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Eli Sanders
Eli Sanders is The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won this, but he also once crashed his bike into a parked car while on his way to a staff meeting, never mind this, so… His website, which probably hasn't been updated in a while, is www.elisanders.net.
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Should President Trump Be Given Free Network Airtime for His Border “Crisis” Address?
Perhaps the national emergency is actually Trump’s thousands of lies.
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Nancy Pelosi is Now the Speaker of the House
Only 15 Democrats voted against her, and zero Democrats from Washington state were on the “No” list.
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New Year’s Resolution: Stop Sharing Your Location Data with Everyone All the Time
If you don’t want Peter Thiel collecting information on every move you make, start here.
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Did “President Trump” Start the Morning With Witness Tampering?
Does the answer depend on who “President Trump” really is?
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Midterm Votes for Democrats Broke a Record Set in the Nixon Era
Yes, there was a blue wave.
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Donald Trump’s Grandfather Was Kicked Out of Germany for Draft-Dodging
Looks like when it comes to the Trumps, Germany was “not sending their best.”
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White Nationalist Troll Storm Not Protected by First Amendment, Judge Rules
A warning against online racists and, possibly, online “outrage culture.”
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Why Did People Have to Get Killed Before GoDaddy Severed Ties With Gab?
As with the killing of Heather Heyer, the domain and hosting service only acted after murder.
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Weekday Trumpdate: Hating on Migrants, Loving on Cruz, Lying About Saudi Arabia
Fifteen days until the midterms. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images • Does Donald Trump actually have a well-honed philosophy of life and the presidency? Is it, fundamentally, nihilism? Or is it nihilism for others, “wins” for Trump, and plenty of manufactured distraction along the way to help everyone pass the time? Dan Zak explores: It […]
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Reminder: Exactly One Week Ago The New York Times Exposed Trump’s Tax “Fraud”
Trump continues to be a DDoS-style attack on our democracy’s normal circuits of accountability.
