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Why a Floppy-Haired 27-Year-Old Olympic Skier Is Making Conservatives So Very, Very Angry -- Molly Olmstead

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A New Version of Woke Is Coming. Conservatives Aren't Going to Like It. -- Luke Winkie

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Meta's Smart Glasses Are Wreaking Havoc in Schools Across the Country. It's Only Going to Get Worse. -- Steffi Cao

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America's Obsession With Its Own Royal Family Hasn't Abated. A Sexy New Show Captures Why. -- David Mack

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The Big Upset in Ice Dancing Shows Why the Sport Is So Enticing -- Chris Schleicher

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The Huge New American Olympian No One Saw Coming -- Justin Peters

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Don't Try to Deny It: One Olympic Sport Totally Looks Like Gay Sex -- Christina Cauterucci

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The Price of Using Discord Might Be Your Driver's License - Nitish Pahwa

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Conservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be. -- Christina Cauterucci

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Trump's Plan for an American Gulag Just Got a Major Boost in Court -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Help! My Girlfriend Overreacts to ... Everything. There's No Delicate Way to Put This.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Ex Stopped Paying for Our Daughter's College for the Cruelest Reason. I'm Livid.

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What Gringos Might Have Missed About Bad Bunny's Halftime Show - Joshua Rivera - The Puerto Rican rapper's performance wasn't a crossover event. It was something better.

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true - The Olympic Hockey Tournament Is About to Get Very Trumpy - Alex Kirshner

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true - Americans Say We Want Big Homes. But There's a Dead Giveaway That Mansions Won't Make Us Happy. Nancy Reddy - Our communities should take a cue from Royal Caribbean.

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true - Why the Tulsi Gabbard Election Raid Is Scarier Than Initially Thought - Dahlia Lithwick - Donald Trump and his administration actually managed to pull something off here.

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Which Union General Destroyed Much of Georgia in 1864 in His March to the Sea? -- Ray Hamel

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A Running List of Horrific Things ICE Agents Have Said to My Neighbors - Brandon Sigüenza

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