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Peter Savodnik

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There's something to this, but it misses the point, which is that Trump ran on a conspiracy theory that -- surprise! -- isn't true, and now his own Justice Department is telling him as much (again), and there's nothing to do but tell the MAGA people to move on.

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“It’s politics, sex, and gender,” said one Texas delegate of the union. “These things did not just happen overnight. People haven’t been paying attention.” With over $350mil in funding and more than 3mil members, the NEA is shaping more than the classroom. thefp.com/p/nea-trump-ic…

Mikale Olson (@realmikolson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two things are happening simultaneously: 1. Bot accounts—often funded by foreign adversaries like Qatar and China—are flooding U.S. social media with anti-American narratives. Many of these are AI-generated and designed to artificially inflate the popularity of certain toxic

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Breaking: Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, according to people briefed on the discussions. on.ft.com/4kBEjCE

Breaking: Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, according to people briefed on the discussions. on.ft.com/4kBEjCE
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Downtowns in cities like Indianapolis are really depressing— vast, and mostly empty, with less activity than near the outer ring malls & shopping plazas. Municipal business (courts, government offices) are primary draw, and they close at night. There are a few larger private

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The Red Scare subreddit is one of the most antisemitic places on the internet. When someone posted about Israeli tourists, dozens chimed in with random gripes.“They do war crimes in Gaza and vacation in other people's countries like it’s normal,” one said.

The Red Scare subreddit is one of the most antisemitic places on the internet.

When someone posted about Israeli tourists, dozens chimed in with random gripes.“They do war crimes in Gaza and vacation in other people's countries like it’s normal,” one said.
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The most hilarious part of this plan is definitely the assertion that they will make groceries cheaper by sourcing them wholesale. Does he think the folks at Gristedes run down to Whole Foods every morning and grab a couple dozen cartons of eggs to sell?

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We are in the mess we're in in no small part because of boomers who never grew out of their boomer arrogance and realized that the young and well-credentialed are unfit to lead pretty much anyone.

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My generation is obsessed with treating every trait as a symptom of a disorder: You’re not shy, you’re autistic; you’re not forgetful, you’ve got ADHD, writes Freya India. thefp.com/p/nobody-has-a…

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Like many (most?) fiftysomethings, I thought Girls was absurd, and I regretted every minute I devoted to watching the one-and-a-half episodes I watched, but then I heard Suzy Weiss weigh in on the genius of Lena Dunham, and -- no sarcasm here, folx! -- I'm reassessing.