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July 2024

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Lord Almighty, Joe, Let It Go!

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Everyone wants Joe Biden gone.Even the people who don’t want him gone really want him gone.“Everyone’s waiting for Joe,” said one top Democrat. “And he’s sitting at home, stewing and saying, ‘What if? What if? What if?’ We’re doing things the Democratic way. W... More »

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How Trump Sabotaged His Own Apotheosis

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The six days that carried Donald Trump from the stage in Butler, Pa., to the rostrum at the Republican National Convention seemed at times like the buildup to a moment of total political domination, an apotheosis for the Republican nominee and confusion and de... More »

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What Democrats Need to Do Now

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In 2016, MAGA was just a slogan — or at best a spasm of resentments and instincts about issues like immigration. Over the last eight years, think tankers, activists and politicians have developed MAGA into a worldview, a worldview that now transcends Donald Tr... More »

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How Real Is the Science in ‘Twisters’?

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Sean Waugh holds a laptop with green, red and yellow weather radar looping as his driver rumbles down an Oklahoma highway in their government-issued truck. The vehicle holds 50 gallons of fuel, so they can chase storms all day. A rectangular cage with metal me... More »

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25 Million Watched Trump’s Speech at the R.N.C. on Thursday

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Viewership peaked on Thursday night starting around the 15-minute mark of Donald Trump’s speech, as he delivered a vivid reconstruction of last weekend’s assassination attempt.The final night of the Republican National Convention, headlined by former President... More »

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Trump the Lion, or Trump the Lyin’?

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No one has ever said that Donald Trump doesn’t know a good story when he hears one.Trump is a master of narrative. Not always true narrative, and not always rational narrative. But the man knows dramatic narrative.The former president lived through one of the ... More »

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Data for A.I. Training Is Disappearing Fast, Study Shows

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New research from the Data Provenance Initiative has found a dramatic drop in content made available to the collections used to build artificial intelligence.For years, the people building powerful artificial intelligence systems have used enormous troves of t... More »

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