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Charlie Kirk and Trump’s Looming Political Crackdown

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The shocking assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week was part of a wider, horrific trend: the rise of political violence in America. But Kirk’s murder also seemed to reveal something even darker. Before a suspect was found—when facts were scarce—the race for political retribution was already well underway.  On Tuesday, Utah prosecutors charged […]

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Both the Left and the Right are Targeted by Political Violence. Who Perpetrates It?

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s gruesome killing last week was both a striking visual of our nation’s intensifying polarization and, by some counts, a catalyst for it to intensify more. Even before a suspect had been identified, there was a knee-jerk reaction among some Republicans to blame the Democratic Party for his death. Some even called […]

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Trump’s War on Wind Power Has One Very Big Exception

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As Donald Trump rolled down the 18th fairway at his Turnberry golf resort in July, he was troubled by a deathly vision, slowly spinning in the Scottish distance: wind turbines. “These things are massive, and you’re looking at these ugly windmills, and it’s a shame,” Trump lamented in an interview with the New York Post—yet […]

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Charlie Kirk’s Murder Fuels New Attacks on Higher Education

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In the days following the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, his friends and allies have called for revenge against all kinds of groups, including trans people and the so-called radical left, even as the motivations of the alleged shooter, who was reportedly raised in a Republican household, remain far from clear. Now, some of […]

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Samin Nosrat Arrives Right on Time

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In the crowded world of internet gourmands and celebrity chefs, it’s difficult to imagine a cookbook more eagerly anticipated than Good Things, the second from James Beard award-winning writer Samin Nosrat. After all, she’s beloved. “Everybody loves Samin Nosrat,” a 2019 Bon Appétit headline, rather accurately, noted after the publication of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, […]

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Right-Wing Fanatics Are Weaponizing America’s Anti-Discrimination Agency

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Dylan Bringuel isn’t sure what’s worse: enduring what a federal agency identified as a “hostile work environment because of Bringuel’s transgender status” or that same agency abandoning them after committing to hold their employer accountable. The first blow came in August 2022. Bringuel had just begun a housekeeping job at a Holiday Inn Express in […]

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Welcome to the New Era of Covid Vaccine Tourism

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In 2021, as the first wave of Covid vaccines became more available to the general population in the US, international travelers from Latin America and elsewhere came to the country to get the lifesaving shot. At the time, an array of federal subsidies and guarantees made it possible for almost anyone to immunize themselves against […]

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Can We Feed 10 Billion People Without Destroying the Planet in the Process?

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This story was originally published by Grist in partnership with the Chicago public radio station WBEZ. It is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. . When veteran journalist Michael Grunwald set out to write his third book, he was determined not to produce a “Debbie Downer.” And he hasn’t. That’s surprising considering his latest book, We’re Eating the […]

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That Fox Anchor’s Long History Of Having to Apologize For Awful Remarks

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In yet another example of right-wingers calling for violence, a Fox News anchor this week suggested homeless people with mental illnesses should be killed. And while the anchor, Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade, has already apologized, a closer look at his history makes clear this is just one of his many past incendiary—and often […]

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Elon Musk Urges Brits to “Fight Back” Against Their Political Enemies

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Just days after the killing of Charlie Kirk, Elon Musk joined other right-wingers in ratcheting up his rhetoric. In a bizarre, downright dystopian, and often factually inaccurate virtual speech to a massive far-right anti-immigrant rally in London on Saturday, Musk urged attendees to “fight back” against their political enemies. Despite American officials’ bipartisan condemnations of […]

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The Data Center Building Boom Is Running Into Local Resistance

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This story was originally published by the High Country News in partnership with the Puente News Collaborative and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sunland Park, New Mexico, is not a notably online community. Retirees have settled in mobile homes around the small border town, just over the state line from El Paso. Some don’t own […]

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Trump’s Immigration Police State Is Growing at Warp Speed

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When it passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in June, Congress handed nearly $75 billion to Immigration Customs and Enforcement. Some $30 billion of that money will be spent on enforcement and deportation—hiring spree incoming—and another $45 billion will go toward new detention centers, including 50 by the end of the year. The OBBB […]

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