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Pro-Trump police union mad about pardons

Jan 21, 5:08 pm EST

Jon Stewart condemns Elon Musk's gesture

Jan 21, 5:00 pm EST

Champagne sales are dropping

Jan 21, 4:44 pm EST

Tracy Morgan felt "isolated" on "SNL"

Jan 21, 4:14 pm EST

Trump signs executive order for WHO exit

President Donald Trump signs an executive order for pardons on January 6 offenders in the Oval Office

Trump shows "violence will be rewarded"

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Trump's "shock and awe" hits Republicans

Trump's "shock and awe" hits Republicans

Heather Digby Parton

Republicans scramble to defend Donald Trump's shocking decision to pardon nearly 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters

Elon Musk

Why Musk's trolling salute fell flat

Why Musk's trolling salute fell flat

Amanda Marcotte

As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said to defenders of Musk's provocation, "People can officially stop listening to you"

Donald Trump

"We must save ourselves"

"We must save ourselves"

Chauncey DeVega

"Millions of Americans don’t feel our democracy can deliver for them"

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Donald Trump; Hurricane Milton

Trump's "energy emergency" isn't real

The U.S. is pumping record levels of oil while Trump ignores the real crisis: climate change

Elon Musk VS. Mark Zuckerberg

It's time to ditch toxic social media

Chauncey DeVega

To survive Trump's return, Dr. Gail Christopher heeds, "we must practice disciplines that calm our nervous system"

Julia Stiles

What Julia Stiles had to give up to lead

Mary Elizabeth Williams

The "Bourne" actor and Y2K favorite says directing "Wish You Were Here" exposed her to a new side of herself

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"The Joe Schmo Show" finds its "goat"

Melanie McFarland

It's tough to make a dupe out of a sweet guy who automatically disbelieves everything that doesn't add up

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LA landlords exploit a disaster

Merrick Garland and Donald Trump

How Garland stymied Trump on his way out

Donald Trump and the Tiktok app

Trump's new love of TikTok is dangerous

Amanda Marcotte

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Lessons from a losing campaign

Tatyana Tandanpolie

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We wanted it darker, apparently

Elon Musk

Musk accused of giving "Nazi salute"

Ken Martin

Can Ken Martin save the Democrats?

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Trump's triumphant celebration of scams

Amanda Marcotte

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The inauguration was an absurd spectacle

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"Paddington" at 10: What we can learn?

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama has no time to be phony

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The prestige TV revolution was Lynchian

Melanie McFarland

TikTok ban: A game-changer for music?

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"I'm Still Here": Motherhood and memory

One Of Them Days

"One of Them Days": Great comedies live!

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House For Sale California

Housing "crunch" projected for 2025

Daria Solovieva

Sam Altman

OpenAI isn't profitable. Should it be?

Cara Michelle Smith

Sending money through phones

Cash advance apps: The new loan sharks?

Cara Michelle Smith

Supreme Court rules against TikTok

Melanie Lockert

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Trump's Big Tech turnaround

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Trump's first inaugural donors did well

Cara Michelle Smith

How Trump could change private investing

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Real estate is also a service business

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A new treament slowing the STI crisis?

Elizabeth Hlavinka

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How reality is shaped by our observation

Elizabeth Hlavinka

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We need better eating disorder treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka

The internet is trying to save walruses

Trump's attacks on abortion go global

Urine good company, chimp study finds

"Little red dots" space mystery solved

How mirror life poses existential risks

Carlyn Zwarenstein

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FDA proposes new nutrition labels

Trump Administration Sets New Work Requirement Rules For Food Stamp Recipients

Alaska's SNAP failure

Ashlie D. Stevens

Assortment of fruits and vegetables

2025: The year you'll eat more produce

Michael La Corte

You're using olive oil the wrong way

Rebecca Deurlein

Giving up alcohol for good in 2025?

Celebrating the simplicity of good soup

What's next for Albertsons post-merger?

Ashlie D. Stevens

Protein powders may contain heavy metals

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Putting 2025 through the shredder

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Love in the time of delirium

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Adopting a pet shouldn't be this hard

Melanie McFarland

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