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Emily Blunt is worth $80 million and just pocketed $15 million for her latest film—but she once wanted to be a Spanish translator for the UN

Emily Blunt just pocketed $15 million for Disclosure Day, but she once dreamed of being a translator—a job that pays $80K and is now being replaced...

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Fortune

Orianna Rosa Royle

"Kids, if Your Parents Are MAGA, They Love Child Rapists" Sign Protected by First Amendment

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Reason.com

Eugene Volokh

A Slow Traveler’s Guide to Tuscany: Hill Towns, Vineyards, and Countryside Views

Tuscany is one of those places that seems to exist in a permanent golden hour. The roads curve between olive groves and cypress trees, medieval...

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qolumnist

Ashton Woolner

Happy 250th to a Battered But Beautiful America

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Bloomberg

Editorial Board

LIST: The stores, restaurants that are open for July 4 this year

Forgot the hot dogs and fireworks? Need a snack on the road?

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The Hill

Addy Bink

Readers sound off on alleging genocide, Mamdani’s rent freeze and public benches

Readers sound off on alleging genocide, Mamdani’s rent freeze and public benches

Israel critics go too far & betray peace Manhattan: Not long after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, I wrote a letter to Voice of the People in...

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NY Daily News

Voice Of The People

Blistering U.S. heat wave proves Mother Nature is a radical leftist

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USA TODAY

Rex Huppke

Steve Chapman: On its 250th birthday, the promise of America has darkened

Steve Chapman: On its 250th birthday, the promise of America has darkened

The contrast between Gerald Ford's bicentennial comments and Donald Trump's sentiments for the 250th anniversary...

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Chicago Tribune

Steve Chapman

Trump didn’t learn the biggest lesson from his first term

Under pressure and facing historically low approval ratings, the president is behaving as erratically as ever

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Salon

Heather Digby Parton

Sam Altman seeks new world order for AI as OpenAI slowly loses ground to Google and Anthropic

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Fortune

Jim Edwards

Aqueduct’s big history and big future plans for housing

Aqueduct’s big history and big future plans for housing

In 2009, we wrote: “The season ends today at Aqueduct, and with the finish of the ninth race should come the closure of the Queens horse track.”...

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NY Daily News

New York Daily News Editorial Board

Iran set to bury Supreme Leader Khamenei after days of funeral ceremonies

Millions of mourners are expected to turn out for the week-long funeral ceremonies recognizing Iran’s former Allied Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei....

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The Hill

Ashleigh Fields

Watch live: Hegseth hosts DC ceremony alongside National Guard to mark America 250

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will host a ceremony Thursday morning alongside National Guard troops as part of the America 250 celebrations. The...

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The Hill

The Hill Staff

We’re One Step Closer to Understanding Consciousness

We’re One Step Closer to Understanding Consciousness
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Bloomberg

Andreas Kluth

Bipartisan members push for Syria removal from state sponsor of terrorism list

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers are asking the Trump administration to remove Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism (SST), arguing that...

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The Hill

Laura Kelly

Today in Supreme Court History: July 2, 1908

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Reason.com

Josh Blackman

Trump’s Ranting Could Push D.C. Fireworks Show to July 5

Donald Trump is facing quite the conundrum. Last month, he announced that rather than hosting a unifying celebration of America’s 250th birthday on...

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Daily Intelligencer

Margaret Hartmann

New polling reveals the Senate battleground map: Join the live discussion

New polling in six key Senate races shows where things stand in the battle for control of the upper chamber of Congress. Plus, a look at Michigan and...

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The Hill

The Hill Staff

The defense tech boom has become a bubble—or it will be soon

Defense tech was once considered, at best, a fringe area for traditional VCs. Now, there could be a bubble.

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Fortune

Allie Garfinkle

Ocasio-Cortez endorses El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that she’s endorsing former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed, a fellow...

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The Hill

Caroline Vakil

Baby Beaten Nearly to Death by Children, 4 and 6, as Sitter Gives Most Nauseating Excuse We've Ever Heard

Be careful who watches your children. A two-month-old infant suffered head trauma involving brain bleeding, facial bruises, and seizures after a...

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Western Journalism

Samuel Short

Readers sound off on disability insurance, Haitian TPS and Europe’s heat wave

Readers sound off on disability insurance, Haitian TPS and Europe’s heat wave

Paid leave helps employees and employers Manhattan: A lot has changed since 1989, but one thing that hasn’t is New York’s temporary disability...

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NY Daily News

Voice Of The People

Prosperity didn't make America great. Liberty did.

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USA TODAY

Nicole Russell

Open Thread

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Reason.com

Eugene Volokh

Clarence Page: A president who is never too busy to celebrate himself — at our expense

Clarence Page: A president who is never too busy to celebrate himself — at our expense

As evidenced by the Obama center opening and a UFC fight in Washington, Barack Obama...

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Chicago Tribune

Clarence Page

Daniel DePetris: The powers that be in Venezuela are exploiting a tragedy as its people suffer

Daniel DePetris: The powers that be in Venezuela are exploiting a tragedy as its people suffer

The three most important people in Venezuelan politics today are hoping to use the earthquakes...

