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Political Wire
17 Jul 03:24 • Taegan Goddard

Trump Makes Outlandish Election Safety Claims

“President Trump made at times outlandish claims about the safety of American voting systems in a White House address on Thursday night, drawing selectively from documents his aides published online to insinuate that U.S. elections have been compromised for years and that government officials had suppressed the evidence,” the New York Times reports. ”Mr. Trump, […]

Techdirt
17 Jul 03:21 • Timothy Geigner

The Good & The Bad In Erica Schwartz’s Confirmation Hearings To Lead CDC

There’s a lot of health news going on in the country right now, in no small part to the absolutely pitiful and pathetic job RFK Jr. is doing heading up HHS. It is a near certainty that by the end of this week, the CDC will have published an updated case count for measles that […]

Letters from an American
17 Jul 03:21 • Heather Cox Richardson

Politics Chat, July 16, 2026

Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

Opinion | Lionel Messi Is Walking Into History (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer (pressherald.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

自分を誇れる場所を自分で作る　私が「プライド」に行けた理由：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

The Fight Over Humanoid Robots Has Shut Down a Car Factory for the First Time (wsj.com)

wsj.com/business/autos/the-fight-over-humanoid-robots-has-shut-down-a-car-factory-for-the-first-time-d45ac3e1

Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

China is dealing with its own manosphere (economist.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

Ukraine Was on a Roll. Then a Clash Over War Strategy Exploded Into View. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 03:12

The rate at which Earth is absorbing energy is alarming climate scientists (economist.com)

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Letters from an American
17 Jul 02:48 • Heather Cox Richardson

Multiple Investigations Refuted Trump’s Claims That Fraud Altered the Outcome in 2020 (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 02:42

Opinion | President Vance Goes AWOL (wsj.com)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 02:42

Smiling Through the Baseball Apocalypse (puck.news)

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Gift Articles
17 Jul 02:42

存分に働ける社会はよい社会か　労働時間規制論義で見落とされる根本：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

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TPM – Talking Points Memo
17 Jul 02:36 • Josh Marshall

A Must Read and Truly Horrifying Story

The AP has just posted a detailed investigation into the background of David Brouillette, the recently hired ICE agent who...

Platformer
17 Jul 02:24 • Casey Newton

China has a new top model

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 is very good — but the hype may be getting ahead of reality. (For now.)

McSweeney’s
17 Jul 02:21 • Cezary Jan Strusiewicz

We Need to Stop This Reckless Rhetoric About Abolishing the Thought Police

“As a new video emerged capturing gunshots and yelling in a fatal shooting in Maine involving federal immigration officers, the state’s governor called on Congress to immediately reform and rein in ICE ‘before more families are robbed of a loved one.’” — ABC News - - - I’ve ...