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China’s Government Is Like Something out of 1984
The Chinese Communist government increasingly poses an existential threat not just to its own 1.4 billion citizens but to the world at large.
China is currently in a dangerously chaotic state. And why not, when a premodern authoritarian society leaps wildly into the brave new world of high-tech science in a ...
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China’s Government Is Like Something out of 1984
The Chinese Communist government increasingly poses an existential threat not just to its own 1.4 billion citizens but to the world at large.
China is currently in a dangerously chaotic state. And why not, when a premodern authoritarian society leaps wildly into the brave new world of high-tech science in a ...
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Knives Out: A Glorious Wrestlemania of a Democratic Debate
Early on, political consultant Mike Murphy labeled the debate “a six way tornado of long-repressed rage, fear and desperation.” For Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and maybe even Joe Biden, the end is near. A lot of these candidates, who would be allies under different circumstances, now can ...
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Knives Out: A Glorious Wrestlemania of a Democratic Debate
Early on, political consultant Mike Murphy labeled the debate “a six way tornado of long-repressed rage, fear and desperation.” For Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and maybe even Joe Biden, the end is near. A lot of these candidates, who would be allies under different circumstances, now can ...
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Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges
Kat Timpf explains why a 16-year-old Maryland girl shouldn't be charged with child-porn distribution after making a video of herself.
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Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges
Kat Timpf explains why a 16-year-old Maryland girl shouldn't be charged with child-porn distribution after making a video of herself.
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N.Y. County Legislators Propose Bill to Ban Smoking in Private Homes
Suffolk County is proposing the most stringent anti-smoking law in New York — banning private citizens from smoking in their own apartments, condominiums, and multi-family homes.
Legislator Sam Gonzalez, the sponsor of the bill, told a local CBS affiliate that he did not think the bill was ...
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N.Y. County Legislators Propose Bill to Ban Smoking in Private Homes
Suffolk County is proposing the most stringent anti-smoking law in New York — banning private citizens from smoking in their own apartments, condominiums, and multi-family homes.
Legislator Sam Gonzalez, the sponsor of the bill, told a local CBS affiliate that he did not think the bill was ...
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South Park as Healing Mechanism
It didn’t take too long into 2020 for people on Twitter to start earnestly debating whether South Park, an extremely popular show that has been on air for decades, has been wreaking havoc on our society with its offensiveness. As far as I can tell, the conversation started with a series of tweets from She-Hulk ...
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South Park as Healing Mechanism
It didn’t take too long into 2020 for people on Twitter to start earnestly debating whether South Park, an extremely popular show that has been on air for decades, has been wreaking havoc on our society with its offensiveness. As far as I can tell, the conversation started with a series of tweets from She-Hulk ...
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RIP Bloomberg 2020
I thought that Bloomberg’s confused half-defense of stop-and-frisk was going to be his low point. Well. His torturous response on his lawsuits and NDAs was truly awful -- beyond incompetent. I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the end of Bloomberg 2020.
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RIP Bloomberg 2020
I thought that Bloomberg’s confused half-defense of stop-and-frisk was going to be his low point. Well. His torturous response on his lawsuits and NDAs was truly awful -- beyond incompetent. I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the end of Bloomberg 2020.
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Dwyane Wade On His Child: ‘She’s Known She Was Transgender Since She Was Three Years Old’
Former Miami Heat basketball player Dwyane Wade said on Tuesday during an appearance on Good Morning America that his 12-year-old child, a biological male, has known they were transgender since the age of three.
Wade's child, Zaya, has "known it for nine years, since she was three years old," Wade ...
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Dwyane Wade On His Child: ‘She’s Known She Was Transgender Since She Was Three Years Old’
Former Miami Heat basketball player Dwyane Wade said on Tuesday during an appearance on Good Morning America that his 12-year-old child, a biological male, has known they were transgender since the age of three.
Wade's child, Zaya, has "known it for nine years, since she was three years old," Wade ...
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At the Debate, Only Losers
To be honest, I’d almost forgotten what they were like.
Wednesday’s Democratic presidential primary debate was revealing: Mike Bloomberg was revealed to be unprepared, something for which a man with his resources has no possible excuse; Amy Klobuchar was revealed to be a stammering daisy, her big moment ...
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At the Debate, Only Losers
To be honest, I’d almost forgotten what they were like.
Wednesday’s Democratic presidential primary debate was revealing: Mike Bloomberg was revealed to be unprepared, something for which a man with his resources has no possible excuse; Amy Klobuchar was revealed to be a stammering daisy, her big moment ...
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Warren Urges Arizona to Reject ‘Cruel’ Bill Banning Males from Competing in Female Sports
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Thursday decried an Arizona bill that would prevent biological males from competing in girls sports, calling the legislation "cruel."
"Trans athletes are not a threat," Warren wrote in a tweet. "We need to protect trans kids—and all LGBTQ+ kids—and ...
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Warren Urges Arizona to Reject ‘Cruel’ Bill Banning Males from Competing in Female Sports
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Thursday decried an Arizona bill that would prevent biological males from competing in girls sports, calling the legislation "cruel."
"Trans athletes are not a threat," Warren wrote in a tweet. "We need to protect trans kids—and all LGBTQ+ kids—and ...
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The Invisible Man Exposes the White-Male-Supremacy Monster
‘He is not the victim here!” screams Elisabeth Moss, heroine of The Invisible Man, the latest in the series that reboots Universal Studios’ classic 1930s scary movies for the gullible Millennial market. The film’s title now refers to the hidden threat of an unseen, yet lethal, patriarchy. But this movie ...
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The Invisible Man Exposes the White-Male-Supremacy Monster
‘He is not the victim here!” screams Elisabeth Moss, heroine of The Invisible Man, the latest in the series that reboots Universal Studios’ classic 1930s scary movies for the gullible Millennial market. The film’s title now refers to the hidden threat of an unseen, yet lethal, patriarchy. But this movie ...
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