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It wants to be in your microwave, and your clock, and your car, and everywhere in between.

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Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that’s rooted in our drastically different political views.

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

Help! I Had to Give My Flaky Friends the Freeze-out—but Now I Really Miss Them.

Help! My Niece and Nephew Took My Teenage Daughter Out of State to Get an Abortion.

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Andy Richter Gives His Side of the Story Before the Cult Murder Scandal Breaks

Are the Allegations That Cain Murdered Abel Worth Investigating, or Should We Blame This Mysterious Doppelgänger I Found Online Instead?

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Buffalo Bills Twitter Account Announces Team’s Arrival in Minnesota, May Not Know Where Minnesota Is

Six Siblings of Republican Congressman Call on Voters to Support His Opponent

Ed Whelan’s Bonkers Conspiracy Theory Proves the Kavanaugh Nomination Is in Real Trouble

GOP Scrambles to Escape Wreckage of Plan to Exonerate Kavanaugh by Naming Different Guy as Potential Sex Criminal

Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Issues Scathing Letter in Response to Judiciary Committee’s Deadlines

So … Who Tattled on Rod Rosenstein to the New York Times?

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Andy Richter Gives His Side of the Story Before the Cult Murder Scandal Breaks

Are the Allegations That Cain Murdered Abel Worth Investigating, or Should We Blame This Mysterious Doppelgänger I Found Online Instead?

What Is an “Executive Director of Research and Identity,’ and Why Did the Los Angeles Clippers Hire a Magazine Writer to Be Theirs?

Watch Hilary Duff Confront an Aggressive Paparazzo, Simultaneously Satisfying Your Need for Celebrity News and Your Need to Feel Above Celebrity News

Buffalo Bills Twitter Account Announces Team’s Arrival in Minnesota, May Not Know Where Minnesota Is

Baker Mayfield Can Save the Browns, Assuming the Browns Don’t Destroy Him First

Amazon Wants to Be In Every Room of Your House

A New California Bill Would Require Better Passwords for Internet of Things Devices

I’m Tired of Australia Being Facebook’s Testing Ground for New Features

What the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan Makes of the Tech CEOs Taking Over the Media—Including Her Boss

Trolls Are Still Tweeting Christine Blasey Ford’s Address, and Twitter Hasn’t Stopped It

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Yandy’s Sexy Handmaid Costume Is the Perfectly Logical Merger of Halloween Sexification and Consumer Feminism

Remembering Dick Richards, the Atlanta Public Access Genius Behind RuPaul and Countless Other Queer Artists

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The Architect Who Wanted More

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Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

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Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

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Is Ed Whelan’s Conspiracy the Best the GOP Has?

Six Siblings of Republican Congressman Call on Voters to Support His Opponent

The New York Times Stands By Its Rod Rosenstein Scoop

Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Reaches Preliminary Agreement to Testify Thursday

Sean Hannity Warns Trump Not to Fire “Anybody” After Rosenstein Report: “It Is All a Setup”

Spokesman for GOP on Kavanaugh Nomination Resigns Amid Questions of Past Harassment Claims

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