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Talarico does lasting damage to the GOP - Amanda Marcotte - Talarico does lasting damage to the GOP - Amanda Marcotte - The Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal

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Epstein reckoning on campaign trail - Grace Panetta - The 19th - Epstein reckoning on campaign trail - Grace Panetta - The 19th - In key races from Arizona to North Carolina, Democrats are hammering Republicans for their votes on Epstein files

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Hegseth's war on his own troops -- Gregory A. Daddis -- The defense secretary's crusade is inflicting damage unlike any in history

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Susie Wiles is Trump's chief enabler -- Heather Digby Parton -- The White House chief of staff has done little to rein in the president's worst impulses

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Trump's arch now comes with snipers -- CK Smith -- The president says his monument will also become a military complex. Several claims to do so just don't add up

17 hours ago

Trump thinks AI needs its own "Force" -- CK Smith -- The president promises an AI czar while Republicans grapple with growing concern over data centers at home

18 hours ago

About the Jon Ossoff thirst edits - Grace Panetta - The 19th - "If the girls and the gays want to look at Jon Ossoff and be like, 'Wow, he looks so good in those pants,' let us.

22 hours ago

Kathy Griffin still won't stay silent -- Melanie McFarland -- Nine years after her politicized exile, the comedian still has plenty to say — and so should other stars

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Mitch McConnell is back, and it's terrifying -- Mitch is back and it's terrifying -- Troy Farah -- McConnell returns from three-month absence, to DC's surprise. But many questions remain

3 days ago

White House doesn't want voters to see the real Trump -- White House is terrified of Trump videos -- Amanda Marcotte -- Natalie Harp's enormous bag and unflattering photos of Trump's rear end fuel attacks on a reporter

4 days ago

Mariska Hargitay's Emmy hosting is a crime against TV -- The Emmy crimes of Mariska Hargitay -- Melanie McFarland -- In award shows, making a notoriously boring telecast worse is considered especially heinous

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The tyrant's playbook -- Andrea Mazzarino -- Saga of the USS Abraham Lincoln shows how power talks its way out of responsibility

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Trump's media fight: A new WH press ban -- CK Smith -- CNN, MS NOW, and Politico lose access to the grounds over coverage Trump calls "fake news" and threatens more bans

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Dems probe Don Jr.'s Russian wedding - Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica - Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise "serious" concerns

2 days ago

Trump's "Infinite Life" Greenland deal -- CK Smith -- Denmark and Greenland say the new pact expands US security access and preserves the Arctic island's sovereignty

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America, this is who we are. Now vote -- Brian Karem -- America, this is who we are. Now vote -- Brian Karem -- Despite the corruption and debasement of the Trump years, this election offers a fresh start

19 hours ago

How Kash's attack dog act helps Trump -- Amanda Marcotte -- The FBI director's testimony is part of a larger MAGA strategy to sow cynicism

2 days ago

Trump bans CNN, others from White House -- Troy Farah -- Critics call it an "unprecedented assault on press freedom"

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Trump says he's respected. World says no -- Heather Digby Parton -- America's global reputation is in tatters. That's not all Trump's fault, but he sure made it worse

3 days ago

"Fjord" and the myth of objectivity -- Coleman Spilde -- "Fjord" and the myth of objectivity -- Coleman Spilde -- Inspired by real events, the Cannes winner walks a thin line between justice and propaganda

17 hours ago

The curious case of "The Black Dahlia" -- Melanie McFarland -- 20 years after Brian De Palma's misfire, let's apply some hindsight to pop culture's hottest cold case

2 days ago

TikTok tradwife tainted by Tate tie -- Melanie McFarland -- Savanna Stone says women shouldn't vote. A YouTube doc reveals who was really behind her rise

2 days ago

Duncan Sheik wasn't a one-hit wonder -- Kelly McClure -- From "Girls" to "The Sopranos," Sheik's music stayed in cultural conversations

2 days ago

The men who think actresses owe them -- Kristen Lopez -- Jeff Sneider's threats against Inde Navarrette fit a decades-old pattern in entertainment media

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Sheeran's a coward: Can you blame him? -- Alex Galbraith -- The Macklemore-Kraft saga on his stadium tour shows the thin line artists walk

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Sydney Sweeney has no endgame -- Coleman Spilde -- The actress' racy ads for the sports betting site Novig leave her career trajectory in peril

4 days ago

Tom Cruise wants the last word -- Coleman Spilde -- In his not-so-wide-ranging GQ profile, Cruise stays convincingly on-message

