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SCOTUS Ruling on Trump Deportations: Read It For Yourself Trump Deportation Ruling

SCOTUS Ruling on Trump Deportations: Read It For Yourself

OT Editors April 8, 2025
SCOTUS issued a 5-4 ruling that declined to hear the merits of Trump's application of the Alien...
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Movie of Man Tipping Waiter in Presence of Friend Wife

Clare Briggs April 8, 2025
You know, if you go there often, there are benefits to overtipping. I'm just saying.
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Next Throughput: An Electronic Resistance to Unreason

Michael Siegel April 8, 2025
We are going be deluged with Kennedy's neo-Lysenkoism, official studies given official government approval that tell absolute...
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Taking The Joy Out of Sundays

Clare Briggs April 7, 2025
Crape Hangers everywhere!
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Group Activity: Manic Monday Market Watchalong

OT Editors April 7, 2025
The Monday morning opening of financial markets still reeling from President Donald Trump's tariff strategy is being...
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade War

David Thornton April 6, 2025
We have already seen plummeting stock markets and magically disappearing 401(k)s, and that trend is likely to...
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Danny Dreamer: It’s a Dog’s Life

Clare Briggs April 5, 2025
The past is another country.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Metroidvanias

Jaybird April 5, 2025
Nintendo released Metroid in August 1986 and Castlevania in September 1986. The main focus was the...
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The Spy

Clare Briggs April 4, 2025
As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will...
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POETS Day! Yeats’s Folly

Ben Sears April 4, 2025
  I’m off for Louisiana for a crawfish boil despite my allergy to crawfish. It’s a five...
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Weekend Plans Post: Batchin’ It

Jaybird April 3, 2025
One, Single, Three-Day Weekend
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Tariffs Making China Great Again

David Thornton April 3, 2025
Prior to the announcement, much of the talk had been about reciprocal tariffs. Trump’s announcement was much...
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When a Maiden Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs April 3, 2025
In this case, Juul does *NOT* refer to the smoking device. I have no idea what it...
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Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For Deportation Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide

Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For Deportation

OT Editors April 2, 2025
How the Trump Administration is identifying "gang members" for deportation, otherwise known as the Alien Enemies Act...
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A Would-Be Buyer at an Automobile Show

Clare Briggs April 2, 2025
No date on this one, but the first self-starting car was 1911!
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About Last Night: Voting Fun in Wisconsin and Florida Wisconsin and Florida

About Last Night: Voting Fun in Wisconsin and Florida

OT Editors April 2, 2025
Spring has sprung...or at least a handful of spring off-year elections earning national coverage for political implications...
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Ninja Sex Party Pure Elegance Tour Philadelphia

Russell Michaels April 2, 2025
A throng of standing room only super fans all keyed up to eleven is hard to top.
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Another Groundhog

Clare Briggs April 1, 2025
Be sure to check out the bonus "April Fools" panel!
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A Grudging Concession About Something Trump Did

Burt Likko April 1, 2025
No, he's serious. Burt Likko herein (grudgingly) praises something the Trump Administration did. Executive Order 14208, to...
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Trump’s Most Insidious Scheme (So Far)

David Thornton March 31, 2025
Trump’s most dangerous tactic may be one of the most underreported acts of his new Administration.
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