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Chicago Tribune

Daniel Depetris

Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod

Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod

The Supreme Court seesaw is swinging hard.

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The New York Times

David French

A Rare Case of Matricide Shocked Indonesia — and Now the Verdict Is In

AL, the perpetrator of the crime, was just 12 years of age at the time of her mother’s murder.

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The Diplomat

Aisyah Llewellyn

Why CFOs should pay attention to Open USD—the new stablecoin backed by more than 140 companies

A new stablecoin consortium aims to turn idle settlement cash into yield for banks and fintechs.

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Fortune

Sheryl Estrada

Scientists Say Earth May Have Millions More Insect Species Than Previously Thought

We’ve always been pretty sure there are a lot of insects out there. Scientists have long estimated that roughly 10 quintillion individual insects...

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Vice

Luis Prada

Trump Blurts Out Vile Scheme to Rig Midterms as Polls Take Brutal Turn

In today’s episode, MS NOW’s Steve Benen makes a strong case that Donald Trump has corrupted the process of awarding disaster aid to states. Trump...

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New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Stephen A Smith Mocks Lakers For Having A Lot Of ‘White Dudes’ On Roster

How on earth is this not racist

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The Daily Caller

Andrew Powell

AI companies want to pick your brain for cash

The technology has a serious thirst for knowledge. These companies will pay for yours.

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Fast Company

Jared Lindzon

Record heat wave threatens to dominate America’s 250th celebrations

In today's issue: ▪ Heat wave collides with July 4 weekend ▪ U.S. won’t renew Canada, Mexico trade deal ▪ John Brennan sues DOJ over probe ▪...

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The Hill

Jared Gans

FOR INSIDERS: Trump sees opportunity on birthright citizenship in Brett Kavanaugh opinion

President Trump says he sees an opportunity in Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion on birthright citizenship, even though the Supreme Court justice joined the...

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The Hill

Julia Manchester

5 Side Hustle Businesses for People Who Love the Outdoors

5 Side Hustle Businesses for People Who Love the Outdoors
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Inc.com

Chris Morris

MORNING GLORY: Celebrate the Supreme Court, our Constitution and America at 250

The annual chorus of Court critics hit its highest volume every year at this time. Most Americans, however, rightly cherish and admire the Supreme...

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Fox News

Hugh Hewitt

Mr. Prabowo Versus the Market

The Indonesian state has a long history of inserting itself into the economy in ways that have made investors uneasy.

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The Diplomat

James Guild

Elon Musk says AI is the only way to fix the $40 trillion U.S. debt crisis—but a new study says even the most optimistic scenario won’t fill the hole

AI has the potential to be so transformative that it "should give optimists pause," the economists note.

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Fortune

Eleanor Pringle

Live updates: Trump pushes for lower oil prices; US adds fewer jobs than expected

As the 60-day deal with Iran reaches the two-week point, President Trump is pushing for oil prices to drop faster. "Just as I promised, Oil Prices are...

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The Hill

The Hill Staff

Russia Wants Four Ukrainian Regions Before Peace Deal, Putin Says

Russia Wants Four Ukrainian Regions Before Peace Deal, Putin Says
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The National Interest

Stavros Atlamazoglou

6 Things Men Should Do Differently This Summer If They Actually Want a Relationship

Summer has a way of making people feel like they should be doing something about their love lives. The longer days, the social calendars, the general...

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Vice

Ashley Fike

Why ‘Fexting’ With Your Partner Could Actually Be a Good Thing, According to Therapists

Have you ever gotten into an argument with your partner while physically apart, unable to find time for a phone call or in-person discussion, so you...

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Vice

Sammi Caramela

Who Do You Serve

Who Do You Serve

Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.

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Common Dreams

Abby Zimet

Scientists Found a Bird-Eating Bat Hidden in a 400-Year-Old Painting. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

Art, no matter how abstract or surreal, can teach us a surprising amount about ourselves, the natural world, and, as it turns out, the dietary habits...

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Vice

Luis Prada

Heidi Stevens: Barack Obama cautioned against nostalgia. But is fondness for the past really all bad?

Heidi Stevens: Barack Obama cautioned against nostalgia. But is fondness for the past really all bad?

When Barack Obama addressed the massive, merry crowd at the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony on June...

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Chicago Tribune

Heidi Stevens

Bannon: Insurgent left candidates 'very smart' not to campaign on Trump

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon said the insurgent left candidates in the Democratic party are “very smart” not to campaign on bucking...

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The Hill

Ashleigh Fields

The alarming split in the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

The ruling was a revealing moment for the future of the court

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Salon

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Laura Washington: Should Chicago mayoral candidates be allowed to run for two offices at the same time?

Laura Washington: Should Chicago mayoral candidates be allowed to run for two offices at the same time?

Some Illinois politicians are so enamored with getting elected that they accept their party’s nominations...

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Chicago Tribune

Laura Washington

Greene: Obama opens his presidential center, and owns a ‘suite’ in Trump’s head

Greene: Obama opens his presidential center, and owns a ‘suite’ in Trump’s head

The big “O” carved outside the newest presidential library obviously stands for Obama. But for the man who succeeded the nation’s first Black...

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NY Daily News

Leonard Greene