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Secretive Federal Agency’s Days of Killing Pets With Poison Bombs May Finally Be Ending

Ryan DevereauxBanning the cyanide bombs — planted throughout the American West in service of the livestock industry — has been the Mansfield family’s mission.
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The Online Christian Counterinsurgency Against Sex Workers

Jack Poulson, Sam BiddleEvangelical military vets are using “counterterror” internet surveillance techniques to help police get search warrants against sex workers.
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Google Searches for “Gerontocracy” Skyrocket After McConnell Episode

Ken KlippensteinA day after Sen. Mitch McConnell, 81, froze during a press conference, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, was coached to “just say ‘aye’” during a vote.
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Stormy Daniels May Have the Last Word on Donald Trump

James RisenThe New York case, often downplayed as the weakest of four potential indictments against the ex-president, could be his biggest legal threat.
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Niger Coup Leader Joins Long Line of U.S.-Trained Mutineers

Nick TurseBrig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, who trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, helped oust Niger’s democratically elected president.
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Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Routinely Undercount Use-of-Force Incidents

Akela LacyFollowing Biden’s executive order to improve transparency on use of force, the Department of Homeland Security has failed to accurately compile its data, a new report finds.
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Sinema Bill on Firefighter Pay Is “Slap in the Face” to Workers Battling Blazes

Daniel BoguslawBiden’s 2021 funding boost for federal wildland firefighters is set to lapse, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s proposal would give them a major pay cut.
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Meet the Man Driving the Right’s Culture War Panic

DeconstructedConservative activist Christopher Rufo says the left has won America’s culture wars. He aims to reverse it.
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