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  1. Putin says Russia will bolster air defenses in response to Ukrainian drone attacks
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  2. Experience: I sat under an oak tree every day for a year
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  3. Don’t Worry! That Was Almost Certainly the Last Graham Platner Scandal!
    | theatlantic.com

  4. In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes
    | nytimes.com

  5. I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it
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  6. Republicans' sweeping election overhaul fails in the Senate
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  7. Yet More Damning Revelations About Graham Platner
    | theatlantic.com

  8. Satya Nadella ‘Not Sure’ Who Said Microsoft Wanted to Make Addictive AI, Is Looking for Guy Who Did This
    | 404media.co

  9. Trump Thinks His Administration Is ‘Like Pirates’
    | theatlantic.com

  10. The Delaney Hall Strikers Are Hitting GEO Group Where It Hurts
    | motherjones.com

  11. As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments
    | nytimes.com

  12. “Descartes Against Humanity” and Other Games Designed by...


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  13. Is Graham Platner Too Messy to Flip Maine’s Senate Seat?
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  14. The White House Just Made Medicaid Work Requirements Even Worse
    | motherjones.com

  15. The World Cup of Ugh
    | theatlantic.com

  16. Weakened public health powers raise outbreak risks
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  17. California Democrats’ Pyrrhic Victory
    | theatlantic.com

  18. The Most Highly Anticipated Horror Movie of the Year Is Here. How Scary Is It?
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  19. Chipotlai Max is an AI agent that runs on “stolen...


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  20. NTSB says United jet was too slow and too low in Newark landing accident
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  21. As Drake rules the charts, the 'song of the summer' race heats up
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  22. The Life and Death of Sports Fans


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  23. Do Trans People Have “Stand Your Ground” Rights? Wyoming’s Answer May Be “No.”
    | slate.com

  24. New York City reshapes mass transit system to handle World Cup, NBA finals crowds
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  25. Barron Trump Just Released His First-Ever Product. I Tried It. I’m Shocked How Much I Liked It.
    | slate.com

  26. I Must Attempt to Explain the LEGO Scandal Rocking YouTube, Entire State of Utah
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  27. I Just Discovered the Truth About the Beginnings of My Relationship. I’m Devastated.
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  28. The official trailer for season three of Silo . Looks...


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  29. Immigrant Rights Lawyers File Lawsuit Over Palantir’s ELITE
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  30. You Can Hate Mackenzie Shirilla and Prisons Too
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  31. On this date in 2004, the Killdozer rampage took place ....


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  32. Trump’s Name Is Disappearing From More Than Just the Kennedy Center
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  33. Bernard Roizman, Virologist Who Demystified Herpes, Dies at 96
    | nytimes.com

  34. The Michael Jackson Movie Was a Blockbuster. The Rebuttal Is Right on Time.
    | slate.com

  35. What It Would Take to Finally Slay the Gerrymander
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  36. Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the...


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  37. My Son Is Very Bright. What His Teacher Has Him Doing With the Dumb Kids Is Outrageous.
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  38. Most of My Family Haven’t Been to College. I’m Concerned About What That Means for My Cousin.
    | slate.com

  39. Trump’s attorney general pick has exactly one qualification
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  40. We Are Manipulating the Weather Every Day


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  41. North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons
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  42. A new 'Cape Fear' remake rolls out one surprise after another
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  43. As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square...


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  44. Japan's District Mascots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Bonus Segments)
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  45. Trump's Pardons & Jan. 6th #lastweektonight
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  46. Slate Pears Game 294: Jun. 4, 2026
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  47. Some Days the Woman I’m Dating Is Really Hot. Other Days, Something Inexplicable Happens.
    | slate.com

  48. Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56
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  49. “ Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text...


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  50. I want sex more often than my husband does – what can we do? | Leading questions
    | theguardian.com

  51. Slate Crossword: Towns of Unusual Size in New York? (11 Letters)
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  52. Watch These Judges Rip Into Lawyers For Citing Cases That Don't Exist
    | 404media.co

  53. USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps


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  54. The Trump Scandal You Haven’t Paid Attention to Might Be the Most Revealing Yet
    | slate.com

  55. The Iran Problem Trump Can’t Defer
    | theatlantic.com

  56. Maine Has a Graham Platner Problem
    | theatlantic.com

  57. Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks
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  58. Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being...


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  59. Why Trump’s Cage Fight Could Hurt the UFC
    | motherjones.com

  60. Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy
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  61. The Alligator Alcatraz Boondoggle
    | theatlantic.com

  62. Christian employee sues L.A. County over a Pride flag outside the office
    | friendlyatheist.com

  63. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba's Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation
    | democracynow.org

  64. "Notes from an ICE Chaser": Tracking Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign on the Ground
    | democracynow.org

  65. Far-Right Leaders, Including Ex-CBP Chief Greg Bovino, Convene in Portugal for "Remigration Summit"
    | democracynow.org

  66. Voices from Delaney Hall: Family and Community Members Demand Release of Loved Ones from ICE Jail
    | democracynow.org

  67. Headlines for June 4, 2026
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  68. Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has...


