Love on the Rocks
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Elon, Twitter, and the blue check that dare not speak its name.
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The algorithm determines what’s appropriate. Or is it the politics?
With ample, surreptitious means of compelling others to take up arms against political enemies, old notions of “conspiracy” need to be rethought.
A look at how the idea of democracy runs counter to MAGA “theology,” and why hate, attention, and bad behavior will win out.
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A blond, female, Italian Trump emerges.
Politicians of all stripes send us emails — dozens a day, and at least one authored by a dog — begging for money, on the basis of… well, take a look.
Ballot initiatives are just about the only way in which popular progressive policies can pass in red states. The GOP solution: do away with direct democracy.
PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org. Most in US Want More Action on Climate Change: AP-NORC […]
Join the author as he slips down a narrow alley in London into another world, and another time.
Moronic candidates, ill-informed voters, and an incompetent media make political debates practically useless. Let’s do away with this tradition until we can fix them.