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When DOJ Investigates the President

Elie Honig, senior legal analyst at CNN, New York Magazine columnist, former state and federal prosecutor and author of several books, including When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ’s Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump (Harper, 2025), explores investigations by the Department of Justice of presidents and other high-ranking officials throughout the years, and how the system may be tested during Trump's second presidency.


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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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5 Factors for Predictable Autonomy With Agentic AI

Collage of transportation modes with workers, city and globe.

This is the second part of the “Agentic AI That Ships” series. Read Part 1. Previously, we explored why AI

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WIRED
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What Is a High Refresh Rate? Explaining 120 Hz on Phones, TVs, and Monitors

Many Android phones and iPhones use this screen technology to make everything look buttery smooth. Here's how it works.

Defector
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Never Try To Catch A Baseball

Never Try To Catch A Baseball
Back on Sept. 5, facing the Miami Marlins in the top of the fourth inning, Philadelphia's Harrison Bader socked a Lake Bachar slider deep into the left-field stands to give the Phillies a 5-1 lead. The now-infamous part happened at the far end of the ball's flight. As caug...

McSweeney’s
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We Must Clarify That the Bullfrog Jeremiah Was, in Fact, a Mere Acquaintance

With apologies to Three Dog Night. - - - In the wake of recent events, we feel it’s time to speak up. We’ve heard your calls for a statement on the subject of Jeremiah, a bullfrog we’ve long referred to as our friend. Your comments, your direct messages, and your anthrax thr...

McSweeney’s
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Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Sheila Heti

“It feels like there’s this river running underneath my whole life. It’s always there; I just have to step into it.” - - - Sheila Heti and I met at the Gladstone, a beautiful old hotel in the West Queen West neighborhood of Toronto, on a cold, snowy January weekend. She wa...

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Phase Changes

People looking for the gaps in our understanding where the meaning of consciousness or free will might hide often turn to quantum uncertainty or infinite cosmologies, as if we don't have breathtakingly complex emergent phenomena right there in our freezers.

WIRED
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How to Switch iPhones or iPads and Transfer Data (2025)

Everything you need to know to successfully transfer your contacts, music, photos, and apps from one iOS device to another.

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Self-exploiting workers

Competitors instead of comrades.

The Texas Observer
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A Wave of School District Takeovers Could Be Coming. Some Past Interventions Ended with More Failing Schools.

Recently released state school ratings reveal that five Texas school districts are at risk of a takeover by the Texas Education Agency (TEA)—the most since a 2017 state law expanded the state’s takeover powers. The new ratings cover the 2022-23 school year, released in April following legal delays, and the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, […]

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Capitalism and the Death Drive

A person dies, but capital is forever.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
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Six Frameworks for Efficient LLM Inferencing

Large language model (LLM) inferencing has evolved rapidly, driven by the need for low latency, high throughput and flexible deployment

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Three ways of thinking about the Kirk assassination

Three ways of thinking about the Kirk assassination

The right-wing activist used platforms to whip up a fury online and off — and we're now trapped in his edgelord politics

WIRED
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11 Best Hoodies for Style, Comfort, and Warmth (2025)

Whether you’re lounging around at home, running errands, or going on a hike, we’ve got the perfect option for you.

WIRED
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16 Best Apple Watch Accessories (2025): Bands, Chargers, Cases, and Screen Protectors

You finally caved and bought an Apple Watch. These are our favorite straps, screen protectors, chargers, and cases to go with your new smartwatch.

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P&B: Robert Birming

This is the 108th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Robert Birming and his blog, birming.com To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your inbo...

WIRED
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EVs Have Gotten Too Powerful

When an entry-level Volvo can get to 60 mph quicker than a Porsche 911, and in the same time as a Ferrari, electric car makers need a reset.

WIRED
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How Energy-Generating Sidewalks Work

These innovative pavings convert the kinetic energy of footsteps into clean electric energy.

WIRED
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Meta Accused of Torrenting Porn to Advance Its Goal of AI ‘Superintelligence’

Strike 3 Holdings is suing Meta in federal court, alleging the tech giant pirated copyrighted adult videos to train its AI models.

Autocracy in America
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The Columnist

When host Garry Kasparov created the Renew Democracy Initiative in 2017, the founding manifesto warned that “the liberal-democratic order is under attack from within and without.” Eight years later, things have not changed for the better. Garry is joined by Bret Stephens, a...