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The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (425+ words) The siren call was apparently irresistible. "Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants," read a New York Times headline from early May " phrasing that seemed to normalize Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , the anti-science, roadkill enthusiast who is currently running…...
Your rewards card may be spying on you " and impacting how much you pay
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (850+ words) If you've been anywhere online or in stores lately, you've likely encountered marketing buzz like "Sign-up to earn loyalty discounts" or "Become a rewards member today!" Increasingly, companies are using loyalty programs to offer discounts in name only by building…...
For Texas GOP, immigration politics show signs of fading potency
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (961+ words) This article originally appeared on The Texas Tribune. As illegal border crossings skyrocketed two years ago, Texas Republicans in unison railed against the Biden administration's immigration policies and vowed, if given power, to seal the U. S. -Mexico border and support Donald…...
Christian nationalists pray for a return to America's "Christian roots
13+ hour, 20+ min ago (344+ words) Thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday for "Rededicate 250," a massive 8-hour prayer rally blending worship music, patriotic imagery, political figures and prominent Christian leaders in an event supporters described as spiritual renewal and critics viewed as…...
Evidence 2020 was rigged: Blanche says he's investigating whether right people voted
15+ hour, 30+ min ago (284+ words) There are few lawyers more willing to jump when Donald Trump says leap than Pam Bondi, but Todd Blanche wants the world to know he's in that number. During a Sunday stop by Fox News, the acting attorney general supported…...
"Ye was right about Hitler": Jost, Che trade offensive punchlines in "SNL" joke swap
17+ hour, 2+ min ago (240+ words) For more than a decade, "Saturday Night Live" writers Colin Jost and Michael Che have marked breaks and finales with a joke swap segment. The tradition forces the "Weekend Update" co-anchors to perform jokes the other has written for them…...
"The Golden Calf": Trump's sculpture artist speaks out
21+ hour, 20+ min ago (213+ words) The sculptor behind the giant gold Trump statue at Trump Doral says the project involved crypto financiers, delayed payments, demands to slim down Donald Trump's appearance and an internal nickname: "the golden calf." In a surreal interview with independent journalist…...
We should have taken more pictures: Ferrell opens SNL finale as Epstein's ghost
19+ hour, 31+ min ago (279+ words) Saturday Night Live" saved their best cold open for last. The sketch show's season finale started off with the standard opportunity for James Austin Johnson to show off his Donald Trump impersonation, but once his octogenarian Trump fell asleep on…...
We won't go back: Still marching in Selma for voting rights in 2026
19+ hour, 2+ min ago (229+ words) Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday in one of the largest voting rights mobilizations in the South in recent years, responding to a Supreme Court decision that civil rights advocates say significantly weakens key protections…...
"The Sheep Detectives" cloaks an urgent message in wooly clothing
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (644+ words) The following discusses minor spoilers from "The Sheep Detectives," but don't worry " it doesn't include one bleat about who the killer is. "The Sheep Detectives" is both a powerful story about mourning and a warning against the peril of mindwiping…...