3 days ago

Trump's Iran war has economists aghast -- Troy Farah -- No "endgame" in sight, says JPMorgan, as gas prices keep soaring

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August was brutal for consumers: report -- Troy Farah -- Two new reports paint a stark picture of the U.S. economy, with no relief in sight

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Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring - Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation - Here's what to know about this growing trend

22 days ago

Being fired for resisting tech saved me -- Susan Shapiro -- Pushed out of academia by new requirements, I beat the system and helped my students

27 days ago

MAGA's burrito meltdown -- Sophia Tesfaye -- MAGA's burrito meltdown -- Sophia Tesfaye -- A $20 meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party's broken promises

18 hours ago

The high cost of MAGA manhood -- Amanda Marcotte -- Masculinity on the right runs on consumption. Trump made the hallmarks of manhood pricier

23 days ago

Bring back the corporate death penalty -- Troy Farah -- We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it

1 month ago

The U.S. economy is a giant betting app -- Troy Farah -- Senators oppose gambling on wildfire outcomes, but the financial sector rewards amoral wagers

1 month ago

Ectopic pregnancy deaths nearly doubled -- Andrea Suozzo, Agnel Philip -- - ProPublica -- ProPublica's analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025

7 days ago

Lying about clean water will backfire -- Troy Farah -- The ruling begs the question: What is even the point of government?

8 days ago

If AI kills us, don't blame the machine -- Alex Galbraith -- AI companies warn about the risk their models pose. Should it be on them to handle it?

8 days ago

Health misinfo at school -- Barbara Rodriguez -- - The 19th -- Health officials and experts worry declining vaccination rates will lead to more preventable infections in kids

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Alito is complicit in climate disaster -- Troy Farah -- The Supreme Court justice has made millions from companies that profit from our planet's destruction

15 days ago

Our world map is wrong. MAGA likes it - Troy Farah - Our world map is wrong. MAGA likes it - Troy Farah - Because the US rejects reality, it voted against the UN's Correct the Map plan

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Measles death undercuts RFK Jr.'s doubts -- CK Smith -- Kennedy now acknowledges a Pennsylvania infant died from the virus, but the death still isn't reflected in CDC data

14 days ago

America keeps abandoning its heroes -- Bob Hennelly -- The country has sacrificed the health of 9/11 first responders, just like it did with Vietnam War veterans

9 days ago

Judge: Reese's pumpkins don't need faces -- CK Smith -- Judge: Reese's pumpkins don't need faces -- CK Smith -- A judge ruled disappointment over missing jack-o'-lantern designs on the candy wasn't enough to show financial harm

21 hours ago

"South Park" saw our food fights coming -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- For decades, the show has skewered the systems that turn eating into bureaucracy, branding and culture war

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Bourdain couldn't quit the kitchen -- Francesca Giangiulio -- Reissued this summer alongside the "Tony" movie, his crime novels prove some habits stick

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Hide your vegetables. You're an adult -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Put cheese on the broccoli. Hide zucchini in brownies. You're still eating the vegetables — and that counts

5 days ago

These mushrooms save Monday night dinner -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- A back-pocket mushroom formula for rice, toast, noodles and whatever the first weeknight can handle

6 days ago

RFK Jr. got outdone by Taco Bell -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Sen. Warren is using Taco Bell's outbreak response to ask why federal agencies couldn't communicate as clearly

7 days ago

Costco chicken bake, meet the galette - Ashlie D. Stevens - Rotisserie chicken, a Caesar-ish dressing and store-bought pie crust turn a food-court favorite into an easy dinner

21 hours ago

How soybeans took over the American diet - Edward D. Melillo - The Conversation - Most people don't think of themselves as soybean consumers, but it's in much of our food supply

7 days ago

Why does "Jeopardy!" still haunt me? -- Steve Moulds -- The day I became a "Jeopardy!" champ was perfect. It wasn't until I got home that I started having trouble sleeping

27 days ago

All of a sudden, I'm an empty nester -- Robin Reiser -- I just dropped my daughter off for her first year of college. Finally, it hit me: This was her gig, not mine

27 days ago

Will AI be the death of the writer? -- Randall Horton -- I thought long and hard before writing this essay. I never want to sound like a relic screaming about good old days

27 days ago

I can't savor every moment as a parent -- Kristine Langley Mahler -- I fear my children will not remember me as a parent who prioritized play over work

27 days ago