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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

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SCOOP: Less than 3 weeks before Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, his mother, Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1M/head fundraiser with Trump at Mar-a-Lago for MAGA Inc. Walczak's pardon application emphasized Fago's financial support for Trump, & her connection to a plot to publicize Ashley Biden's diary.

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Texas Monthly is the vanguard of gentrification.

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After pleading guilty to tax crimes, Paul Walczak was set for prison and $4.4M in restitution. Then his pardon application noted how much money his mother had raised for Trump. Then she attended a $1M-per-person dinner at Mar-a-Lago. 3 weeks later, a full pardon. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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The four Buc-ee’s containing the dark energy of A&M from the rest of the world.

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NEW: Trump's recent actions and statements suggest he sees the world carved up among three powers — the US, Russia and China. It's a throwback to the 19th century, when empires established their "spheres of influence." Gift link to @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...

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you hear no news; read no gazettes; extras with startling accounts of commonplaces never delude you into unnecessary excitements; you hear of no domestic afflictions; bankrupt securities; fall of stocks

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News Analysis: President Trump and his family have monetized the White House more than any other occupant, normalizing activities that once would have provoked heavy blowback and official investigations.

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Justin Sun is a Chinese billionaire who was sued by the Biden SEC in a crypto case. He’s a major investor in Trump’s World Liberty Financial. He also spent $40M+ on $TRUMP coins, earning an invite to dinner with Trump at his Va. golf club on Thurs. He apparently also got a private WH tour.

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Sinkholes open on Interstate 80, but why? Because the New Jersey past needs to remind the New Jersey present of what once was. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/n...

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The good part of AI is that the only thing a writer can do to combat it is to become more human. Make your writing weirder, hornier, more violent, absurd, poetic, difficult, political, jagged, dreamlike, ironic, surreal, alive. You don't have any choice but to plumb the depths.

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"Lawyers who spend much of their careers fighting summonses in criminal court find the situation...baffling. 'These are just not charges that lawyers and judges inside the summons part of the court are used to seeing'" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/n...

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"Nothing has so succinctly summed up the way the rest of the world feels it must now approach America as these 10 words: 'I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you,'" writes @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

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We've collected all the installments of "Blood Money" here. The Alabama Department of Corrections has settled dozens of lawsuits alleging often horrifying acts of excessive force that resulted in broken bones, brain damage or death.

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NEW: A day after clinching a tax bill that may worsen the debt and harm the poor, President Trump resumed issuing tariff threats, rattling markets. He has forged ahead with his agenda despite major economic warning signs. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

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Yes, we got a tip when the $TRUMP whales (biggest buyers of his crypto) were going to show up Friday at the White House for their VIP tour and The NYT was there. We had a list with their names. So we knew who they were. But they did not want to chat. I still tried...

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Breaking News: Trump officials chose Andy Byford, who once oversaw New York City’s subways, to lead the overhaul of Penn Station.

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Outside the Trump National Golf course on Thursday night, protesters chanted "release the list" detailing names of the buyers of $TRUMP crypto that earned a ticket to dine with him or visit the White House. The White House refused to do so. But The New York Times obtained that list

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The White House tour by the $TRUMP giant buyers, many of them from Singapore and other places in Asia, is now a wrap. We were there as they entered and exited the White House

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Sebastião Salgado (1944-2025) 🖤

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Indeed, hot dogs should always be an editorial priority.

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