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Kylie Jenner can't redeem AI glasses
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (1020+ words) Salon. com Kylie Jenner can't redeem AI glasses Meta recruited a celebrity to make smart glasses feel safe for women. They aren't I have watched an ad for Meta's new smart-glasses collaboration with Kylie Jenner at least 7 times today. It…...
Trump didn't learn the biggest lesson from his first term
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (396+ words) Earlier this week, JD Vance revealed that Donald Trump told the envoys tasked with negotiating a peace deal with Iran to "use the [memorandum of understanding] to refill the world's oil economy, refill some stocks and then to see where…...
The alarming split in the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (777+ words) Relief flooded much of the nation on Tuesday morning as the Supreme Court released its decision upholding birthright citizenship, ending the 2025-26 session with a blow to President Donald Trump and his immigration policy. In federal court last spring, three families…...
Political parties can now spend unlimited money supporting candidates
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (1059+ words) While not the earth-shattering decision that was Citizens United, the 2010 ruling that struck down limits on corporate and union campaign spending as a violation of their free speech, NRSC v. FEC is still significant. And it has the potential to materially…...
"I don't get involved": Trump dodges questions about over $1 billion in crypto profits
17+ hour, 22+ min ago (236+ words) Donald Trump released his mandatory financial disclosure on Wednesday, revealing that he made more than $1 billion on cryptocurrency in 2025. The president created his own cryptocurrency mere days before being sworn into office a second time. He also holds a significant…...
Socialist sweep comes to Colorado
23+ hour, 36+ min ago (176+ words) Salon. com Socialist sweep comes to Colorado Left-wing Democrats may be creating a powerful position of leverage for themselves in the House Another democratic socialist swept to victory in a Colorado primary Tuesday, with the now Democratic nominee in Colorado's…...
SCOTUS keeps papering over the antiquated Second Amendment
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (864+ words) This article originally appeared in slightly different form at Medium. Used by permission. The six Federalist Society-vetted members of the Supreme Court claim to be close readers of the Constitution, "originalists," who parse the intentions of the founders and, somehow,…...
Texas Republicans may regret mandating Bible in classes
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (284+ words) Our nation was founded as a Christian nation," board member Brandon Hall insisted during a Thursday news conference. This is Christian nationalism in a nutshell. The use of Barton by the GOP and the Texas State School Board is not…...
Trump has new plan to end birthright citizenship after Kavanaugh's dissent
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (231+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump's'executive order'limiting birthright citizenship, closing out the current session by broadly upholding the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause. "Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights " to freely participate in our…...
Is Summerween really a thing?
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1054+ words) Salon. com Is Summerween really a thing? How a one-off gag from a cult-favorite Disney cartoon became a case study of year-round holiday consumerism For the creator of the short-lived Disney cartoon "Gravity Falls," necessity was the mother of invention....