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How Sen. Mark Warner Wants to Crack Down on Tech

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Amazon’s Sexist A.I. Is Part of a Much Larger Problem

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

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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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Yes, I Wear Headphones While I Bike. I Have No Regrets.

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

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

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Trump Just Showed How Republicans Will Fight Medicare for All

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Rent Control Is Back

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Why It’s So Uncomfortable for Feminists to Confront Hillary Clinton About Bill

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Synagogue Rallies Around Deported Mexican Immigrant Being Denied Asylum

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

Richard L. Hasen

Trump Tower Board Seeks $90,000 Payment From Estate of Man Who Died in April Fire

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Don McGahn Reportedly Leaves Post as White House Counsel

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Samantha Bee Applauds Republicans for Getting “Creative” With Their Voter Suppression Tactics

Synagogue Rallies Around Deported Mexican Immigrant Being Denied Asylum

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Trump Tower Board Seeks $90,000 Payment From Estate of Man Who Died in April Fire

Beto O’Rourke Couldn’t Land a Punch at His Final Debate With Ted Cruz

Why in the World Is Dean Heller Leading in the Polls in Nevada?

Does Climate Change Mean I Shouldn’t Have Kids?

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Halloween Pun Names on Twitter Refuse to Die

“America’s Failure to Lead Is Going to Come Back and Bite Us.” Sen. Mark Warner Explains How Congress Fell Behind on Regulating Tech.

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The New Way to Get People to Register to Vote Is to Trick Them Into It With Celebrity Gossip

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Does Climate Change Mean I Shouldn’t Have Kids?

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

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Amazon Created a Hiring Tool Using AI. It Immediately Started Discriminating Against Women.

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Synagogue Rallies Around Deported Mexican Immigrant Being Denied Asylum

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Don McGahn Reportedly Leaves Post as White House Counsel

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A Conservative Appeals Court Is Poised to Kneecap Civil Rights Law Because Thomas and Gorsuch Sent the Bat Signal

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