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Elon Musk Made Your Life Worse

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Elon Musk’s announcement on Wednesday that his “scheduled time” working for President Donald Trump is ending was instantly met with a mix of celebration and schadenfreude. And for once, the delight is likely to include both critics of the president and Trump-world. This is not surprising. Musk’s personality, by all accounts deeply unlikeable, had been […]

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How Trump Twisted the Law to Protect White Men From Discrimination

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In March, the Trump administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sent concerned letters to 20 of the nation’s top law firms. The problem? Big Law diversity and equity programs were likely illegal, said the administration, because DEI discriminated against male and white candidates. At first, such an attack could seem silly—the policy memo equivalent of […]

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The World’s Largest Emitter Just Delivered Some Good Climate News—for Now

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This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China is the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter, spewing more than double the amount of heat-trapping chemicals as the next biggest climate polluter, the United States. For decades, China’s emissions soared ever higher as its economy grew, burning extraordinary volumes of coal, […]

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Missouri Supreme Court Defies Voters, Halts Abortions in the State

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One might have thought that last November, when Missourians voted to enshrine “reproductive freedom,” including abortion, in the state constitution, that would be the end of the conversation. In overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, the US Supreme Court professed that the question of whether abortion should be legal was now up to states. And […]

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Donald Trump’s Decades-Long Obsession With Eugenics

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Many people were shocked to read allegations last year by Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III, about his uncle: Fred, whose son William has intellectual and developmental disabilities, reported that the elder Trump said during his first presidential term that people like William should “just die.” That is shocking—but it’s not surprising. The comment falls […]

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Can Bacteria Serve as ‘Microscopic Miners’ of the Metals We Need?

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“This story was originally published on the author’s substack, Field Notes with Alexander C Kaufman, to which you can subscribe here.” Five years after President Donald Trump signaled his support for extracting metals from the moon, his new administration is seeking to satisfy the United States’ hunger for critical minerals by encouraging mining under the polar ice caps, amid warzones, and at […]

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Rage and Resentment Are Killing the Great American Road Trip

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A record 45 million Americans were expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, long considered the unofficial kickoff to summer. And most of them were hitting the road. Sarah Kendzior is no stranger to the family road trip. Her family, in fact, has visited 38 states—and counting. These trips were born out of a love […]

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Trump Has Nothing to Do Today. So, of Course, He Posted.

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Nothing is listed on President Donald Trump’s public schedule today. In theory, that could mean it will be a relatively calm day from our commander-in-chief. But, no. On Tuesday, Trump awoke and grabbed hold of his Truth Social account for a special string of posts. First, he went after a “transitioned Male athlete” in California, […]

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Trump’s Big Fail: Making America the 1980s Again

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Gargantuan tax cuts for the well-heeled, draconian cuts in programs for low-income Americans, […]

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What’s One Way to Help Preserve the Antarctic Climate? Penguin Poop.

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New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting some incoming sunlight back to space. The findings reinforce the growing awareness that Earth’s intricate web of life plays a significant role in […]

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Inside the Curious, and Dangerous, World of US Military Museums

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It’s Memorial Day weekend, and I’m hung over in the hull gunner of an M36 Jackson tank. This green, mean fighting machine once killed its fair share of Nazis. Decades later, its engine still roars with a fresh ferocity, though its cannon is a couple of firing pins short of battle-ready. That’s fine by me. […]

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Inside Palm Springs’ Queer Rodeo

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In early May, the small city of Banning, California, hosted the Palm Springs Hot Rodeo. The competition, which has occurred most years for the past 50, salutes the homoeroticism of rodeo culture. The four-day event—an official stop on the International Gay Rodeo Association circuit—features traditional rodeo events like steer wrestling and calf roping, along with […]

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