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Elon Musk and His Minions Just Committed a Devastating Self-Own -- Sam Adams

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Trump's War in Iran Was Already Going Poorly. Then This Weekend Happened. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails. There's Actually a Fix. We Just Have to Go Through With It. -- Dahlia Lithwick

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The Supreme Court Doesn't Own the Constitution -- Jay Willis

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How the Supreme Court Swiped the Constitution From We the People -- Joy Milligan and Bertrall Ross

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The World Cup Final Was a Disaster. Until It Became Kind of Perfect. -- Alex Kirshner

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If You've Ever Had a Kid Play Competitive Soccer in America, You Already Know Why We Aren't Better at It -- Evan McGarvey

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I've Taught High School English for 22 Years. Here's What the Debate Over Standardized Testing Is Missing. -- Nick Ripatrazone

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Elon Musk Is Furious That Lupita Nyong'o Is Playing Helen of Troy. I Asked a Classicist How She Really Looked. -- Nadira Goffe

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The Ending of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Changes the Meaning of the Whole Story -- Sam Adams

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Pete Hegseth's Testosterone Announcement Is Part of a Much Larger Right-Wing Phenomenon -- Christina Cauterucci

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These Parents Are Asking Reddit to Photoshop the Most Painful Pictures They Own. The Reason Why Is Tragic. -- Sonia Weiser

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It's Possible to Drink All Night and Wake Up Feeling Like You're 25 Again. You Just Need to Make One Easy Substitution. -- Courtney Iseman

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He Warned Us About Bagged Lettuce. One Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Later, It's Clear We Should Have Listened. -- Mary Harris

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The Hottest Lunch Trend in America Just Ran Into a Very Unpleasant Problem -- Nitish Pahwa

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Not Today, Explosive Diarrhea. Not Today. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Dad's Journals Held the Remaining Clues About Who He Really Was. Now They're Gone and I Want to Make the Person Responsible Pay.

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Rich Juzwiak -- My Husband Magically Developed a Rogue STI. He Swears He Didn't Cheat, but, Uh, What the Hell?

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Arionne Nettles -- My Husband Went to the Farmers Market and Returned With a Gift. It's Got to Go—but He Claims It Would Be "Cruel" to the Kids.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Husband Wants to Do Something Snobby and Expensive. The Idea Makes Me Cringe.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Just Learned My Boss Has a Skill I Really Want to Practice. But Asking For His Help is Controversial.

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Arionne Nettles -- My Daughter and Stepson Have Gotten Really Close. At First, It Was Heartwarming. Now It's Taken a Turn.

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I'm a Longtime Christopher Nolan Skeptic, but His Adaptation of the Odyssey Slayed Even Me -- Dana Stevens -- Sing in me, Muse, of sexy goddesses, crafty twists, and killer practical effects.

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Inside Trump's Second Term: Power, Money, and Presidential Decision-Making -- Gabfest Reads

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I Can't Believe This New Hegseth Proposal Isn't a Parody -- Fred Kaplan -- This idea is both laughable and dangerous.

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The Name of Which Fabric Comes From the Hindi Words for "Milk" and "Sugar"? -- Ray Hamel

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Venezuela, 51st State? -- What Next

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A President in His Element -- John Dickerson

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