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  • Jim Acosta Interviews AI-Generated Shooting Victim, and Journalism Finally Eats Its Own Soul

    Jim Acosta Interviews AI-Generated Shooting Victim, and Journalism Finally Eats Its Own Soul

    here’s a point at which “innovative” stops meaning forward-thinking and starts meaning we ran out of shame. We are well past that point. Journalism’s job is to speak to the living, hold the powerful accountable, and honor the dead with accuracy and dignity. This? This is puppeteering the dead for clicks, calling it progress, and…

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  • Breadlines With Ballistics: On Aid, Optics, and the Math of Looking Away

    Breadlines With Ballistics: On Aid, Optics, and the Math of Looking Away

    There’s a certain kind of silence that only exists in a crowd waiting for food. It’s not quiet—nothing about hunger is quiet—but it has an agreed-upon hush, a choreography of patience. Bodies stand still because moving burns calories you don’t have. Eyes scan for motion because motion means a truck, a crate, a whisper that

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  • When You Tell Me Restaurants Are Under Threat, I Say: “No Sh*t, They Literally Are”

    When You Tell Me Restaurants Are Under Threat, I Say: “No Sh*t, They Literally Are”

    Restaurants are collapsing like dominoes in a windstorm, but apparently CNN still felt the need to headline it: “Restaurants Are Under Threat as Costs Skyrocket and Consumers Cut Back.” If you read that and thought, Oh, really? Food costs are eating the industry alive, who could’ve guessed?—you’re both correct and complicit in the slowdown of

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  • Mickey Mouse Buys the World: A Love Letter to Disney’s Hostile Embrace

    Mickey Mouse Buys the World: A Love Letter to Disney’s Hostile Embrace

    Some people collect stamps. Some people collect vinyl. Disney? They collect entire cultural ecosystems, slot them into a vault, slap a mouse-shaped watermark on the front, and charge you $14.99 a month to visit your own memories. When the history of modern capitalism is written, there will be a whole chapter titled The Seven Deadly

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  • Bayou Bargain: Louisiana Cuts a $9 Million Check for a Bullet in the Back

    Bayou Bargain: Louisiana Cuts a $9 Million Check for a Bullet in the Back

    Sometimes they give out Mardi Gras beads. Louisiana also gives out multimillion-dollar settlements for police misconduct. Different kind of souvenir, same sense of “well, this is just how we do things down here.” The headline was crisp and bureaucratic: Louisiana agrees to a $9 million settlement with a man shot in the back by a

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  • Kelly Clarkson’s Pause Button: When Life, Love, and Vegas Neon All Go Dim

    Kelly Clarkson’s Pause Button: When Life, Love, and Vegas Neon All Go Dim

    Las Vegas is built on the illusion that nothing ever stops. The lights don’t dim, the wheels don’t stop spinning, and the only real clock in the room is the one on your phone reminding you that you can’t afford another round. It’s the city of constant motion—until Kelly Clarkson presses pause.

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  • Exclusive Sneak Peek: Chapter 29 of Cinderfella: Glass Slipper Half-Full That I’m Very Proud Of

    Exclusive Sneak Peek: Chapter 29 of Cinderfella: Glass Slipper Half-Full That I’m Very Proud Of

    Glass Slippers, Half-Full and Holding If you’ve been here long enough, you know I don’t birth a chapter into the world unless it’s been through at least one rewrite, one panic spiral, and one “maybe I’ll just fake my own death instead” moment. This one? It’s been rewritten five times. Five full passes of ripping

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  • The Day America Put Its Wallet on Airplane Mode

    The Day America Put Its Wallet on Airplane Mode

    It’s August 9th, and somewhere in the depths of a Facebook group with 36 admins and one uncle named Gary, The People’s Union USA has declared a nationwide economic blackout. The instructions are simple: buy only essentials. No lattes. No Amazon impulse “must-haves” at 2 a.m. No Sephora “just to look.” Today, we flex our…

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  • Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Rage (and I Feel Seen)

    Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Rage (and I Feel Seen)

    The return of Wednesday on Netflix resonates deeply with fans who identify with her dark, complex persona. Jenna Ortega’s portrayal transforms Wednesday from a mere caricature into a relatable, emotionally nuanced character. The show embraces her cynicism and independence, offering a feminist icon who survives without conforming, ultimately representing a survival strategy for many.

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  • RFK Jr. Just Cut $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts. Because Science Is a Vibe Now.

    RFK Jr. Just Cut $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts. Because Science Is a Vibe Now.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans to cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, showcasing a shift towards skepticism and populism over scientific progress. His actions signify a broader trend of undermining public health infrastructure, promoting conspiracy, and cultivating distrust in science, potentially jeopardizing future disease response and preventive measures.

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