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gop Noam Chomsky takes ten minutes to explain everything you need to know about the Republican Party in 2019 Cory Doctorow

law The Antitrust Case Against Facebook: a turning point in the debate over Big Tech and monopoly Cory Doctorow

politics Here's the weirdest, scariest stuff Trump said at 77-minute 'I'm not ranting and raving' meltdown Xeni Jardin

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books Reminder: Neal Stephenson predicted Donald Trump in 1994 Cory Doctorow

Business Trump Casinos lost millions every single year that Donald Trump ran it (but he's still rich) Cory Doctorow

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