chief executive officers (CEOs), telling CNBC that those who met...

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