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The Pure Chaos Inside Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial

The New Yorker 

Stifled by a court-imposed gag order, the former President must sit and listen to hours of “at times tedious, at times embarrassing, at times damning evidence against him,” the staff writer Eric Lach says.

Our Collective Obsession with True Crime

The New Yorker 

Today’s audiences have a seemingly insatiable appetite for stories about people who do—or experience—terrible things. Is there a right way to turn real-life tragedy into mass entertainment?

Israel’s Politics of Protest

The New Yorker 

As demonstrations roil American campuses, the Israeli right is using them to its own ends.

How's the Miami Grand Prix faring after three F1 races?

Autoblog.com 

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Hendel: Derby parties, commerce awards light up weekend

The Toledo Blade 

THE 150th Run for the Roses, the most exciting two minutes in sports and the oldest continuously held major sporting event in the United States, held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., enticed local folks in Toledo to host derby parties on Saturday.

Dobbs Was a Gift to Domestic Abusers

The New Republic 

Nearly two years since the Dobbs decision, it’s clear that the end of Roe didn’t end abortion; rather, it has turned the decisions we make about our intimate relationships, sex, and pregnancy into opportunities for policing and punishment. Anti-abortion activists and lawmakers claimed Dobbs wouldn’t “punish the mother” for having an abortion. But even where laws don’t expressly criminalize someone for their own abortion, that abortion is considered a crime in many states can still be used against them. Читать дальше...

The Anti-Woke Grifters Get Their Tithe

The New Republic 

It was just past 1 p.m. on the first Friday in May, and a two-day festival of “dangerous ideas” was about to begin in a glassy warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront. Winston Marshall, former lead guitarist of the once enormously popular folk rock band Mumford & Sons and the conference’s lead organizer, bounded onstage. About a minute into his spiel about why he’d created the event, he momentarily lost his train of thought. “The important thing is … I’m drawing a blank,” he said, laughing lightly. Читать дальше...

Biden, Fire Bank Regulator Martin Gruenberg

The New Republic 

An independent investigation has now confirmed allegations raised last November by a Wall Street Journal report that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—the government regulator that insures bank deposits—is (as the Journal put it) “a toxic work environment” and “sexualized boys’ club” that “enabled and failed to punish bad behavior.” The misbehavior predated by at least 10 years the current chairmanship of Martin Gruenberg, who took the reins in January 2023. But it continued under Gruenberg... Читать дальше...