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: They Want to Drop a Bomb in My Father’s Name
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They Want to Drop a Bomb in My Father's Name
My father died while serving as a squadron commander and Navy pilot. When a request was made to attack Iran in his honor, I decided to take a road trip
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Donald Trump is now attacking the Pope. The president wrote that Leo XIV is "WEAK on Crime" as part of an unhinged social media screed.
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Trump Hits Unholy Low With Tirade Against the Pope
Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV in a lengthy social media post on Sunday, calling the leader of the Catholic Church "WEAK on Crime."
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These buffoons trying to beef with the Pope is really sending me.
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Matt Bai
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My latest Rolling Stone essay, with terrific art. (Limited time gift link.)
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Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country
Donald Trump has led us to chaos — war with Iran, spiking gas prices, unstable markets — that may lose him the Republican party and the nation.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/donald-trump-incompetence-chaos-maga-1235544798/?utm_source=edit-vip
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Jon Cooper
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Donald Trump’s Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country An unpopular war, skyrocketing gas prices, unsteady financial markets, a cabinet filled with sycophants — Trump’s colossal missteps have led to calamity at home and abroad. COMMENTARY:
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Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country
Donald Trump has led us to chaos — war with Iran, spiking gas prices, unstable markets — that may lose him the Republican party and the nation.
https://rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/donald-trump-incompetence-chaos-maga-1235544798/
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Iran Thinks It’s Winning the War — as Trump Looks for a Way Out Despite the chest-thumping declarations of victory from Washington and Tehran, there are only losers in this war — which may be far from over.
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Iran Thinks It's Winning the War -- as Trump Looks for a Way Out
Despite the chest-thumping declarations of victory from Trump and Iran, there are only losers in this war — which may be far from over.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iran-thinks-winning-war-trump-looks-way-out-1235544221/
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Rolling Stone
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“He gets up at his press conferences and talks about how great it is that we’re just slaughtering these Iranians,” says Mike Nelson, a retired Army Special Forces officer. “It’s a weird obsession with death for the sake of it.” Read more:
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Pete Hegseth Talks About ‘Negotiating With Bombs.’ But Does He Have a Plan in Iran?
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Pete Hegseth Talks About 'Negotiating With Bombs.' But Does He Have a Plan in Iran?
We spoke to more than a dozen officials who all worry the country is headed into another quagmire
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Two reminders: First, Robert E. Lee was never a general in an army recognized by the United States. You can annoy all the right people by referring to him as Col. Robert E. Lee, his actual rank. Second, the primary flag of the Confederacy is the white one of surrender. To wit:
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In his new documentary, 'Everyone Is Lying to You For Money,' Ben McKenzie exposes cryptocurrency as a modern Ponzi scheme. But he's ready to move on.
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Teen-Soap Star. TV Detective. Crypto Truther. What's Next for Ben McKenzie?
In his new doc, Everyone is Lying to You For Money, the former O.C. star exposes the digital currency as a modern Ponzi scheme. He's ready to move on.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ben-mckenzie-crypto-whats-next-1235542362/
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Rolling Stone
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Donald Trump wants to "take" Cuba. Its people deserve better than his inhumane pressure campaign.
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Cuba Deserves Better Than Trump's Inhumane Pressure Campaign
Donald Trump is waging an inhumane pressure campaign against Cuba, depriving its people of vital resources. The island deserves better.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/cuba-deserves-better-trump-inhumane-pressure-campaign-1235542085/
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Look! Up in the sky…
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What Really Happened With Last Year's Drone Panic in New Jersey?
How a streak of mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey exposed systemic failures in how the U.S. government polices its airspace and handles UAP.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/drone-panic-uap-new-jersey-1235531077/
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Kai Ryssdal
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Is it an FCC violation to quote the president verbatim? Asking for a friend
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American Greatness, American Barbarism
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American Greatness, American Barbarism
The Artemis II mission to the moon shows America's greatness. Donald Trump's war with Iran shows a country that is small, mean, and ugly.
