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Caryn Rose
Tom Morello wants rock dangerous again
Caryn Rose
On his new album, Morello urges listeners to fight for what they believe
Chris Hayes: GOP facing Texas meltdown
Sophia Tesfaye
Chris Hayes: GOP facing Texas meltdown
Sophia Tesfaye
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Talarico does lasting damage to the GOP
Amanda Marcotte
The Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal
Donald Trump didn't break the press
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CNN, Politico and MS NOW are banned from the White House — and it took years of division to get here
Foreign cash fuels Paramount takeover
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Critics called the merger a "bad deal for the future of film, entertainment, independent journalism and democracy"
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White House doesn’t want voters to see the real Trump
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Amanda Marcotte
Natalie Harp’s enormous bag and unflattering photos of Trump's rear end fuel attacks on a reporter
James Talarico's campaign could do lasting damage to the GOP
Talarico does lasting damage to the GOP
Amanda Marcotte
The Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal
Pete Hegseth declares war — on his own troops
Hegseth's war on his own troops
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The defense secretary's crusade is inflicting damage unlike any in history
Mariska Hargitay's Emmy hosting is a crime against TV
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In award shows, making a notoriously boring telecast worse is considered especially heinous
Sydney Sweeney's bombshell act masks a career with no endgame
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Constitutional rights and banning press
Wayne Unger
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Trump’s ban is almost certainly unconstitutional — but there’s more than one constitutional right involved
Don’t believe Vance's “Frankenstein” act
Alex Galbraith
The vice president's half-skeptical act is a model for Republicans looking to move beyond Trumpism
Hegseth's war on his own troops
Gregory A. Daddis
The defense secretary's crusade is inflicting damage unlike any in history
Epstein reckoning on campaign trail
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In key races from Arizona to North Carolina, Democrats are hammering Republicans for their votes on Epstein files
Trump’s arch now comes with snipers
CK Smith
Trump’s arch now comes with snipers
CK Smith
The president says his monument will also become a military complex. Several claims to do so just don’t add up
Trump thinks AI needs its own "Force"
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The president promises an AI czar while Republicans grapple with growing concern over data centers at home
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"If the girls and the gays want to look at Jon Ossoff and be like, ‘Wow, he looks so good in those pants,’ let us.
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Saga of the USS Abraham Lincoln shows how power talks its way out of responsibility
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Inspired by real events, the Cannes winner walks a thin line between justice and propaganda
The curious case of “The Black Dahlia"
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20 years after Brian De Palma's misfire, let's apply some hindsight to pop culture's hottest cold case
TikTok tradwife tainted by Tate tie
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Duncan Sheik wasn't a one-hit wonder
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From "Girls" to "The Sopranos," Sheik's music stayed in cultural conversations
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Jeff Sneider's threats against Inde Navarrette fit a decades-old pattern in entertainment media
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The Macklemore-Kraft saga on his stadium tour shows the thin line artists walk
Sydney Sweeney has no endgame
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The actress' racy ads for the sports betting site Novig leave her career trajectory in peril
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In an age of predictive shopping and fake-friendly alerts, a paper punchcard respects your appetite
Trump's Iran war has economists aghast
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No "endgame" in sight, says JPMorgan, as gas prices keep soaring
August was brutal for consumers: report
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Two new reports paint a stark picture of the U.S. economy, with no relief in sight
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Being fired for resisting tech saved me
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Pushed out of academia by new requirements, I beat the system and helped my students
MAGA's burrito meltdown
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A $20 meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party's broken promises
The high cost of MAGA manhood
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Bring back the corporate death penalty
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The ruling begs the question: What is even the point of government?
If AI kills us, don't blame the machine
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AI companies warn about the risk their models pose. Should it be on them to handle it?
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Alito is complicit in climate disaster
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Put cheese on the broccoli. Hide zucchini in brownies. You’re still eating the vegetables — and that counts
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