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Brandy Jensen
July 18, 2025
Bills Week
What Are The Epstein Files, And How Much Should You Care About Them?
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Tom Ley
July 18, 2025
Bills Week
Cultural Capitulation
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Phillip Maciak
July 17, 2025
Bills Week
The “Big Beautiful Bill” Is Trying To Steal A Space Shuttle
177
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Barry Petchesky
July 14, 2025
Politics
How Trans Prisoners Are Dealing With The Trump Administration’s Attacks
139
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Hallie Lieberman
July 11, 2025
The Machines
Elon Musk’s Idiot Chatbot Turns Into An Explicit Nazi
281
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Albert Burneko
July 9, 2025
Politics
Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators?
177
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Asher Elbein
July 9, 2025
Journalismism
The New York Times Had To Work With A Eugenicist So They Didn’t Get Scooped By A Bigot
337
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Samer Kalaf
July 8, 2025
Climate
The Floodwaters Are Rising
205
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Kelsey McKinney
July 8, 2025
Margin Of Error
Totally Petty
386
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Tom Scocca
July 7, 2025
Life's Rich Pageant
Is JD Vance Irish? Be Careful Who You Ask
131
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Dave McKenna
July 2, 2025
Politics
Kirsten Gillibrand Has A Racist Meltdown Over Zohran Mamdani On Public Radio
387
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Samer Kalaf
June 27, 2025
Politics
The Politics Of Fear Don’t Work Against A Candidate Who Isn’t Scared
612
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Samer Kalaf
June 26, 2025
MLB
The Dodgers Are Disappointing The People Who Want To Love Them The Most
113
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Diana Moskovitz
June 25, 2025
Politics
Andrew Cuomo Is A Future Of The Democratic Party
549
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David Roth
June 24, 2025
Margin Of Error
No Time For Theatrics
157
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Tom Scocca
June 23, 2025
Politics
Nobody Wants To Talk About John Fetterman And Buzz Bissinger’s Pricey Memoir Project
343
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Alex Shultz
June 23, 2025
Politics
So What Is It Gonna Take?
115
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Israel Daramola
June 20, 2025
Politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will Not Let My Daughter Be
204
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Joe Flynn
June 20, 2025
Policing
The Dodgers Can’t Sit This Moment Out
204
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Barry Petchesky
June 20, 2025
Interviews
Meet The Civil Servants Under Attack By The Trump Administration
33
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Sabrina Imbler
June 19, 2025
Politics
Against The Day
307
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David Roth
June 18, 2025
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