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  69. Dismay as Trump Officials Move to Dismantle a Key Ocean Monitoring System
    | motherjones.com

  70. What’s fueling AI companies’ IPO rush
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  71. How to Save Marriage
    | theatlantic.com

  72. A new investigation reveals why you can’t take meat companies at their word
    | vox.com

  73. How the war in Iran could end affordable air travel
    | vox.com

  74. Is the GOP Starting to Defy Trump?
    | theatlantic.com

  75. Why Reading Is Now Restless
    | theatlantic.com

  76. What to Read to Really Understand Music
    | theatlantic.com

  77. How Pakistan became Trump’s most surprising ally
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  78. How AI could make wars go nuclear
    | vox.com

  79. The Obscure Word That Helped Novelist Jesmyn Ward Process Her Grief
    | motherjones.com

  80. When did getting prescriptions start feeling like online shopping?
    | vox.com

  81. In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
    | propublica.org

  82. Help! My Husband Just Seriously Violated Me in Front of Our Children. He Doesn’t Think He’s Done Anything Wrong.
    | slate.com

  83. I Thought Working for a Mostly Female-Led Company Would Be the Answer to My Frustrating Problem at Work. This Is a Nightmare.
    | slate.com

  84. I’m the New Generation Entering the Workforce. There’s One Part of Corporate America That Just Makes No Sense.
    | slate.com

  85. Slate SoundBites for June 4, 2026
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  86. Which Tissue Connects Muscle to Bone?
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  87. Slate Mini Crossword for June 4, 2026
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  88. “ ’90s-Style” Parenting Is on the Rise. There’s Just One Problem.
    | slate.com

  89. The Fight Over Trump’s Sweetheart IRS Deal Is Not at All Over
    | slate.com

  90. Do the Dems Need More Graham Platners?
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  91. I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too
    | propublica.org

  92. When the Toddler Comes For the Family Pet
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  93. Pluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026)
    | pluralistic.net

  94. As Ebola Outbreak Widens, Trump Has Yet to Outline a Plan
    | nytimes.com

  95. Could Democrats Be Iced Out of This California Congressional Race?
    | motherjones.com

  96. We’re About to Hear a Lot More About Iowa
    | theatlantic.com

  97. What just happened in California?
    | vox.com

  98. “We Are Being Made to Look Like Fools”: How Trump Is Weaponizing World Cup Visas
    | motherjones.com

  99. How Trump is justifying new tariffs
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  100. What Trump’s New Plan for the 250th Reveals
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  101. Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to...


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  102. Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976)


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  103. SCOTUS’s MAGA Wing Just Blew Up the Midterms With This Shadow Docket Ruling
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  104. Poster In Progress #lastweektonight
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  105. How to Get Neil Gorsuch to Stand Up For Workers
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  106. <em>The Atlantic</em> Announces Editorial Fellowship Class for 2026–27
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  107. A Gift From the Basketball Gods
    | theatlantic.com

  108. Sonia Sotomayor Bluntly Exposed the Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Lie
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  109. Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show ....


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  110. Someone Finally Wants to Hire Philosophers
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  111. Haiku is a generative music album for MacOS....


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  112. The Supreme Court’s new decision tilting the midterms toward Republicans, explained
    | vox.com

  113. Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor
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  114. Tony Gilroy Accepts Award for Andor: “Fuck the Empire!”


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  115. Canned Cocktails Will Smash You to the Ground
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  116. Photos: A Family’s Final Trip Before the Father’s Self-Deportation
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  117. How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself
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  118. “As far as artist signatures go, Jan van...


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  119. Jared Kushner’s Albanian Resort Faces a Corruption Probe and Mass Protests
    | motherjones.com

  120. Podcast: Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It Worked
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  121. No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
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  122. We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th
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  123. Good news! As of June 1, a transmission line is...


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  124. “The Waste Is Heartbreaking”: Fired Scott Pelley Accuses CBS of Courting Trump in Scathing Letter
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  125. The Three Ways to Make a Living


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  126. Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
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  127. TIL that Muji once sold a car . “The Muji Car 1000...


