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Laura Wagner
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Media Meltdowns
New York Times Reporter Suggests Entitled Reader Culture Has Become Dangerous And Unacceptable
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Laura Wagner
December 20, 2022
Capital
Starbucks VP Sends Pissy Letter To NFLPA Head Over Support For Workers
144
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Laura Wagner
December 16, 2022
Are you a bad enough dugong to rescue the president?
After the wild success of our T-shirt featuring Chief Metaverse Officer Devin the Mixed-Reality Dugong, Lauren, Dan, and Devin dreamed of something even bigger: a beat-'em-up arcade game. While that project remains on hold due to the contraction of investment in the metaverse space, we have produced a second T-shirt, featuring concept art from El Toro. Available in gender-neutral and femme cuts at defectorstore.com. Union-made in the USA.
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Media Meltdowns
Sam Bankman-Fried Is Where Media Patronage Was Always Headed
249
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Laura Wagner
December 16, 2022
College Basketball
It Should Be Simple For Texas To Do The Right Thing Here
119
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Laura Wagner
December 13, 2022
College Basketball
Texas Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Beard Arrested For Domestic Violence
136
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Laura Wagner
December 12, 2022
WNBA
Brittney Griner Is Free
431
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Laura Wagner
December 8, 2022
NFL
Andrew Luck No Longer Orders For Everyone Else At Restaurants
310
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Laura Wagner
December 7, 2022
Soccer
No One Is Sadder Than Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku
77
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Laura Wagner
December 1, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
What’s Your Go-To Doodle?
202
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Laura Wagner
November 29, 2022
Media Meltdowns
Newspaper Owner Slaps Union Organizer With Burger Bag At Ohio Rest Stop Amid Labor Strike
199
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Laura Wagner
November 22, 2022
Capital
The Starbucks Strike Is Working
177
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Laura Wagner
November 17, 2022
Soccer
Qatar Is Already Hassling Journalists At The World Cup
204
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Laura Wagner
November 16, 2022
Soccer
USWNT Beats Germany For Much-Needed Win
45
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Laura Wagner
November 14, 2022
Death To The NCAA
New York Times Finds Worst Reason To Fret Over NIL Deals
247
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Laura Wagner
November 11, 2022
Politics
Matt Birk Eats Shit Then Compares Himself To Jesus
357
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Laura Wagner
November 11, 2022
Soccer
If Nothing Else, Costa Rica Has Sentimentality On Its Side
24
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Laura Wagner
November 9, 2022
Lead Runner Collapses During NYC Marathon Amid Record-High Temps
121
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Laura Wagner
November 6, 2022
MLB
You Can’t Not Be Happy For Dusty Baker
127
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Laura Wagner
November 6, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
“Cornhole’s Dirty Underbelly” Revealed?
185
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Laura Wagner
November 4, 2022
Journalismism
CNN’s Newest Star Is Proudly “Nonpolitical”
306
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Laura Wagner
November 1, 2022
Journalismism
Semafor Is The Problem
214
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Laura Wagner
October 20, 2022
NFL
The Status Of The Dolphins’ Ping Pong Table Is In Flux
63
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Laura Wagner
October 13, 2022
Soccer
USWNT Loses Two In A Row
44
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Laura Wagner
October 12, 2022
Animals
We Saw A Bear
334
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
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Sabrina Imbler
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Barry Petchesky
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Laura Wagner
October 7, 2022
Journalismism
Axios Employees Instructed To Use Axios Funds To Buy Six Copies Each Of Axios Founders’ Dumb Book
264
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Laura Wagner
September 23, 2022
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