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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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Noel Francisco Can’t Be Trusted

Senate GOP Shrugs Off New Kavanaugh Allegation, Promises a Vote in “Near Future”

The Stage Is Set for a Dramatic Showdown Over Iran at the U.N.

The NYT Reported That Rosenstein Was Suspicious of Trump—but So Was Everyone Else

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Kavanaugh

The Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Yorker’s Story

The Real Power of #WhyIDidntReport

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Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man in His Own Home Is Fired

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Extremely Rare Two-Headed Snake Found in Virginia

This Shakespeare tragedy has changed radically over time.

The Time I Didn’t Sleep for Two Weeks

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Kenyan Judge Allows Lesbian Romance Rafiki to Qualify for an Oscar

PJ Harvey Will Score Ivo Van Hove’s Stage Adaptation of All About Eve

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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.

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Help! My Son’s Summer Fling Is Pregnant, and I Want Her to Keep the Baby.

The Confusion Over Rod Rosenstein’s Non-Firing Shows How Brilliantly Trump Has Undermined Our Democratic Institutions

Senate Republicans Shrug Off New Allegation, Promise Kavanaugh Vote in “Near Future”

Bolton Says U.S. Will Keep Troops in Syria As Long As Iran Does. That’s Going to Be a Long While.

Meet the Unethical Trump Loyalist Who’ll Oversee the Mueller Probe If Rosenstein Is Ousted

How SiriusXM’s Purchase of Pandora Could Change the Balance of Power in the Music Industry

The Stage Is Set for a Showdown Over Iran at the U.N.

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

The Kavanaugh “Evil Twin” Theory Is the Apex of Republican Bad Faith

Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct—This Time While He Was in College

#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

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PJ Harvey Will Score Ivo Van Hove’s Stage Adaptation of All About Eve

Kenyan Judge Allows Lesbian Romance Rafiki to Qualify for an Oscar

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Extremely Rare Two-Headed Snake Found in Virginia

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

Why the Middle-Class Black Neighborhood Doesn’t Exist in the White Imagination

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

The Vital Weirdness of Robert Venturi, the Most Influential Architect of His Generation

#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

The Confusion Over Rod Rosenstein’s Non-Firing Shows How Brilliantly Trump Has Undermined Our Democratic Institutions

Senate Republicans Shrug Off New Allegation, Promise Kavanaugh Vote in “Near Future”

Bolton Says U.S. Will Keep Troops in Syria As Long As Iran Does. That’s Going to Be a Long While.

Meet the Unethical Trump Loyalist Who’ll Oversee the Mueller Probe If Rosenstein Is Ousted

The Stage Is Set for a Showdown Over Iran at the U.N.

The Times, in Tattling on Rod Rosenstein for Being Suspicious of Trump, Left Out That Everyone Else Was Suspicious of Him Too

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