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Thanks to Trump’s incompetence, there’s no one in charge at the Pentagon in the midst of multiple national security crises.

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Beta Blockers Were a Miracle Cure for My Stage Fright

Rep. Duncan Hunter Allegedly Used Campaign Funds to Support Five Affairs

Appeals Court Says the Census Case Is Not Over, Even if SCOTUS Upholds the Citizenship Question

GOP Rep.: If Migrant Kids Don’t Like Their Detention Camps, They Should Just Leave

Immigration

Detention Conditions Were Awful Under Obama. Here’s Why They’re Worse Under Trump.

Trump’s Policies Have Created a Humanitarian Crisis in Mexico Too

Economics

Nobody Actually Knows What Forgiving All Student Debt Would Cost

Space

The Coolest Thing in Today’s SpaceX Launch Payload

E. Jean Carroll

New York Post Removes Stories of Rape Allegation

Air pollutants wreak havoc in a small Louisiana town.

The Biggest Displacement Crisis That Almost No One Is Talking About

My Husband Says I’m “Withholding Sex.” He Hasn’t Bathed in Two Weeks.

LGBTQ History

A 70-Year-Old Gay Man Looks Back on the Stonewall Riots

The Queer Anarchist Group That Attacked a Pride Parade and “Glamdalized” Cop Cars

Wig’s Nostalgia for “Real” Drag Ignores the Queens Reinventing It Today

Tell him to leave now! Him and his lousy racist band.

Help! My Daughter Won’t Talk to Me Because I Left Her Dog Out of My Will.

Help! I Resent My Husband for Being a Stay-at-Home Dad.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Mourning Daughter

Help! My Dad Found a Girlfriend Two Months After My Mom Died.

I Think My Mom Is Playing Favorites With Her New Grandson

“Who Is That Guy?” A Guide to the Underdogs of the 2020 Democratic Debates

Mark Rylance Leaves Royal Shakespeare Company Over BP Sponsorship

How Andrew Yang Made Millions During the Great Recession—and Learned Not to Trust Markets

The Angle: How Obama’s Immigration Policy Paved the Way for Trump’s Cruel Border Enforcement

Trump’s Immigration Policies Have Also Created a Humanitarian Crisis South of the Border

Immigrant Detention Conditions Were Atrocious Under Obama. Here’s Why They’re So Much Worse Under Trump.

Beta Blockers Were a Miracle Cure for My Stage Fright. Then They Took Over My Life.

My Mom Texted Everyone Her Excitement That My Sister Had a Boy. Doesn’t She Care About Her Granddaughters?

My Husband Wants to Watch Me Have Sex With Another Man

Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh Just Fought Over the Rights of the Accused. Gorsuch Won.

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How Candy Crush and Cancel Culture Inspired Dave Malloy’s New Musical

Mark Rylance Leaves Royal Shakespeare Company Over BP Sponsorship

The Definitive Study on How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs

Podcast Episode Why Shaft Is a Bad Mother—(Shut Your Mouth!)

Monday’s “A Closer Look” Segment on Late Night With Seth Meyers Shows Just How Much the Show Has Changed During the Trump Era

Podcast Episode When It Would Make Sense for a Sports Franchise to Play in Two Cities

Roseanne Barr and Andrew Dice Clay Announce Politically Incorrect Pilgrimage Across America

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Beta Blockers Were a Miracle Cure for My Stage Fright. Then They Took Over My Life.

A Small ISP in Pennsylvania Tanked a Big Chunk of the Web on Monday

League of Legends Is Now Blocked in Iran, Syria

Humans Can’t Watch All the Surveillance Footage Out There—so Computers Are

Instagrammers Are Ruining a Small Peony Farm

The Anti-Vaxxer Movement Isn’t Really Growing

SpaceX Just Launched Something Really Cool Into Space

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Who Would Buy This Thing: JW Anderson’s $630 Cylinder Heel Ballet Shoe

Podcast Episode Does Language Affect Thought?

Interview With an Old LGBTQ Person: Jeremiah Newton, Age 70, on Making Fun of the Cops at Stonewall

A Muslim and a Sikh Talk Racial and Religious Harassment

The Best Things for Getting Babies to Sleep, According to Experts

Help! My Sensitive Yogi Boyfriend Says His Racist Music is Art.

Bernie Sanders Wants to Forgive All Student Debt. His Plan Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense.

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Elizabeth Warren Announced a Plan to Ban Private Prisons. Then Their Stocks Tanked.

Who Elizabeth Warren’s Child Care Plan Really Helps

Berlin’s City Government Agrees to Freeze Rents for Five Years

This Is Almost Certainly the Worst Argument Against Socialism in History

Nobody Actually Knows What Forgiving Everyone’s Student Debt Would Cost

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“Who Is That Guy?” A Guide to the Underdogs of the 2020 Democratic Debates

How Andrew Yang Made Millions During the Great Recession—and Learned Not to Trust Markets

The Angle: How Obama’s Immigration Policy Paved the Way for Trump’s Cruel Border Enforcement

Trump’s Immigration Policies Have Also Created a Humanitarian Crisis South of the Border

Immigrant Detention Conditions Were Atrocious Under Obama. Here’s Why They’re So Much Worse Under Trump.

Prosecutors Allege Rep. Duncan Hunter Used Campaign Funds to Support Five Affairs

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Why Shaft Is a Bad Mother—(Shut Your Mouth!)

When It Would Make Sense for a Sports Franchise to Play in Two Cities

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What’s It Like to Run an Aquarium?

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