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May 10, 2024 ❧ Fighting bathroom police with memes, Bernie vs. medical debt, and the Saudis authorize killing for NEOM

Plus: A dystopian Apple commercial, cops in far-right militias, Vivek's embarrassing encounter with Ann Coulter, and whale phonics

May 10 •

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May 7, 2024 ❧ The truth behind the TikTok ban, Cuellar corruption, and Conde Nast's union win

Plus: Israel invades Rafah instead of freeing hostages, Macklemore drops an anti-war rap, Tyson pollutes waterways, and a raccoon runs amok in the White…

May 7 •

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May 7 •

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May 3, 2024 ❧ Congress seeks to punish Israel critics, a Louisiana city secedes, and Macron suggests sending troops to Ukraine

Plus: Worldwide May Day marches, the weird history of the Reform Party, a disturbing interview with Trump, campus protest successes, and an orangutan…

May 3 •

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Apr. 30, 2024 ❧ Potential ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, another George Floyd in Ohio, and doggone Kristi Noem

Plus: The return of Ken Bone, the DEA reschedules weed, a rapper sentenced to death, a historian's dinner with Andreessen, and a "marvelous" bird.

Apr 30 •

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Apr. 26, 2024 ❧ Campus speech crackdowns, Biden deporting Haitians, and a fire-breathing robot dog

Plus: India's elections, Balkan insults, Maine's abortion sanctuary, and an ape escape (actually it was eleven monkeys, but "ape escape" is too good not…

Apr 26 •

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Apr. 23, 2024 ❧ Huge Gaza protests on campus, Biden's cannibal comments, and nukes in Poland

Plus: Idaho attacks rights to go to the ER, organ harvesting in Alabama prisons, the UK will begin deporting migrants to Rwanda, and the mysteries of…

Apr 23 •

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Apr. 19, 2024 ❧ Nestlé sells addictive baby products, Israel strikes Iran, and Mickey Mouse joins a union

Plus new sanctions on Venezuela, a so-called "Confederate Heritage Month," and a very important question: could Donald Trump fight a dog?

Apr 19 •

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