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A Historian Considers the Yuppie (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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DOJ Seeks to Use Court to Deport Mother of Convicted ISIS Supporter (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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State Dept. apologizing for Africa map that mislabeled every country (wapo.st)

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The best restaurants in The Woodlands (houstonchronicle.com)

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Anthropic AI Models Hacked Three Companies During Tests (wsj.com)

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Trump Vowed Private Donors Would Pay For Freedom 250; Taxpayers Just Got The Bill

Turns out "Freedom" isn't free — and neither is Trump's sparsely attended 250th anniversary bash. The Department of the Interior is going back to Congress with its hand out again, this time asking for another $10 million to cover costs from this summer's Freedom 250 festivi...

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Republican Lawmaker Wants To Ban Yoga Pants From Congress

Rep Drunken Van Orden (MAGA-corner bar) apparently believes his own bullshit and thinks that everything is going swimmingly, so he has time to worry about what Congresswomen are wearing on the floor of the House:

Yoga Pants should be BANNED on the House Floor says Rep Van Orden pic.twitter.com/kNyFuJQPin

— CHARLIE COTTON (@hicharliecotton) July 26, 2026

DVO said that he is against yoga pants because they are too casual and that there should be more respect for the Institution.

Well, the good news is that if DVO doesn't like yoga pants in the House, he doesn't have to wear yoga pants in the House. I'm sure all of his colleagues would be grateful if he didn't wear them.

However, if he is worried about showing respect for the institution of Congress, maybe he shouldn't be wandering the halls, drunk as a skunk, screaming at teenage pages. Just saying.

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Ingraham Brings On Dr. Death To Smear Fauci After Rand Paul Witch Hunt

Rand Paul's perjury trap failed miserably, but that won't stop the liars on Fox from continuing to smear Dr. Anthony Fauci. Laura Ingraham, who was sitting behind Fauci during yesterday's farce of a hearing mugging for the camera, brought on Trump's former unqualified COVID...

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Windham Seeks Designation as ‘Pro-Housing Community’

The Town Board voted unanimously on Thursday, July 23, to pass a resolution pledging to help alleviate the ongoing housing crisis, the first in a series of steps toward certification under the state’s Pro-Housing Communities Program. State officials use the term to describe a market in which supply has not kept pace with demand, pushing […]

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How the FCC’s New Rule Will Affect Robot Vacuums

A new restriction on foreign-made mobile robots affects robotic vacuums, pool cleaners, and lawn mowers. Here’s what it means for the bots already in your home—and the ones you may never get to buy.

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First, a fatal crash. Then, missed court dates. Driver faces trial after years of delays

Breanna Gordon’s defense blamed family crises and pandemic backlogs for delays in the case, while the prosecution said the suspect had avoided responsibility.

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トランプ氏が世界最強と誇る米軍 「普通の人」をどう兵士にするのか:朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

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Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter the Mar-a-Lago in Heaven (theatlantic.com)

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Earth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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How to spot AI writing (economist.com)

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The White-Collar Myth (theatlantic.com)

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Baseball's Labor History Is Repeating Itself Once Again | Defector (defector.com)

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The Real Antidepressant Crisis (theatlantic.com)

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Execution Nation (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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