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The Occult, Terrorizing Politics of QAnon

This July, as police in Portland, Oregon, met protesters with grenades, pepper-ball rounds, and tear gas, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo...
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National Review Editors Lash Out at Trump's “Un-American” Election Delay

4 days ago | Politicus USA

One of the country's most prominent conservative magazines has joined the chorus of criticism after Donald Trump suggested delaying the November elections. The National Review...
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The Right's Increasingly Unhinged Fight Against Black Lives Matter

4 days ago | The New Republic

In mid-July, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took to his podcast, Common Sense , to warn listeners that Black Lives Matter would abolish “a government based on free...
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Might Trump Quit? Columnist Makes the Case

4 days ago | Newser

First things first: John F. Harris writes that this scenario is "not terribly" plausible. But in a piece at Politico Magazine , he lays out why it might make sense for...
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An Untrue Claim in the New Yorker Speaks Volumes

12 days ago | Real Clear Politics | 2 articles

Reading the latest copy of the New Yorker magazine, published exactly a week ago, I came across this sentence in a piece by Jill Lepore: One study suggests that two-thirds of...
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An Untrue Claim in the New Yorker Speaks Volumes

12 days ago | Real Clear Politics | 2 articles

Reading the latest copy of the New Yorker magazine, published exactly a week ago, I came across this sentence in a piece by Jill Lepore: This in a 5,000 word feature on the...
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New Minnesota guilty plea in growing, nationwide multimillion-dollar magazine fraud case

14 days ago | Star Tribune

Fridley man admits to bilking 13,000 people out of $11 million through phony magazine sales.
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The Long War on Objectivity

20 days ago | The New Republic

The mess of histrionics and misinformation that passes for right-wing media these days didn't spring from nowhere. How did this increasingly influential and well-funded sphere...
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The Pioneers of the Misinformation Industry

21 days ago | The New Republic

There is an hour on the west side of Los Angeles, before the evening traffic slows to a crawl, when the falling light turns thin and clean. But young Andrew Breitbart often had...
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The Great Germ War Cover-Up

22 days ago | The New Republic

In late September of 1950, just as U.S. armed forces were surging up the Korean peninsula, residents of the San Francisco Bay Area noticed an odd odor. The unidentifiable smell...
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Trump doubles down on well-wishes for alleged sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell

President Donald Trump again extended well-wishes to accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, apparently expressing sympathy for Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion. “Her... Read more ...

The GOP Trainwreck in Kansas Won't End Even If Kris Kobach Loses The Senate...

Democrats are ready to challenge for the open seat no matter who Republicans nominate on Tuesday. Read more ...

Are Conspiracy Theories Good for Facebook?

Viral conspiracy theories are dangerous, and maybe profitable. (Image credit: Graeme Jennings/Getty Images) Read more ...

Former King of Spain Is Leaving Country Amid Investigations Into Financial...

Juan Carlos I, who is credited with guiding the country out of dictatorship and into democracy, is under investigation by Spanish authorities for his personal Swiss bank account. Read more ...

Trump Withdraws Controversial Nomination Of Anthony Tata To Pentagon

Tata, who called former President Barack Obama a "terrorist leader," took a different, less-senior role at the Defense Department. Read more ...

Navy investigating video of dogs attacking Kaepernick fill-in

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a K-9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the... Read more ...

Lord & Taylor Is Latest Major Retailer To File For Bankruptcy Protection

The iconic department store is the latest major retailer to succumb to the ongoing pandemic. Read more ...

Pompeo: Some Software Is 'Feeding Data' to Communists

President Trump plans to take action on a what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of... Read more ...

Prime minister of Kosovo tests positive for Covid-19

Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti said late Sunday he has tested positive for Covid-19, though he does not have serious symptoms. Hoti, who has only been in office since... Read more ...

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make first splashdown in 45 years

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an... Read more ...