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Waiting for the check marks
Regarding Iran, anonymous government sources say the White House has no “real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath.” / The Intercept Israel continues to wreak havoc in Gaza and the West Bank...
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Transference in the afternoon
Donald Trump’s war with Iran expands beyond “the geography that has long defined Iranian power projection.” / The Diplomat According to military reporters, the lack of information from the White Hous...
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Tunnel or nothing
Persian Gulf states are running out of air-defense interceptors and may have less than a week’s worth remaining. / The Wall Street Journal [$] A round-up of some of the fake war videos swirling throu...
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A friend in knead?
According to anonymous sources, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman encouraged the White House to attack Iran. / The Washington Post [$] The US aerial assault includes replicas of Iranian-made one...
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Lily me this
The United States and Israel continue their attack on Iran (and Lebanon), planning for at least a month of war. / Al Jazeera, CBS News In retaliation, Iran strikes hotels, malls, and airports in Amer...
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You don’t need to do that
For the first time since the Great Depression, more people moved out of the United States last year than moved in. / The Wall Street Journal [$] In Southern California, thousands of people—including ...
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Being and something else
With little warning, Kansas has voided trans residents’ drivers licenses, and yes, “the persecution is the point.” / Erin in the Morning, the Kansas City Star Amid the Epstein fallout—Bill Gates apol...
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Lunch poems
Assessing Vladimir Putin’s endgame after four years of attacking Ukraine. / Interruptrr Young journalists in Ukraine explain how they do their work and survive day-to-day. / OCCRP Dan Caine, “the wh...
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I always feel like
Trump’s new tariffs are just as illegal as his old tariffs, and news outlets across the board are leaving that out of their reporting. / Popular Information See also: Following last week’s Supreme C...
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Do anything, become nothing
A new longitudinal study finds that cannabis use among adolescents increases risks of being diagnosed with bipolar and psychotic disorders years later. / NPR Mexican security forces kill the drug lor...
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All about performing
Dozens of fighter jets have flown from the United States and Europe to bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, should President Trump decide to attack Iran. / The Wall Street Journal [$] The Supreme Court ...
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Tax the billionaires (even a little)
A study finds the effective tax rate for the United States’ 400 wealthiest individuals is 24%, compared with 45% for top labor income earners. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Scotland passes the world’...
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The intersection and beyond
Ukraine and Russia end another round of negotiations with little progress, seeming more and more like political theater (for an audience of Donald Trump). / Politico A project documents actions, stat...
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Lil Yachties
Ukraine recaptured 78 square miles from Russia last week—nearly the equivalent to Russia’s gains in December. / France 24 Now entering its fifth year, the war has become Europe’s largest conventional...
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Like a prayer, kinda
China is found to be rapidly growing and improving its nuclear arsenal. / The New York Times [$] European diplomats say Donald Trump has fundamentally changed transatlantic ties. / Politico Attorney...
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Grilled cheese, please
A report says people in the United States bore 90 percent of the cost of President Trump’s tariffs in 2025. / CBS News Another consequence: Foreign countries reduced their future reliance on a US “th...
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Murder by numbers
Following a surprisingly strong job growth report that showed unemployment improved last month, US stocks surged toward an all-time high yesterday. / AP See also: Nearly all of the new jobs added in ...
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Driving while texting
Reports say Russia can’t recruit enough soldiers to keep up with its losses in Ukraine, and its war spending may be maxed out. / Semafor, The Overshoot Inflation in Argentina accelerates for a fifth ...
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The rest is history
After DHS was unable to prove she should be deported, the case against Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk—who apprehended by agents almost a year ago—has been thrown out. / NBC News The father of five-year...
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The feeling when the old world fades away
Four stories of white-collar workers who left their careers to pursue blue-collar jobs. / The Wall Street Journal [$] San Francisco’s public school teachers strike for the first time in 47 years. / T...
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Safer than thought
In 2025, the US job market posted the weakest growth outside of a recession since 2003. / CNN Also in 2025: The unemployment gap between workers with bachelor’s degrees and those with occupational as...
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Fake plastic trees
Every year over the past three decades, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they received in benefits—and very well may have saved the US from a debt crisis. / Cato Institute The United Nations i...
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My kingdom for a penguin
The White House’s military buildup in the Middle East continues, and experts say the risks of miscalculation are rising. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Spencer Ackerman: It has been haunting to watch ...
