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  1. 27 minutes ago

    "If Trump's border-wall gambit works, it will reinforce the idea that lawbreaking is an effective campaign tactic, and that politics comes before fidelity to the Constitution," argues :

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  2. 52 minutes ago

    The pact between Italy's populist Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party, engineered to keep Matteo Salvini from power, may have its days numbered, reports:

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  3. 1 hour ago

    "I had watched enough of 'What the Constitution Means to Me' to recognize this as an instance of … the Ex Post Facto Trumpian Hand Wave: a sincere opinion followed by an insincere contradiction meant to cancel it out," Andrew Ferguson writes.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    The fires burning the Amazon rainforest are horrifying, but they're not what's threatening the planet's oxygen supply, writes.

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    The revenge of mom jeans has been sweet, and also extremely comfy imo. How straight-leg, high-rise jeans went from out-of-touch parent uniform to the preferred silhouette of young, hot people at music festivals:

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  6. 2 hours ago

    "The [airline] system is designed to shield the flying public from the slackers, rogues, and outliers. That systematic accountability is what we’re missing with Trump," argues . Readers respond:

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    3 hours ago

    Last year, a pair of scientists found something scary: the population of insects in a Puerto Rican rainforest had dropped, dramatically. The likely culprit was climate change. But the story was to be much more complicated than that, reports:

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    The ultra-low-slung stretch jeans of the early aughties also necessitated literally PARAGRAPHS of rules about midriffs in my school's dress code

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    I read to understand how views of comedy are shifting. Here's her v. interesting piece on Dave Chappelle:

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    Before Britain acquired a reputation for moderation, it fought a civil war over the principle that parliament should check the executive's whims. Now, Boris Johnson has suspended parliament to override the will of most its members. Me .

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  11. 3 hours ago

    Bourke-White held numerous “firsts” in her professional life—including the distinction of being the first woman allowed to work in combat zones in World War II.

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  12. 4 hours ago

    Two scientists found that the insects of Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains were dying off at alarming rates. Another team claimed they had it all wrong. explains why it's so hard to prove that insects are disappearing:

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    4 hours ago

    Last year, an alarming study found Puerto Rico’s insect populations are crashing due to climate change. But the team that collected much of the data for that study now says it’s untrue. I wrote about this absolutely *bonkers* controversy for

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  14. 4 hours ago

    "[Boris] Johnson has demonstrated that he considers himself a more legitimate spokesperson for the will of his countrymen than the institution that has been charged with this task for the past three centuries," argues :

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  15. 4 hours ago

    Major movie-theater chains have always been skeptical about partnering with Netflix, and it looks like Martin Scorsese’s new film for the streaming service won’t be enough to change their minds,  writes:

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    5 hours ago

    .’ mom jeans masterpiece is a celebration of how fashion is finally just letting us be comfortable:

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  17. 5 hours ago

    Reductive stereotypes about moms and motherhood almost ruined high-waisted, straight-leg jeans—but then the mom jeans triumphed, writes .

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    6 hours ago

    Such great photos from the Tahiti Pro at Teahupoʻo, one of the scariest surf breaks on the planet

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  19. 6 hours ago

    The comic’s new Netflix special, “Sticks and Stones,” serves as yet another reminder that his sympathies lie almost exclusively with other celebrities, Hannah Giorgis writes:

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  20. 6 hours ago

    "If Trump's border-wall gambit works, it will reinforce the idea that lawbreaking is an effective campaign tactic, and that politics comes before fidelity to the Constitution," argues :

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