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Robert Pollard’s Band Rip Van Winkle Changes Name To The U.S. Rip Van Winkle, Announces New Self-Titled Album
Robert Pollard’s side project Rip Van Winkle has renamed itself The U.S. Rip Van Winkle and announced a self-titled second album. The change marks the next release from the Dayton-based group, separate from Pollard’s Guided By Voices line-up, and continues his prolific output beyond his main band. The album will be released on 2 October…
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Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?
Beijing may be benefiting from the war in Iran and Trump’s tariffs and has an edge in the competition for tech supremacy. The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos discusses his story “The Future, Made in China.”
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State Department establishes task force to end ‘birth tourism’
The State Department on Tuesday announced it has established a task force to end “birth tourism,” or the practice of traveling to a country to give birth there, escalating President Trump’s campaign against birthright citizenship, the constitutional right granting American citizenship to babies born in the United States. “As President Trump has made clear, citizenship…
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Clutter – “Robot”
Stockholm post-punk band Clutter have released “Robot”, a new single from their forthcoming album Sugar Rush. The song playfully explores a romance between a girl and a robot while also commenting on the growing influence of technology, pairing that theme with distorted, choppy instrumentation. The four-piece describe “Robot” as static and fuzzy, with its processed…
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Congress breaks for summer recess with little to show
As Congress enters its August recess, lawmakers are racing to reconcile different continuing appropriations resolutions to prevent a government shutdown before the Oct. 1 fiscal deadline and subsequent midterm elections.
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Hasan Piker warns ‘the knives will be out’ after socialist Francesca Hong falls in Wisconsin upset
Far-left streamer Hasan Piker reacted to socialist candidate Francesca Hong’s defeat in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary by warning that the party establishment would intensify its efforts against the socialist left. The result matters because it highlights tensions within the Democratic Party between its more progressive wing and leaders or candidates viewed as more moderate. Hong,…
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Trump administration to spend at least $900 million on White House construction projects: Report
The Trump administration is expected to spend at least $900 million on White House construction projects that will be fueled in part by taxpayer dollars without the approval of Congress, according to a new report from The Washington Post. In addition to the demolition of the East Wing and subsequent White House ballroom construction, President…
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Greenland forces Trump-linked US oil firm to delay drilling
Greenland’s authorities have required Texas-based Greenland Energy, a US oil company with links to Donald Trump, to postpone planned exploratory drilling in the remote Jameson Land region. The decision follows concerns that the company’s timetable was too short for environmental and social assessments, and underscores Greenland’s control over resource development despite US political interest in…
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Unearthed interview reveals El-Sayed’s Sharia ‘obligation’: ‘Not because of fear’
Fox News reports that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said in a past interview that he felt religiously obliged to follow Sharia-compliant practices, framing this as a personal commitment rather than one driven by fear. The article presents the remarks as politically significant because El-Sayed is running in a competitive Senate race and faces…
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Kilmeade predicts ‘kinetic war’ with Iran before Labor Day
Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday predicted a “kinetic war” between the U.S. and Iran will take place prior to Labor Day, just two months before the midterm elections. Kilmeade suggested that President Trump will put economic pressure on Iran over the next several weeks, but that in the end, firepower will be necessary. “I…