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Amanda Gorman at the Inauguration

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  • February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

Wearing earrings from Oprah, and standing on the shoulders of Maya Angelou. You go, girl. You go.

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NY Times

  • Iran Finds Escalation Is Fruitful Path to Leverage in War With U.S.
  • Ohio Republican in Key Senate Race Fires Campaign Aide, Citing Social Media Photo of Nazis
  • Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent
  • Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown
  • ‘We Left in the Clothes We Were Wearing’: Yemenis Flee New Fighting
https://youtu.be/rDZ_gaUQab4?si=a6n8K1_lMElicuaI

NPR

  • This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
  • A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
  • Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured
  • Are we any closer to detecting dark matter?
  • 'Her body temperature was 106': How heat is killing Americans in their homes
https://youtu.be/XbnUHYxtYgI?si=2jfd6S2d_MdVaqlC

The Progressive

  • The 9/11 I Lived in Gaza
  • Does Soccer Still Explain the World?
  • We Must Rise To Meet the AI Threat
  • A ‘Gold Rush Moment’ for Private Education
  • In Lebanon, In Limbo
https://youtu.be/uD8jZQYslik?si=Kz8C1rm1giykowiP

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Day Two of the GOP Midterm Convention
  • FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech
  • Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing
  • Ad Attacking N.C. Republican Senate Candidate Uses His Own (Dated) Words Against Him
  • Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context

Snopes.com

  • Marsha Blackburn didn't say she would bring back school segregation in Tennessee if elected governor
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  • Did FCC threaten Jimmy Kimmel over Talarico interview? What we know
  • Did Mark Carney offer Americans $6K to vote against Republicans?
  • Did Grindr crash during 2026 RNC in Dallas? Facts behind outage claim
https://youtu.be/m0RArRK7wEA?si=xFo4EarSDzEbpLLe

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  • The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet HHS Chaos Heads to the Senate
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