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In Trump’s America, Violence Wins

Why Trump’s Supporters Will Believe Any Lie He Tells

Seeing the Proud Boys at a Fancy GOP Club Reminds Me of the Way Fascism Gained Power Before World War II

Gun Safety Advocates Oppose a Major Criminal Justice Reform in Florida. Big Mistake.

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Republicans Have Spent a Small Fortune on Facebook Ads About Oprah

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Trump to Reporter Asking for Evidence Migrants Are “Hardened Criminals”: “Don’t Be a Baby”

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Should I Be Cooking With Fancy Salts?

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Why Rent Control—Once Toxic—Is Back

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This Serial Killer Wakes Up Early, Always Eats Green, and Works From the Back of His Van

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She Prayed He “Would Burn in Hell.” Then She Became Convinced He Was Wrongfully Convicted.

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Can You Ever Forgive Me? Showcases a Delightful New Side of Melissa McCarthy

Jonah Hill on Why He Included Adolescent Sex and Homophobic Slurs in His Directorial Debut

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Help! My Boss Keeps Talking About Wanting to Kill Herself.

Help! I Want to Talk About My Weight Issues, but My Friends Keep Shutting Me Down.

Sales of Lottery Tickets Soar as Mega Millions Jackpot Surges to Record $1.6 Billion

What Was Behind Saturday’s Michigan-Michigan State Brouhaha?

Selma Blair Announces She Has Multiple Sclerosis

Here Is the Cure for Existential Dread (If Your Existential Dread Can Be Cured by an Instagram Video of Britney Spears Doing Backflips)

Angry Diner Confronts McConnell at Restaurant, Tosses His Doggy Bag on Street

Netflix Cancels Luke Cage

Why Trump’s Supporters Will Believe Any Lie He Tells

The Proud Boys’ Acceptance at a Fancy Republican Club Looks a Lot Like the Courtship Between Conservatives and Fascists Before WWII

Jonah Hill on Why He Didn’t Hide From Homophobia, Race, and Adolescent Sex for His Directorial Debut

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Selma Blair Announces She Has Multiple Sclerosis

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Netflix Cancels Luke Cage

The New Halloween Is Fine Fan Service. But It Can’t Compete With the Series’s Scariest Treatment of Michael Myers.

Judi Dench Is Joining the Cast of Cats

The Big Lie Behind the “Pivot to Video”

Republicans Have Spent a Small Fortune on Facebook Ads Pitting Oprah Against Trump

Justice Department Charges Russian With Campaign to Interfere in Midterm Elections

In Praise of Distracted Meditation

The Creator of Godwin’s Law Interviews David Simon About Nazis on Twitter and Much More

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Rent Control Is Back

Mitch McConnell Admits That the GOP Doesn’t Actually Want to Fix the Deficit While It’s in Charge

Trump Says The Federal Reserve Is the “Biggest Threat” to His Presidency. So Why Isn’t He Doing Anything About It?

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It Is Absurd That Trump Is Taking Credit For Falling Obamacare Premiums

Why Donald Trump Is Saying That the Fed Has “Gone Loco”

Sears Failed, but It Didn’t Have To

Liberals Must Embrace a Bankrupt Judicial Philosophy to Have Any Chance of Winning at the Supreme Court

Sales of Lottery Tickets Soar as Mega Millions Jackpot Surges to Record $1.6 Billion

Angry Diner Confronts McConnell at Restaurant, Tosses His Doggy Bag on Street

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Groomed Twitter Employee to Spy on Accounts of Dissidents

Trump Tells Reporter “Don’t Be a Baby” When Asked About Claim Migrants Are “Hardened Criminals”

Jamal Khashoggi’s Washington Post Editor on Saudi Statement: “Utter Bulls––t”

Everyone (Except Trump) Is Skeptical of Saudi Claim Khashoggi Died in Consulate Fight

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