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The MAGA Crack-Up Is Overrated. MAGA Is Here to Stay.
Some will point to Republican politicians bucking Trump as a reason to believe that the whole circus tent is about to collapse. Marjorie…
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Is Cognitive Dissonance Actually a Thing?
In 1934, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit eastern India, killing thousands and devastating several cities. Curiously, in areas that were…
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America’s Three Media Crises and How to Fix Them
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript…
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Transcript: America’s Three Media Crises and How to Fix Them
That’s not good for diversity. And so most democracies figure out ways to diversify media ownership, to make sure that you have a wide…
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How Labor Scored a Surprising Win in the GOP-Controlled House
Something unusual happened last week that didn’t attract sufficient attention. It concerned the latest in what’s been a heartening recent…
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This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air
Yaghi envisions a two-pronged product line. Industrial-scale water generators that run on electricity would be capable of producing…
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The power of silence: 3 lessons on capturing an audience from a world-renowned auctioneer
Whenever I tell people I’m an auctioneer, there are inevitably two follow up questions: First: “Do you talk really fast like those guys on…
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Jack Smith set for private interview with lawmakers about Trump investigations
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set for a closed-door interview with House Republicans on Wednesday after…
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Trump Press Sec Goes Off Rails as Susie Wiles Fiasco Takes Worse Turn
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles gave numerous interviews to Vanity Fair that were way too candid about, well, everything. That…
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Bondi shooting suspect Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder
Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15…
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This guy’s obscure PhD project is the only thing standing between humanity and AI image chaos
It’s rare that your esoteric, impossible-to-pronounce, decade-long research project becomes a technology so crucial to national security…
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From ‘odd’ Musk to ‘painful’ tariffs: key takeaways from interviews with Trump’s chief of staff
The president’s chief of staff Susie Wiles has given her own, unvarnished thoughts about Donald Trump’s administration, in a series of…
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Funeral takes place for rabbi killed in Bondi shooting
Helen Livingstoneand Katy Watson,Bondi Beach BBC outside Rabbi Schlanger's funeral as mourners pay tribute The first of the funerals for…
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‘Sanatorium’ Review: Irish Filmmaker Provides a Striking Glimpse Inside a Ukrainian Health Facility
Gar O’Rourke joins the likes of Frederick Wiseman with an immersive observational documentary that takes a sensitive look at a community…
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Trump says he's ordering blockade on oil tankers in and out of Venezuela
US President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of…
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Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela
Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure…
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Oil jumps as Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela
Oil prices climbed sharply on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil…
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Trump expands US travel ban to new countries
President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian…
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China lowers EU pork tariffs in final ruling after 18-month probe
Importers will receive a refund on the difference between the rates paid since September. [BEIJING/MADRID] China on Tuesday (Dec 16)…
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Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, a move set to…
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Singapore inventor wins High Court suit against rivals who passed off similar doors as his design
The Malaysian company by Ng’s former employee Goh Song Guan, manufactures a similar slide-and-swing door known as “SD Door” A Singapore…
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Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump's crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids
Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino returned to the Chicago area on Tuesday, about a month after leaving to lead immigration…
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More than 60,000 pounds of cooked chicken recalled over allergen risk
Suzanna’s Kitchen, a Georgia-based food production company, has issued a recall of 62,550 pounds of fully cooked, bone-in breaded chicken…
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Federal judge seems unconvinced that White House should stop ballroom construction
Federal Judge Richard J. Leon said Tuesday that he was inclined to deny a request by the National Trust for Preservation for a temporary…