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April 12, 2026

Crooked Timber: Extreme wealth concentration – as strong as ever.

TomDispatch: Cover the election, not just the candidates.

Greater Greater Washington: How DC’s mayor and council chair thwarted every effort to better the streetcar.

Jen Sorensen: Name that bellicose babbler.

Finally, April is National Poetry Month, and a good time to revisit the wonderful Favorite Poem Project.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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