politics
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Justice Department Quietly Seized Washington Post Reporters’ Phone Records During Trump Era
Photo: Brendan Smialowski (Getty Images) The Department of Justice quietly seized phone records and tried to obtain email records for…
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Minnesota GOP Holds State Parks Hostage Over Clean Car Rule
Photo: John Raoux (AP) In Minnesota, a fight is playing out over electric vehicles. It got so heated this week…
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Conservatives React to Facebook Ruling on Trump
Photo: Olivier Douliery (Getty Images) On Wednesday, Facebook’s Oversight Board, the pseudo-legalistic, questionably independent body that the company claims has…
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The Pentagon’s UFO Investigation Program Is Under Investigation
Screenshot: To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science (Fair Use) The military UFO plot has, somehow, thickened yet again:…
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Donald Trump’s Long-Awaited Social Media Platform is Here
Photo: Drew Angerer / Staff (Getty Images) After threatening for months to disrupt social media with a bespoke platform that…
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Read Facebook’s Internal Report on ‘Stop the Steal’
Riot police clash with pro-Trump rioters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP (Getty Images) BuzzFeed has posted…
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India Cracks Down on Social Media Posts Criticizing Its Pandemic Response Amid Brutal Second Wave
Photo: Denis Charlet (Getty Images) India’s government reportedly ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to censor dozens of posts criticizing the…
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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Execs to Testify at Senate Hearing
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Next week, policy executives from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter will testify at a Senate Judiciary…
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The Cuban Ray Guns Are in Syria Now
A U.S. infantryman stationed near the Suwaydiyah oil fields in Syria in February 2021.Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP (Getty Images) Here we…
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More Than 90% of Americans Support Legal Weed in New Poll
A store employee at a medical cannabis dispensary displays various types of marijuana available to patients on October 19, 2009…
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