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Solid black background with white overlaid text. “The Index.” “America Is a Failed State with Good Branding” Subtitle: “Legibility, collapse, and the death spiral of American governance”
A bold red background with white serif text at the top reading “The Index.” and a verification checkmark icon. Below, in bold sans-serif: “There’s No Civility Clause for Fascists.” Underneath, smaller text reads: “It’s not offensive to call Stephen Miller hateful. It’s offensive to pretend he’s not.”
White serif text at the top reads “The Index.” with a white verification checkmark. Below, bold white text reads: “The Climate Crisis Needs a Reckoning, Not a Fungus.” Smaller white text underneath says: “Plastic-eating microbes can’t unmake a broken system.” The background is solid black.
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