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Federal judge blocks Trump’s transgender troop ban, dealing White House another court loss
The judge ruled the ban violates the constitutional rights of transgender troops.
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AAN Publishers joins call for White House to cease punishing journalists
‘When leaders try to silence reporters through intimidation, legal threats and denial of access, they are not protecting the country; they are protecting themselves from scrutiny.’
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Disinformation threatens climate action, UN Warns
Top officials in Baku for COP29 say the spread of false climate narratives undercuts the annual climate talks.
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Did Trump’s inauguration committee screw up its Florida incorporation filing?
Trump’s team filed two incorporation documents under different names, prompting a watchdog to say the first was a mistake.
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Despite climate concerns, young voter turnout slumped and Its support split between the parties
The youth vote was not a monolith in Tuesday’s election, despite its broad concern for the environment and disillusionment with politics and government.
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Bad Takes: From deportations to tariffs, Trump’s policies would crater the economy
Trump is offering up a perfect storm of fiscal calamity for everyone but the super-rich.
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Bad Takes: Price controls aren’t communism, no matter how much the GOP insists otherwise
A majority of likely voters in battleground states favor caps on rent increases and cutting prescription drug costs.
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Bad Takes: Despite claims Trump is attacking the ruling class, he is the ruling class
For all his populist posturing, Don the Con is a vehicle for an economic status quo that rewards the wealthiest 1%.
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Bad Takes: Recent Supreme Court decision punishes the homeless for being homeless
The court’s Ebenezer Scrooge-like decree is a symptom of the times, as evidenced by one San Antonio politician’s recent actions.
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Bad Takes: Time to switch off the hysteria about teens and their cellphone use
Many researchers argue teens face far worse threats to their mental health than excessive screen time.
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Bad Takes: Taking voting rights from people convicted of felonies is a form of ballot suppression
Disenfranchisement laws date back to the Jim Crow era, and they primarily targeted Black people, according to experts.
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NOAA meteorologists predict 2024 hurricane season will have ‘highest-ever’ number of named storms
NOAA predicts 17 to 25 named storms, and of those, eight to 13 are expected to become hurricanes.
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Op-Ed abuse: U.S. newspapers replace democratic discourse with political bias
When established reporters and purported experts voice their views as authoritative, their opinions are often perceived as news rather than opinion.
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Bad Takes: Dante’s Inferno has it right about liars and cons like Donald Trump
Those guilty of fraud end up on one of the lowest rings of Hell in Dante’s masterwork, yet many in the U.S. make excuses for the crime’s worst perpetrators.
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Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan
Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.
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Here’s why COVID-19 isn’t seasonal so far
Human immunity and behavior may be more important than weather for driving seasonality.
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Man arrested after asking flight attendants to join ‘mile high club’ on U.S. flight
He also made several comments about ‘entering’ the cockpit.
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Backlog in U.S. immigration cases reaches new record
The steep backlog means asylum seekers now face an average five-year wait for courts to close out their proceedings.
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Bad Takes: Jason Aldean’s claims of patriotism and victimhood both ring hollow
Fans of Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ defend it as an endorsement of ‘law and order.’ But aren’t there constitutional protections afforded to symbolic speech?
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Bad Takes: Robert Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine claims aren’t just bullshit, they’re dangerous bullshit
During a recent installment of his show, Joe Rogan permitted Robert Kennedy’s busted sewer main’s-worth of hazardous falsehoods to gush out, un-fact-checked.