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  • Missouri First — Or Missouri Forever? Goodbye Democracy.

    Missouri First — Or Missouri Forever? Goodbye Democracy.

    In Jefferson City, the Capitol passed a new gospel: Missouri First Map. The state’s governor, flanked by Republican legislators, signed HB 1 in a late-September flourish, after calling a special session, rushing through House and Senate votes, and locking in a mid-decade congressional redistricting that does less to reflect population and more to inscribe power.…

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  • Fear and Long Guns on Michigan Avenue

    Fear and Long Guns on Michigan Avenue

    Chicago has always thrived on theater. Jazz clubs, improv stages, opera houses, the permanent farce of city politics—this is a town that knows spectacle. But nothing quite prepared the Magnificent Mile for the latest federal roadshow: dozens of Border Patrol agents in tactical helmets, body armor, and long guns parading up Michigan Avenue like they’d…

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  • From Hypertext Dreams to Data Nightmares: Tim Berners-Lee’s Reminder That We Broke His Toy

    From Hypertext Dreams to Data Nightmares: Tim Berners-Lee’s Reminder That We Broke His Toy

    The man who sketched the web on paper napkins at CERN now has to watch it shuffle around in stained sweatpants, working shifts for monopolies that surveil your cousin’s cat pictures and weaponize your grandmother’s political rants. Tim Berners-Lee, knighted not just for giving us hyperlinks but for unleashing the entire World Wide Web on…

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  • Bad Bunny’s Big Bounce to the Super Bowl Stage: The Latin Tsunami America Pretended to See Coming

    Bad Bunny’s Big Bounce to the Super Bowl Stage: The Latin Tsunami America Pretended to See Coming

    Late one Sunday night, when millions were stretching out their wings and yelling at referees, the NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation dropped a bomb: Bad Bunny—Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium. Yes, the Puerto Rican icon will take the solo spotlight on February 8,…

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  • Truck, Guns & Fire at Church: The Grand Blanc Massacre, the Vet Suspect, and America’s House-of-Worship Nightmare

    Truck, Guns & Fire at Church: The Grand Blanc Massacre, the Vet Suspect, and America’s House-of-Worship Nightmare

    The morning sun in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, had barely cleared the steeples when violence crashed into the sanctuary. What was meant to be a day of worship became an inferno of terror: a truck barreled into a church foyer, gunfire roared, gasoline ignited flames, and an Iraq-war veteran now lies dead among the debris.…

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  • Grimace Check: Ariana Grande Asks the MAGA Crowd a Question They Can’t Ignore

    She’s been seen on stages and screens, warbling “thank you, next” and hitting falsettos. But this time, Ariana Grande raised her voice in a different key: political reckoning. Using Instagram Stories and a reshared post, she looked straight into the camera and asked: what did Trump voters actually get? Did promised relief for rent, groceries,…

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