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  128. The Uncertain Future of the Smithsonian’s Smallest Museum
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  129. A Connecticut law protects kids from abusive homeschooling parents. Republicans opposed it.
    | friendlyatheist.com

  130. The Government Tried to Villainize Us: Broadview 6 Defendants Speak Out After Charges Dropped
    | democracynow.org

  131. "Appalling Misconduct": Chicago Federal Prosecutors Under Fire; "Broadview 6" Charges Dropped
    | democracynow.org

  132. MAGA Loyalist Bill Pulte Tapped to Be New U.S. Spy Chief, Led Efforts to Target Trump Critics
    | democracynow.org

  133. "Fraud on the Court": Even as DOJ Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case over Collusion
    | democracynow.org

  134. Headlines for June 3, 2026
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  135. Texas State Takeover of Local School Districts Expands, Raising Concerns
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  136. Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
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  137. The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury
    | theguardian.com

  138. A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can’t Afford
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  139. Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI
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  140. The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time , including...


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  141. Let Them Drive Less
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  142. The Best Thing About The Satanic Panic . “There’s...


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  143. Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
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  144. JS Crossword . “This crossword uses some...


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  145. Daft Punk, Medieval-Style


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  146. Ghanaian Movie Posters #lastweektonight
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  147. Frozen To -22 Degrees, BYD’s New EV Just Charged To 97%...


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  148. Trump and Pardons #lastweektonight
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  149. They’re doing a film adaptation of Tomorrow, and...


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  150. Trump Megadonor Gave $5.5 Million Estate to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Group
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  151. The Birds of Palestine


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  152. Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don't Care About Safety or Reliability
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  153. Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any.
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  154. TIL that Andreessen Horowitz owns/runs the NYC Tech Week...


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  155. Here is the Contract for Palantir’s Super API for the IRS
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  156. If You Take the Weasel Job Then You Must Be the Weasel ....


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  157. Re the Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia case : the company...


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  158. Ark Encounter's decade-long disaster: How the Creationist theme park failed on its promises
    | friendlyatheist.com

  159. "The Overseer Class": Steven Thrasher on Black Cops, Pro-Palestine Protests, DEI & More
    | democracynow.org

  160. "Murder as Policy": Amnesty Int'l Decries U.S. Strikes on Latin American Boats as Death Toll Tops 200
    | democracynow.org

  161. Iran Suspends U.S. Talks as Israel Kills 8 More in Lebanon & Expands Occupation
    | democracynow.org

  162. Headlines for June 2, 2026
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  163. Toxic Ground: How Oil Field Pollution Is Threatening Oklahoma
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  164. Pluralistic: The tedious power of storytelling (02 Jun 2026) must-we-pretend
    | pluralistic.net

  165. After the Trump DOJ Halted Police Reform, This City Stepped In. Then Officers Shot and Killed Katelyn Hall.
    | propublica.org

  166. What causes runner’s high – and how can you boost your chances of an ecstatic 5k?
    | theguardian.com

  167. I surrendered my driving licence after a spinal injury but the DVLA revoked it
    | theguardian.com

  168. Trump Administration Announces Stricter Rules for Medicaid Work Requirement
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  169. I'm switching to a dumbphone this summer
    | veronicaexplains.net

  170. By September, Nearly a Third of Americans Will Live in States With Legal Aid in Dying
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  171. Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s...


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  172. Graham Platner Loses Washington’s Vote
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  173. I’ve probably featured this before but always worth...


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  174. Star Wars Influences: Dam Busters


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  175. “Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support...


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  176. In Post-War Japan, the US Used Quiz Culture to Help...


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  177. Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated
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  178. Meet the Ukrainian Stunt Pilot Who Shoots Down Russian Drones


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  179. Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
    | 404media.co

  180. Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World ....


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  181. Freedom 250 #lastweektonight
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  182. “ Serena Williams has announced her sensational...


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  183. Giant Stone Urns Hint at the Death Rites of a Lost People in Laos
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  184. My rookie era: In my 40s I attempted my first multi-day hike – and became a walking cliche
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  185. The Illuminated Windows of NYC


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  186. Legendary film editor Marcia Lucas died last week ....


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  187. We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything
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  188. Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t...


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  189. “Swallow it!”: A Christian "prophet" told a teen to eat a Bible page to receive God’s blessings
    | friendlyatheist.com

  190. Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges
    | democracynow.org

  191. "Revolving Door": Former GEO Group VP David Venturella Is New Interim ICE Chief
    | democracynow.org

  192. "We Closed Our Account": Advocates Call for Boycott of Citizens Bank for Financing ICE Jails
    | democracynow.org

  193. NJ State Police Join Crackdown Against Supporters of Hunger-Striking Immigrants at Delaney Hall
    | democracynow.org

  194. Headlines for June 1, 2026
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  195. Pluralistic: Molly Crabapple's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' (01 Jun 2026)
    | pluralistic.net

  196. “No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
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  197. Trump’s Pardons: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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  198. S13 E13: Freedom 250, Trump’s Pardons & Ghana Posters: 5/31/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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  199. China’s Rise in Drug Development Looms Over U.S.
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  200. The kindness of strangers: I had a heart attack while mountain biking and someone saved my bicycle
    | theguardian.com

  201. Colorado GOP candidate's wildest religious claims unravel in must-watch interview
    | friendlyatheist.com

  202. I feel a lot of affection for a friend at work – could I be in love? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    | theguardian.com

  203. Pluralistic: Carneyism without Carney (30 May 2026)
    | pluralistic.net

  204. Poor sleep linked to rising cancer risk in under-50s
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  205. Slow blogging day today; I spent some time on the KDO...


