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Paige Oamek

Paige Oamek is a writer and fact-checker based in New York and the social media intern for The New Republic. Their writing appears in The Nation, In These Times and elsewhere.
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April 22, 2024
Paige Oamek
Sotomayor Asks One Damning Question in Supreme Court Homelessness Case
The Supreme Court is considering how far cities can go in banning homeless people from sleeping outside—and Justice Sonia Sotomayor simplified the entire case to a brilliant hypothetical.
March 11, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Is Threatening to Gut Social Security. Take His Word for It.
Donald Trump says there are “a lot” of ways to cut Social Security and Medicare.
March 11, 2024
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Sex Trafficking Survivor Detests Being in Republicans’ SOTU Response
Karla Jacinto Romero isn’t happy about the way Republican Senator Katie Britt used her story for the State of the Union rebuttal.
February 15, 2024
Paige Oamek
Ron DeSantis Finally Admits War on Books Has Been a Total Disaster
The Florida governor is suddenly backtracking after all those ridiculous book bans in schools.
February 15, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Tries Deranged Defense in Stormy Daniels Hush-Money Trial
Donald Trump will try anything to get out of this one.
February 15, 2024
Paige Oamek
Matt Gaetz Goes Full Racist After GOP’s Brutal Defeat in New York
Republicans want to blame anything but themselves after losing George Santos’s former House seat.
February 15, 2024
Paige Oamek
Putin Roasts Tucker Carlson Even More After That Pathetic Interview
Russian President Vladimir Putin say he was not impressed by Tucker’s interview skills.
February 12, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Said Dems Will Rename Pennsylvania—and Even Weirder Things
Donald Trump’s ramblings this weekend were truly deranged.

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