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Another One Bites the Dust: Dr. Oz Takes Back His Election Denial
Yet another election denier on the campaign trail has reversed his position as the general elections inch closer. TV personality-turned-Senate... More »
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The Pandemic Changed Paid Sick Leave Policies, But Not For Everyone
The U.S. continues to have scattershot paid sick leave policies, and the most vulnerable workers are being left out. More »
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Right-Wing Groups Want To Make Tina Peters a Big Lie Poster Child
Looks Tina Peters might get a golden parachute: A far-right group recently tried to raise money to send the local... More »
Netflix launches game handles for users of its iOS and Android mobile games
Netflix announced today it’s introducing a new feature to its games service that will allow its members to create game handles when they’re playing its exclusive titles. TechCrunch had previously reported the feature was in development and had been quietly tes... More »
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DeSantis-Appointed Secretary of State Reportedly Worked Closely With Election Denial Activists
This past May, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed state Representative Cord Byrd to serve as Florida’s Secretary of State. Prior... More »
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Success! NASA’s first planetary defense test hits asteroid.
A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.The galactic slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named DART plowing into the ... More »
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Texas AG Paxton Flees Home To Avoid Subpoena
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Cue The Benny Hill... More »
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The Key Ingredients Of Christian Nationalism
Christian nationalism has been all over the news lately, but it is neither a new term nor a new phenomenon... More »
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Target practice in space: NASA aims to knock an asteroid off course
Monday night, NASA hopes to complete a mission that could someday help save the planet. If all goes well, NASA’s DART probe will smash into an asteroid nearly 7 million miles from Earth, knocking the space rock onto a new path. Why We Wrote This Innovation By... More »
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Hurricane Ian pushes NASA to roll back Artemis I rocket
Thunderstorms move over Artemis I at launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 27th, 2022. | Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Threatening weather will force NASA to send the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket ... More »
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Asian America learns how to hit back
The desperate, confused, righteous campaign to stop Asian hate This article is a collaboration between New York Magazine and The Verge. For 72 hours after it happened, Brian Chin hardly left the building. He didn’t sleep. He didn’t eat. He had arrived at 111 C... More »
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Texas 2-year-old boy found dead in stolen SUV hours after his dad is killed
Houston police found a dead 2-year-old boy in a stolen SUV. This came hours after his dad was fatally shot at a gas station. A 38-year-old man was arrested for the murder. More »