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TOPEKA, KS - NOVEMBER 08: Incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly arrives to address the crowd during her watch party at the Ramada Hotel Downtown Topeka on November 8, 2022 in Topeka, Kansas. Kelly remained in a tight race with Republican state Attorney General Derek Schmidt with 95 percent of the voting in. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
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Contributor: Anti-trans laws aren’t protecting women or anyone, only doing harm

A new Kansas law instantly invalidated the licenses of 1,700 people who had been allowed to update their gender on their state ID. To what end?

SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA - JULY 08: An aerial view San Quentin State Prison on July 08, 2020 in San Quentin, California. Over 1,400 inmates and staff at San Quentin State Prison have become infected with coronavirus COVID-19 after inmates from a Chino, California prison. Six inmates have died from the virus. An emergency care facility was erected on the baseball field to treat inmates suffering from one the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 in the nation. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Contributor: As an immigrant, I’m safer in San Quentin than if paroled

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCT. 30, 2020. Voters fill out their ballots at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
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Contributor: Federal power grabs on elections are not about fraud

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 13: A billboard shows a graphic depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei with military commanders as people attend the annual anti-Israeli Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on March 13, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. International Quds Day (which takes its name from the Arabic name for Jerusalem) is an annual pro-Palestinian event created in Iran in 1979 and held on the last Friday of Ramadan. Today's demonstration comes amid the continuing war between Iran and the United States and Israel. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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Contributor: What a U.S. victory would look like in the Iran war

BEIRUT, LEBANON - MARCH 12: Smoke from a building in the center of the city which has been hit by the IDF after an evacuation order on March 12, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israel has continued its aerial and ground assault in Lebanon after Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, launched missiles at Israel in what it said was retaliation for the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images)
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Contributor: The window to declare success in Iran is closing

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Contributor: Taxing the rich won’t get us out of this mess

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Contributor: Don’t let lobbyists win a liability shield for Big Oil

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Calmes: Trump’s recklessness endangers the nation

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Contributor: Iran’s dynastic power shift could prove more damaging than regime change

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