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We’re not OK
“Their opposition was never to authoritarian violence or state terror, but instead to being subjected to that violence and terror themselves.” Welcome to the Jade Helm presidency. / The Intercept See...
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Undo
This year could see the first-ever population decline in American history, as a result of Trump’s attacks on immigration. / Bloomberg [$] “I came for the socialists and communists and trade unionists...
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The big sigh
“I’ve learned to be extremely wary of anyone whose eyes show panic and fear when they’re holding a gun.” Staring down agents at a Home 2 Suites in Minneapolis. / Welcome to Hell World Watch: A Marine...
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It’s the female gaze, stupid
Since July, at least 10 people have been shot by Dept. of Homeland Security officers, and three people have been killed. / The Washington Post [$] Numerous ICE and Border Protection employees have se...
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Unbearable lightness
Across subreddits, social platforms, and YouTube, anger at ICE has entered typically apolitical spaces. / The Washington Post [$] Kristi Noem wants to criminalize revealing ICE agents’ identities—if ...
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Reading is a vice
Minnesota leaders successfully sue the Trump administration to force it to preserve evidence from the killing of Alex Pretti. / The Minnesota Star Tribune White House officials continue to spread lie...
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Survival of the rizzest
Japan’s Prime Minister calls for snap elections, hoping to increase her bloc’s power. / The Japan Times Was the Canadian Prime Minister’s speech just bluster? Unless Canada and Europe unite on policy...
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Power, corruption & lies
President Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” would have him serve as chairman for life. / The New York Times [$] Deducing what the US is now, exactly—a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, or a fascist state—...
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Out of this world
Canada’s Prime Minister receives a rare standing ovation at the World Economic Forum for criticizing leaders who kowtow to President Trump. / The Independent Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron grabs attentio...
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Lonely fans
Lydia Polgreen: “It might not yet be a civil war, but what the White House has called Operation Metro Surge is definitely not just—or even primarily—an immigration enforcement operation.” / The New Yo...
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Know the veg
We’ll be off Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and will see you again on Tuesday. More than two dozen times over the past year, ICE agents have drawn or pointed their guns at people, alm...
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“In my twenties my watchword was ‘nothing even matters’ à la Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo (RIP) and now, well into my thirties, I can resolutely say that everything does.” ←
@tianareid.bsky.social
on 2025
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“I genuinely do not believe we can go on like this forever. You have to believe that we cannot. There’s no other point in going on otherwise.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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Everything’s not all right, all right, all right
As America throws its weight around, it’s only a matter of time before other nations form new coalitions to rebalance power in ways the US won’t like. / Foreign Policy See also: Trump’s imperialist m...
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“For one brief moment in time, as the women swirled, the spectators gazed slack-jawed at the spectacle, and a young nerd stood up and made it rain dollar bills, I was happy, and I was not alone.” ←
@susannahbreslin.bsky.social
on 2025
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“We invested zillions of dollars in data centers lured by the hype that chatbots will replace scientists and cure cancer.” ←
@danielwhiteson.bsky.social
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“Until we realize CEOs are selling futures, not seeing them, we’ll keep diverting talent, capital, and political attention toward fantasies.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“This year has largely been total shit, but community has saved it time, and again and delivered us to the end.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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Watch the ripples change their size
The Minnesota US attorney’s office is in turmoil over the White House’s attempts to blame Renee Good for being murdered, with at least six federal prosecutors resigning. / NBC News See also: “You thi...
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“In 2025, then, the acceleration of eugenics at home and abroad has put me…a little uptight. The death-worship thing—it’s never been for me.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“Young journalists have a new home to get the same kind of recognition and eyeballs as old Twitter.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“Filled with AI slop and disinfo, run by sociopathic technocrat dweebs, humanity’s digital id has had its impulses deadened.” ← Margaret Howie on 2025
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“We’re seeing historic consequences of this vaunted and despised technology.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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“If you own an index fund, congrats, you’re now betting on AI, whether you wanted to or not.” ←
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The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked some of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2025, and what were the least?
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You’re not alone
In its airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean, the US reportedly disguised its planes to resemble civilian aircraft—which constitutes a war crime. / The Guardian Trump’s invasion of Venezuela comes wit...
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