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Long-form analysis of how deception works.

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Aug 29, 2026

No Return

Multiple sources (14)

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#judicial-appointments #federalist-society #leonard-leo #dark-money #supreme-court #the-donor-roi

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Aug 29, 2026

Occupancy

Multiple sources (32)

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#immigration-detention #private-prisons #ice #geo-group #corecivic #revolving-door #conflicts-of-interest #the-donor-roi

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Aug 26, 2026

Twenty-One Elders Signed Their Names. He Built a Church With None.

Multiple sources (21)

An empty pastor's chair on a bare stage, spotlit, facing a row of dark, unoccupied elder's chairs across the front of an otherwise packed sanctuary.

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#mark-driscoll #mars-hill #trinity-church #spiritual-abuse #evangelicalism #church-accountability #celebrity-pastors #open-letter #social-media #media-rebranding

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Aug 25, 2026

Dolly Parton Never Pretended to Be Anybody Else

Multiple sources (7)

Dolly Parton smiling in a formal portrait

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#dolly-parton #country-music #obituary #imagination-library #dollywood

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Aug 21, 2026

Nobody in This Fight Has Clean Hands

Multiple sources (11)

Painted gallery wall: a single ornately framed painting, softly spotlit in warm gold light, a small brass placard beneath it reading ORIGINAL.

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#ai #ai-art #artists #threads #copyright #art-history #satire #purity-testing #openai #stability-ai #udio #getty-images #consent #labor #representation

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Aug 20, 2026

The Argument Is the Point

Multiple sources (10)

Two crowds of protesters face off across a night street, one lit red and one lit blue, and every hand-painted sign on both sides says STOP THEM.

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#polarization #propaganda #political-fundraising #perception-gap #foreign-interference #primaries #civic-repair #open-letter

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