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Letters from an American – January 3, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, January 3, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 04, 2026 Today was the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to submit to Congress a written justification for any documents from the Epstein files that the department had redacted or withheld. But it seems unlikely the Justice Department met this deadline…
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Civil Discourse – Maduro & Venezuela: What Happens Next – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Maduro & Venezuela: What Happens Next And, a very special Substack Live Sunday morning By Joyce Vance, Jan 03, 2026 This morning, Donald Trump explained, in a rambling press conference along with others in his administration, that the overnight strike in Venezuela was executed to arrest President Maduro and his…
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Ross K. Tangedal on Hemingway in 1926 -The Hemingway Society
Ross K. Tangedal on Hemingway in 1926 Subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Subscribe with RSS, Download this episode January 01, 2026 Happy New Year from One True Podcast! We look forward to a rich, exciting 2026 by looking back to 1926. In our first show of the year, we ask an esteemed guest to take us…
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Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 – TechCrunch
AI Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 By Rebecca Szkutak, 12:48 PM PST · November 26, 2025 Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch;…
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A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science – Ars Technica
G is for geomythology A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore By Jennifer Ouellette – Dec 29, 2025 7:30 AM | Earthquakes, volcanic eruption, eclipses, meteor showers, and many other natural phenomena have always been part…
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Trump administration to close NASA research library at Goddard – The Baltimore Banner
Politics State government Local government NASA library closure in Maryland the latest in Trump cuts to space research By Cody Boteler, 1/1/2026 3:51 p.m. ESTchat_bubble3 The Trump administration will close NASA’s largest research library, located at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, this week. The library houses tens of thousands of books and documents,…
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Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? – Consider This from NPR – NPR
Consider This from NPR Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future? December 23, 20254:27 PM ET, 11-Minute Listen Transcript 2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. PR’s Rob Stein…
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Culture of fear in places of learning. Faculty at NC colleges report anxiety over threats to academic freedom – WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte’s NPR News Source
Education Culture of fear in places of learning. Faculty at NC colleges report anxiety over threats to academic freedom By Kate Denning | Carolina Public Press, Published December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST At a recent Faculty Assembly meeting, a body of delegates from each of the 17 UNC System institutions, Wade Maki, chair of…
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You can finally chat with Amazon’s AI-enhanced Alexa+ on the web – PCWorld
News You can finally chat with Amazon’s AI-enhanced Alexa+ on the web The just-launched website lets you share files with Alexa+, manage shopping lists and to-do items, control smart home devices, and more. By Ben Patterson, Senior Writer, TechHive, Dec 17, 2025 7:57 am PST Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: It’s been nearly a year…
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Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 – CNN Politics
Politics, 13 min read Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 By Daniel Dale, Dec 27, 2025 It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be. Just like his first presidency, President Donald Trump’s first calendar year back in the White House was an unceasing parade of…
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Congress’s productive 2025 (And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise) – GovTrack.us
Editor’s Note: Featured image on top is from WP AI. –DrWeb Congress’s productive 2025 (And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise) Get Analysis and Commentary Updates In Your Inbox! – Sign up (it’s free!) to get posts like this straight to your inbox. You’ll be able to choose posts from these categories: Legislative Recap …
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Supreme Court says Trump’s attempt to use the military on Americans went too far – Vox
The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss Even some of the Court’s Republicans ruled that his attempt to use troops against US citizens went too far. by Ian Millhiser, Dec 23, 2025, 1:50 PM PST Supreme Court justices stand during President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Chip Somodevilla /…
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