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Rolling Stone
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Music executive Tommy Mottola’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was far closer than previously reported, spanning the entirety of the prolific predator’s legal troubles, records reveal. Story:
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Kate Crane told me about the book she was writing many years ago. Reading this excerpt let's me know the book was worth the wait.
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'Thank You, I Love You, Man!!': Epstein Files Shed Light on Friendship With Tommy Mottola
Court records and emails from the Epstein files indicate Tommy Mottola's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was far closer than previously reported
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tommy-mottola-jeffrey-epstein-files-1235538289/
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The Biblical Hypocrisy of RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard
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The Biblical Hypocrisy of RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard said they were out to "Rescue the Republic." They've instead betrayed themselves and Americans.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rfk-jr-tulsi-gabbard-biblical-hypocrisy-health-care-war-1235540244/
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Andy Greene's Journey opus
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Jeffrey Lebowski🏴☠️🍺💙
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"The real danger is not that machines will become like us but that we will become like them: efficient, unfeeling, exquisitely programmable. People habituated to passivity & optimized for consumption may eventually forget the work of building a world together."
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The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy
AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.
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My new Rolling Stone essay.
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The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy
AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.
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Against the Wind: Trump's vendetta against clean energy
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Trump Isn't Letting an Energy Crisis Get in the Way of His Vendetta Against Wind Energy
Oil prices are skyrocketing amid Donald Trump's war against Iran, but the president is pressing forward with his vendetta against wind energy.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/energy-crisis-trump-vendetta-wind-energy-1235539365/
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Rolling Stone
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AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story, or if it is quietly written out.
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The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy
AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.
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The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy from
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The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy
AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/rise-digital-oligarchy-ai-era-1235534437/
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Kai Ryssdal
20 days ago
Please remember this - all of [gestures wildly] this - is being done in our name
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The lost genius of Laura Nyro
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Does Anyone Remember Laura Nyro?
Laura Nyro was a hugely influential singer-songwriter, but are her complex life and incredible legacy at risk of being forgotten?
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GOOD “This case is historic regardless of the outcome because it’s the first of its kind. We’re now getting their documents. We’re getting transparenc,” Laura Marquez-Garrett, a lawyer with the Social Media Victims Law Center who represents K.G.M., tells RS."
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Meta and YouTube Found Negligent, 'Dangerous' to Minors. Jury Awards $6 Million
A Los Angeles jury awarded $3 million to a woman who said she was hooked on Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube as a child, suffering serious harm.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/social-media-addiction-trial-verdict-meta-youtube-1235530256/
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Harrowing report form Giles Clarke
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Darfur Is in Crisis Again. Why Isn't the World Looking?
Photographer Giles Clarke reports from refugee camps in war-torn Darfur, which has once again descended into famine and humanitarian crisis.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-pictures/darfur-war-hunger-refugees-atrocities-1235533950/
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The president is a man of low character.
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Trump on Robert Mueller's Death: 'Good, I'm Glad He's Dead'
Donald Trump celebrated the death of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, writing, "Good, I'm glad he's dead."
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Rolling Stone
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Trump’s New ‘War on Fraud’ Exempts the Dozens of Convicted Allies He’s Pardoned
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Trump's New 'War on Fraud' Exempts the Dozens of Convicted Allies He's Pardoned
Donald Trump declared a "war on fraud," but he has pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters, many allies and donors, a new report reveals.
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"This was [Martin] Amis’ entire point — that the basest forms of repression are mostly the province of insecure bureaucrats. His Thomsen isn’t a monster. He’s a careerist."
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Brendan Carr, the FCC, and the Banality of Evil
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is a brown-nosing bureaucrat, which is why he's so dangerous as Donald Trump's media minion.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/brendan-carr-fcc-banality-evil-1235532152/
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Criminal Minded
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Confessions of a $7 Million Cat Burglar
Jennifer Gomez used her upper-middle-class upbringing to inform a prolific life of crime. Here's how she did it
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Rolling Stone
28 days ago
Jennifer Gomez had the type of upbringing that, if all goes wrong, typically leads to a little dabbling in white-collar crime rather than grand theft and burglary. She estimates that she burgled hundreds if not thousands of homes from 2007-2011. Interview:
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The Triumph of Afroman — and the First Amendment
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Afroman Triumphs in Wild 'Lemon Pound Cake' Lawsuit Filed by Cops
Afroman won a trial against seven officers who claimed the rapper owed them millions after he used footage of a raid on his home in music videos.
