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donald trump Trump's creepy MAGA love letters: A cult leader's twisted romance Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theory The 2024 Santa Monica Film Festival was chock full of red-pilled conspiracy content Jennifer Sandlin

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tabloids King Charles abdicates, Hollywood's most hated hunk, and Taylor Swift's engagement in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

china NYT: Jon Stewart ends show after Apple tells him to back off China and AI Rob Beschizza

music Enjoy this terrific cover of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" Jennifer Sandlin

mistakes Walter Isaacson was a gullible writer-upper of Musk's tall tales Rob Beschizza

animals Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary says goodbye to long-time "house turkey" Cornelius Jennifer Sandlin

black lives matter Alan Moore has been donating all his Watchmen money to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

music "Jenny," a favorite character from indie band The Mountain Goats, is back in a new album called "Jenny from Thebes" Jennifer Sandlin

books Interview: Joshua Mills on his upcoming Fantagraphics book about the late comedian Ernie Kovacs Devin Nealy

pigs George Orwell on the real meaning of Animal Farm: get rid of the pigs Thom Dunn

tabloids A paranoid prince, proof of UFOs, and a panicked Trump in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Melania's Pay-Off and King Charles "master-stroke" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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