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Special Episode: Trump, ICE and cruelty on the streets of Minneapolis

Emily and Lewis report from Minneapolis which has become the dark heart of President Trump's ICE agent immigration crackdown. We patrol the streets with ICE watchers - witnessing a raid alongside the patrollers literally sounding the alarm. We are at a far right rally - watching a January 6th insurrectionist get chased out of town. And we are with people from Somali and Latino communities who describe to us how their lives have been turned upside down by Trump's random and often lawless depor...

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On the Pleasure of Admiring

The great essayist William Hazlitt observed that there is pleasure in hating. “Without something to hate,”. The post On the Pleasure of Admiring appeared first on First Things

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Desecration in Minnesota and the Ecclesiology of Public Worship

The recent disruption of a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, by anti-ICE protesters has prompted familiar legal arguments. Commentators invoke the FACE Act, which prohibits interference with an. The post Desecration in Minnesota and the Ecclesiology of Public Worship appeared first on First Things

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Is Trump Playing the Long Game on Abortion?

When news broke last week that the Trump administration had quietly restored federal Planned Parenthood funding, which he had previously cut, pro-life conservatives were understandably upset. Yet, as Elizabeth. The post Is Trump Playing the Long Game on Abortion? appeared first on First Things

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The AI Opportunity That Goes Beyond Models

The a16z AI Apps team outlines how they are thinking about the AI application cycle and why they believe it represents the largest and fastest product shift in software to date. The conversation places AI in the context of prior platform waves, from PCs to cloud to mobile, and examines where adoption is already translating into real enterprise usage and revenue. They walk through three core investment themes: existing software categories becoming AI-native, new categories where software direc...

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Monday assorted links

1. Republican investigators are not finding much electoral fraud (NYT). 2. New Yorker interview with Amanda Seyfrieds (of Ann Lee fame). An interesting movie, by the way. 28 Years Later is also very good, though too gory for most people, myself included. Watch it if you can. 3. The new autistic Barbie. 4. Why it […] The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Justin Chang. BRAIN CRAMP: with or without the . by RADIn reply to MikeP. In what way is ...

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