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politics DC Comics forbids Donald Trump from entering Superman sweeepstakes Ellsworth Toohey

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

politics Trump not technically saying he'll refuse to accept election results—he just won't accept them and has explained why Rob Beschizza

twitter Senator Hawley uses phony Patrick Henry quote to support religious claim Mark Frauenfelder

architecture Mark the 130th anniversary of the Chicago World's Fair by reading "The Devil in the White City" this summer Jennifer Sandlin

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

micronations In 1948 James T. Mangan declared the entire universe to be a country under his protection Mark Frauenfelder

white house Trump White House commemorates 850th anniversary of Christian martyr St. Thomas Becket Thom Dunn

deaths James Randi dead at 92 Rob Beschizza

nostalgia America's most hated company ruins E.T. for Thanksgiving Rob Beschizza

trump #TrumpRaids are coming: ICE raids and mass deportations as early as Sunday in these 10 cities Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

happy mutants 2019 Hugo Award finalists announced Cory Doctorow

corruption Addressing inequality is foreign policy, not domestic Cory Doctorow

books Bram Stoker's reference materials for Dracula discovered at the London Library Cory Doctorow

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