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The Caning That Changed America
Most people in the Senate chamber noticed the sound before anything else—the sharp, sickening crack of a metal-tipped cane landing on an unprotected skull. On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks, a young representative from South Carolina, confronted Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts during a visit to the upper chamber. Sumner, known for his fiery abolitionist…
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The sin of pride has nothing to do with the season of Pride
I’ve been openly gay for nearly 30 years — legally married for more than 10 of them — and it has been my experience that few scriptures delight the far right more this time of year than Proverbs 16:18: Pride comes before a fall. I mostly blame inertia. Pride month started in 1970. The Old…
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Senate GOP hits Trump with unprecedented ‘rebellion’ — in sign of ‘what’s to come’: report
President Donald Trump faced a new GOP Senate “rebellion” early Friday, and one that included “more than just the usual suspects” in what Punchbowl News described as a “potential preview of what’s to come as Republicans seek distance from Trump with November approaching.” Senate Republicans failed to advance a bill to extend the Foreign Intelligence…
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Why do the Republicans have the celebrity candidates?
Until recently, American politics operated on a simple premise: Aspiring politicians must suck up to party bosses, run for local office, earn supporters, master policy details and only then earn a shot at higher office. That model has collapsed. Today’s rising stars take a different escalator — television, social media, podcasts, activism, entertainment or the…
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The Trump White House keeps losing
President Donald Trump’s second term began at a breakneck pace, with a wave of executive orders and other actions imposing tariffs; targeting law firms, universities, and individuals he believed had wronged him while he was out of office; and reshaping the US immigration system. Nearly a year and a half into his second term, the…
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Trump scrapes barrel with D-list rally singers as ‘Freedom 250’ finally implodes
With his Freedom 250 concert series in shambles after a mass exodus of performers, President Donald Trump has pivoted to what a campaign-style rally — and his newly revealed musical guests are really scraping the barrel. Trump announced the “Rally to End All Rallies”Thursday night on Truth Social. It is scheduled for June 24 in…
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OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Aren’t Picking Sides
OpenAI and Anthropic have battled for workers, customers, and public attention. The rival AI labs have been on opposite sides of policy proposals, and their CEOs were the only ones not to link hands among a dozen industry leaders at a business summit earlier this year. But they do have one big area of overlap:…
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The overdue rise of the right within mainstream media
On Sept. 30, 2024, prominent progressive thinker and author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on “CBS Mornings” to promote his new book focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, “The Message.” Coates’ argument echoed many standard left-wing tropes about the intractable conflict, framing it as an intersectional battle between an illegitimate oppressor group and a helpless oppressed group. Journalist…
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Colbert replacement hemorrhages audience as devastating new CBS viewer figures released
Viewers angry over CBS’s cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” are making their displeasure known, with Byron Allen’s replacement program “Comics Unleashed” hemorrhaging more than half its audience — and competitors Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon capitalize on the exodus. According to The Daily Beast, the viewership just days after CBS pulled the plug…
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James Handy girlfriend’s son seen calmly walking away from where ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor was stabbed to death
Chilling surveillance footage shows the suspect in the murder of “Top Gun: Maverick” actor James Handy walking away from the bloody scene before returning and giving himself up to police. Michael Gledhill, the 44-year-old son of Handy’s girlfriend, was seen on a neighbor’s doorbell camera sauntering down the sidewalk away from the front lawn of…