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As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
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The layoffs, which affect about 180 employees across the company, including the news site HuffPost, the recipe publisher Tasty, and BuzzFeed’s film and TV studio, were announced in an internal memo from the company’s management.
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stlpr.org/law-order/2026-07-27/overland-missouri-couple-killed-guatemala-deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Would you replace your bank with X Money?
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Here's what to know about the recent bacon recall, including affected products and reasoning behind it.
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After hearing an impassioned speech, Lux Claridge clapped, and was then arrested.
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washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/27/desert-town-may-run-out-water-others-could-face-same-fate/
A desert town may run out of water. Others could face the same fate.
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status.news/p/60-minutes-nick-bilton-bari-weiss-new-correspondents
With the fall season fast approaching, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are racing to rebuild the newsmagazine, holding screen tests featuring mock Ghislaine Maxwell interviews and hunting for new senior leaders, Status has learned.
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thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-daniel-moraff-graham-platner-alleged-sexual-assault
A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."
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What are we doing here?
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k12dive.com/news/education-department-rescinds-disparate-impact-regulations/826188/
Civil rights advocates say students of color will be harmed by the removal of the tool used to investigate racial discrimination.
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The Navy is requiring certain sailors deploying and in healthcare to get the flu vaccine after the Pentagon ended the mandate in April.
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I have often found myself confounded by the behaviour of some people who seem impervious to reality — like the people still on X today. Here, I try to understand what grounds their epistemology and its consequences, and what that means for the rest of us. Being committed to a better future is where genuine seriousness is, and that seriousness can only be approached in a spirit of embodied, determined, relentless hope.
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The president posted dozens of times on Sunday, mostly bizarre images of himself.
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chicagotribune.com/2026/07/25/grocery-prices-spike/?mrfcid=202607276a653438f8a8c33122d13dba
With a conflict in the Middle East creating more price pressures, the cost of filling refrigerators, freezers and pantries has made affordability a central issue in the fall midterm elections.
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theintercept.com/2026/07/27/fetterman-leave-democrat-party-israel/
Why John Fetterman floating the idea of leaving the Democratic Party? Well, Israel, of course. Though he sure loves the media coverage.
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Why do we still call it "social media"?
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washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/27/operation-southern-spear-has-not-slowed-cocaine-entering-us/
The Trump administration’s deadly military strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats have not reduced the amount of cocaine entering the United States, but they’re prompting criminal organizations to develop new strategies and tactics and undermining traditional investigative methods, according to a previously unreported assessment by the Drug Enforcement Administration, a closed-door congressional briefing and interviews with current and former U.
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In the Opera House, which no longer has an opera, there is an empty orchestra pit scattered with trash. On the grand terrace overlooking the Potomac River, the flower beds are wilting and weedy.
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newrepublic.com/article/213533/elon-musk-economist-interview-doge-cuts-killed-zero-children
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.
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With the WordPress data rigged up and the blog wired up, it’s time to move my attention to a new feature: rendering my AT protocol posts.
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“It’s not an argument with two sides, it’s an argument with 10 sides,” one senior administration official tells WIRED about how US AI policy is being shaped.
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gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-2-cant-happen-because-money-and-life-is-cruel-2000791071
We'll always have Jarnathan, but if only we could have him in another 'Dungeons & Dragons' movie.
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wired.com/story/etsy-is-in-its-flop-era-and-sellers-are-fleeing/
Once a quirky bastion of amateur vulva jewelry and pet portraits, Etsy is now deluged with mass-produced goods and AI knockoffs. Some customers don’t seem to mind.
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A number of guests said they would be reluctant to appear at conventions again after cases of recordings taking place without their knowledge.
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gizmodo.com/the-lanterns-experience-at-comic-con-was-one-for-the-ages-2000790850
The 30-minute activation is themed to the upcoming DC show, premiering on August 16.
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boltsmag.org/readmission-acts-and-felony-disenfranchisement/
After the Civil War, Congress readmitted Southern states on the condition they not expand felony disenfranchisement—but they quickly ignored the restriction. It has finally caught up with one state, with a federal court ruling against Virginia and reviving the Reconstruction-era promise.
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Surveillance, Power, and Gender
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gizmodo.com/mike-flanagan-promises-his-carrie-will-subvert-all-your-expectations-2000791010
The Prime Video series adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel arrives on October 7.
