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Flea on Kobe Bryant: 'He's Like Charlie Parker or Coltrane'
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist – and lifelong Lakers fan – remembers the icon who meant the world to the Purple and Gold
Young comedian who joked about Putin flees Russia
Aleksandr Dolgopolov, 25, says he fears for his safety as police start investigating his material.
Steve Mnuchin climate economics
There’s overwhelming consensus among scientists for more aggressive action.
Why John Roberts won’t save the impeachment trial from partisanship
What to expect from the man presiding over the impeachment process.
Buttigieg’s Hollow Military Bragging
Imagine you heard that someone got a ‘direct diploma’ from Harvard but didn’t actually have to do four years of papers and tests.
Sean Illing
"Military service is so alien to most Democrats that they don’t notice the details."
I cannot overstate how much this pisses me off. I served with all kinds of people, as politically diverse as any random population sample. This is lazy, dumb, & offensive
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Reince Priebus: "Presidents don't get impeached because they acted inappropriately"
President Trump's first chief of staff spoke to "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell and chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on Day 1 of the public impeachment hearings
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials.
The nihilism of Mitch McConnell
A Senate impeachment trial should be a solemn affair. It won’t be with McConnell at the helm.
Alan Dershowitz won't say if the president did anything wrong
Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, and Alan Dershowitz discuss impeachment in separate interviews on ABC's "This Week."
Ken Starr Leaves Baylor After Complaints It Mishandled Sex Assault Inquiry
Mr. Starr resigned his post as a law school professor at Baylor, a Baptist university reeling from a sexual assault scandal involving its football team.
The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it’s all private
How the Dutch harnessed the market to cover everybody.
The bias against female presidential candidates is real
A philosopher explains what women are up against.
Its Reputation Tattered, Polarized Senate Faces a Steep Impeachment Test
A partisan start to the trial stands in contrast to a consensus approach struck in 1999, the last time the Senate weighed the fate of a president.
"Flood the zone with shit": how misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
The impeachment trial probably won’t change any minds. Here’s why.
Sean Illing
Good god this is the clearest possible example of everything I argued in this piece about “flooding the zone with shit” vox.com/policy-and-pol… pic.twitter.com/Oxt2xTkBKG
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Sean Illing
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And with such a people you can then do what you please.” - Arendt
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The case for Elizabeth Warren
The second article in a Vox series making the best case for the leading Democratic candidates.
In defense of Twitter
A scholar makes the case for the platform’s democratic potential.
9 questions about the US-Iran crisis you were too embarrassed to ask
Why did the US kill Qassem Soleimani? Why do the US and Iran hate each other?
Are we morally obligated to meditate?
A growing body of neuroscience research shows that meditation can make us better to each other.
Mississippi Gov: A Senate Win for Mike Espy, a Black Dem, Will Begin '1000 Years of Darkness'
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant claimed that it is imperative to re-elect US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith because if Democrat Mike Espy won, it would bring “a thousands years of darkness.” Espy would be the first Black Mississippian in the Senate since...
Sean Illing
“If Mike Espy and the liberal Democrats gain the Senate we will take that first step into a thousand years of darkness.”
Extremely cool and normal stuff here
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