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These Federal Staffers Will Be Rehired As Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Administrations Mass Firings
Alison Durkee, Forbes Staff, Alison Durkee, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/
A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration Monday over thousands of fired civil servants, leaving a lower court order in place that directs the Trump administration to rehire work ...[Continue Reading]
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Its Time for Maine to Ditch Platner But Not the Politics That Won Over Voters
Eoin Higgins
Graham Platner during a primary election night event at the YMCA in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9, 2026.Photo: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Eoin Higgins is the author of Owned: How Tech B ...[Continue Reading]
The Intercept
1 day ago
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A Trump-Appointed Judge Quashes a Subpoena Aimed at Validating the President's Stolen-Election Fantasy
Jacob Sullum
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Georgia quashed a grand jury subpoena aimed at validating President Donald Trump's counterfactual claim that massive fraud deprived him of his rightful victory in the 2 ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
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UK's Virgin Media fined $28m for hanging up on people calling to cancel
Rob Beschizza
Virgin Media was fined $28m by regulators in the U.K. for preventing customers from canceling contracts. The method was not especially sophisticated: its agents would simply hang up on customers who ...[Continue Reading]
Boing Boing
1 day ago
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Hobbled Out of the Gate: Platner Allegations Set Off Scramble to Find a New Maine Senate Nominee
Akela Lacy, Noah Hurowitz
In group chats of progressive activists and political operatives concerned with the state of the Senate race in Maine Wednesday morning, a link to an anonymous Google Doc was making the rounds. It di ...[Continue Reading]
The Intercept
1 day ago
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The Spiritual Meaning of Dragonflies
Eden Gordon
Dragonflies have a delicate mystique all their own. On transparent wings, they whiz through summer gardens, and their wiry little bodies shine in various glossy shades of the rainbow. Upon a closer g ...[Continue Reading]
Mental Floss
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