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Sahil Kapur
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Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”

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Tom Nichols
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Or as Goldfinger says to Bond: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

“For one Cabinet nominee to be accused of sexual impropriety may be regarded as misfortune. For two Cabinet nominees to be thus accused looks like carelessness,” Quinta Jurecic writes. “For four—well, that moves beyond carelessness into outright malice”:

theatlantic.comTrump’s Cabinet Has a Serious #MeToo ProblemAnd the incoming administration doesn’t seem to mind at all.

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Ohio Capital Journal
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Kamala Harris on Tuesday night promised that if elected she will protect institutions and the democratic ideals that are the bedrock of American law, and pledged to seek common ground and common sense solutions to make Americans' lives better.

ohiocapitaljournal.comRallying on the Ellipse, Harris calls on voters to reject Trump’s ‘chaos and division’ • Ohio Capital JournalKamala Harris on Tuesday night promised that if elected she will protect institutions and the democratic ideals that are the bedrock of American law, and pledged to seek common ground and common sense...

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M. Blind
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re polling Pew www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... www.pewresearch.org/methods/2023... Brookings www.brookings.edu/articles/pol... [2003] NYT www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/p... WaPo www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... et al nymag.com/intelligence... www.cnbc.com/2024/05/04/w...

pewresearch.orgKey things to know about election polling in the United StatesThe real environment in which polls are conducted bears little resemblance to the idealized settings presented in textbooks.

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NPR
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The Netflix adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley is brilliantly shot in black and white. It's a meticulously built piece of filmmaking and looking at it shot by shot is a profound pleasure.

npr.org'Ripley' returns in black and white — and is so much better for itThe Netflix adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley is brilliantly shot in black and white. It's a meticulously built piece of filmmaking and looking at it shot by shot is a profound pleasure.

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