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Rolling Stone
about 1 month ago
Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. One prosecutor called Prager “the last of the great amateurs.” Rolling Stone reports on The Last Great Weed Smuggler ⤵
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The Last Great Weed Smuggler
Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. A prosecutor called him “the last of the amateurs."
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/harvey-prager-weed-smuggler-1235518138/
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Neil Turkewitz
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Fantastic piece. Bravo to all involved in getting this out, and especially to
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A perfect description of Brendan Carr— “a cultural claims adjuster, a pasty-faced, soft-spoken agent of Trump's retribution.”
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Rolling Stone
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"If you were going to single out the most dangerous functionary in Trump’s little circle of Hell, you’d have plenty of candidates from which to choose. ... But don’t sleep on Brendan Carr. His legacy of awfulness may yet prove more durable." Read
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Brendan Carr, the FCC, and the Banality of Evil
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is a brown-nosing bureaucrat, which is why he's so dangerous as Donald Trump's media minion.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/brendan-carr-fcc-banality-evil-1235532152/
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the man leading Donald Trump’s media vendetta, is a brown-nosing bureaucrat. And that what makes him so dangerous. Commentary from
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Brendan Carr, the FCC, and the Banality of Evil
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is a brown-nosing bureaucrat, which is why he's so dangerous as Donald Trump's media minion.
https://rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/brendan-carr-fcc-banality-evil-1235532152/
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only Trump could build a coalition of the unwilling
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Thems really were the days: The Last Great Weed Smuggler from
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The Last Great Weed Smuggler
Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. A prosecutor called him “the last of the amateurs."
https://rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/harvey-prager-weed-smuggler-1235518138/
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Kristi Noem Has Always Been an Incompetent Narcissist. No One Cared
Kristi Noem had a long history missteps, scandals, and idiotic moments before Donald Trump tapped her to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/kristi-noem-incompetent-narcissist-dhs-1235529896/
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"The environmental impact of the war, and the impact on food and water, could threaten the population in the region for years."
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The Iran War Is Creating a Public Health and Environmental Crisis
The United States and Israel's war against Iran is creating a public health and environmental crisis, as attacked oil depots spew toxins.
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America’s first foray into overthrowing a foreign leader began in Iran and came with long-term and unexpected consequences. Trump’s new war will come with a heavy price
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Regime Change Is Never Painless
Donald Trump's war against Iran is the latest in a long line of American attempts to topple foreign regimes, all leaving chaos in their wake.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/regime-change-war-in-iran-1235525900/
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All the Young Groypers from John Avlon
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The Republican Party's Nazi Problem Is Getting Worse. It Should Care
Young conservatives are increasingly expressing support for Hitler and aligning themselves with Nazis. The GOP has largely shrugged in response.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/republican-party-nazi-problem-1235530169/
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Jeff Goodell
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"Outside our apartment, my white car looks as if Trump himself has pissed tar all over it." Short and vivid glimpse of what daily life feels like in Tehran right now.
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Rolling Stone
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COMMENTARY: "From the start, Trump’s rationale for suddenly going to war seemed almost like a focus-group exercise — keep tossing out ideas until something sticks." Trump’s new war will likely come with a heavy price.
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Regime Change Is Never Painless
Donald Trump's war against Iran is the latest in a long line of American attempts to topple foreign regimes, all leaving have left in their wake.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/regime-change-war-in-iran-1235525900/
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Orwell wept: America Is Winning the War It Isn’t Fighting in Iran
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America Is Winning the War It Isn't Fighting in Iran
Donald Trump and the Pentagon don't seem to have a plan for the war in Iran, which hasn't kept them from claiming they're executing it to perfection.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/america-winning-war-iran-1235528641/
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