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  206. Pope Releases Encyclical On Perils Of Disney’s ‘Star...


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  207. Radiohead’s OK Computer reimagined as Nintendo 64...


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  208. Andor Gave Us One Of TV’s Best Monologues


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  209. Suit Says Black Infants Were Subjected to Experimental Vaccine Without Consent
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  210. Infinite Jeffs is an actual physical book you can buy...


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  211. Frank Hayden, Who Led Global Growth of the Special Olympics, Dies at 96
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  212. How Should a Book Sound? And What About Footnotes?...


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  213. "It's About People Feeding Their Families": Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Rock Bolivia
    | democracynow.org

  214. Meet Nadia Milleron: Jury Awards Family $50M for Daughter's Death in Boeing Crash
    | democracynow.org

  215. Christian Nationalists made a movie about “anti-Christian bias” by the government
    | friendlyatheist.com

  216. "Subversion of Law and Order": ICE Violence Escalates at Newark's GEO-Run Jail, Delaney Hall
    | democracynow.org

  217. Headlines for May 29, 2026
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  218. Out now: new Boards of Canada album. Get it wherever you...


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  219. More Than $100 Million Was Billed for Medically Questionable Vascular Procedures, Government Watchdog Finds
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  220. Court in Kenya Suspends Plans for U.S. Ebola Quarantine Unit
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  221. Alaska’s Deteriorating Schools Could Receive More Than $148 Million for Repairs. It’s a Fraction of What They Need.
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  222. From The Mandalorian and Grogu, an extended loop of...


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  223. Not a surprise but nice to have the data: the Federal...


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  224. Congress's CIA Eyes AI Data Center Critics
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  225. The Backward Index


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  226. On The Fuel Efficiency of Launching My Enemies Into The...


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  227. The Rise & Fall Of ‘Petty Tyrants’ . “The energy...


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  228. Writerdeck: FAQ
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  229. Down with -maxxing! Searching for the absolute best...


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  230. Steven Joyce: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Bonus Segment)
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  231. There are no lightsabers in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a...


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  232. 100 Iconic Moments From Sir David Attenborough


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  233. Consider the Sister : an interview with Amy Wallace....


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  234. I, Sisyphus, Am Ninety-Five Percent of the Way There ....


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  235. Scientists Find a Potential Cure for Chronic Hepatitis B
    | nytimes.com

  236. The Catholic Church protected a predator priest. The courts punished the whistleblower.
    | friendlyatheist.com

  237. Trump's Enemies List: DOJ Launches "Egregious" Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll
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  238. "From Bogotá to El Fasher": How UAE Trained Colombian Mercenaries to Fight Alongside RSF in Sudan
    | democracynow.org

  239. Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords & Trump's Threat to Blow Up Oman
    | democracynow.org

  240. No End in Sight: Israel Expands War on Lebanon, Orders Evacuation of 14% of Country
    | democracynow.org

  241. Headlines for May 28, 2026
    | democracynow.org

  242. Pluralistic: Hold on for dear life (28 May 2026)
    | pluralistic.net

  243. Genetic Scores are Booming. But Will Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover Your DNA?
    | nytimes.com

  244. The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
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  245. Make Way for Beavers


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  246. Why the Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Have Confounded Scientists
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  247. KFF’s Chief Executive to Retire
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  248. “How old was Mary?”: How dozens of Oklahoma Republicans fought a bill banning child marriage
    | friendlyatheist.com

  249. "How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies": Northwestern Prof. Jeffrey Winters on Book "The Blind Spot"
    | democracynow.org

  250. Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters & Other Allies
    | democracynow.org

  251. "They Are Not Alone Inside": Protests Outside Newark ICE Jail Support Hunger-Striking Detainees
    | democracynow.org

  252. Headlines for May 27, 2026
    | democracynow.org

  253. U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray
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  254. Pluralistic: AI and a world without migrants (27 May 2026)
    | pluralistic.net

  255. Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya
    | nytimes.com

  256. The Real Reason Tulsi Gabbard Resigned
    | kenklippenstein.com