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Published: October 22, 2024 14:43

From the man who brought you this: [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: October 22, 2024 14:36

I'm becoming a polling truther. I think those ~six college students on Twitter who track the massive early voting bumps and systematically weed out GOP slop polls are onto something that the regular media are not. I have no idea if this is copium but I am…

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Published: October 21, 2024 23:42

Everyone I know is just bracing for impact.

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Published: October 21, 2024 23:04

New Onions started arriving in people's mailboxes today, btw.

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Published: October 21, 2024 20:48

https://theonion.com/nuclear-weapons-have-the-potential-to-frighten-my-nervous-dogs/

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Published: October 21, 2024 15:20

Point/Counterpoint: We Need To Take Trump’s Rhetoric Seriously, But Not Literally (by Daniel Edelwright) vs. Have That Guy Killed (by Donald Trump) https://theonion.com/we-need-to-take-trumps-rhetoric-seriously-but-not-literally-vs-have-that-guy-killed/

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Published: October 20, 2024 15:22

This is blinking in Morse code in journalism speak. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: October 20, 2024 15:15

This is a really special album. Feels like something really new. https://open.spotify.com/album/2sdEcm60h3HBZkd5k7SkRh?si=6u7bDvORRLuwgAivjau04g

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Published: October 20, 2024 14:39

Hi new Bluesky users. Semi-annual reminder to follow my favorite part of this website: the Gift Links feed. It shows any free link to an otherwise paywalled article that’s shared by anyone on Bluesky. It has legit changed how I read the news. …

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Published: October 18, 2024 23:44

Part of the reason I think Kamala is winning is that the dem election people I see are like “this specific hamlet in Wisconsin is .02% bluer on mail-ins but do NOT read into this” and Elon Musk, who is effectively running Trump’s campaign, is like “just…

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Published: October 18, 2024 20:03

Hi new Bluesky users! Unfortunately, you will not receive all of the features of this website until a print version of The Onion is mailed to your door. Please sign up here and await further instructions in your physical mailbox. membership.theonion.com…

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Published: October 18, 2024 18:42

Insane. "An Elon Musk-funded group called Future Coalition PAC is targeting Muslim voters in Michigan and Jewish voters in Pennsylvania with diametrically opposed political advertisements about Kamala Harris." …

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Published: October 18, 2024 17:12

https://theonion.com/trump-releases-skull-measurements-from-phrenology-exam/

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Published: October 18, 2024 01:31

Definitely keep doing this to this company specifically buddy!

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Published: October 17, 2024 18:49

Taylor Swift, Joe Biden, Martin Short, Nancy Pelosi, Oprah, Ed Sheeran, Greta Thunberg, Chappell Roan, Ken Jennings. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: October 17, 2024 18:06

I do think this site is one sidebar of region-specific Trending Topics away from taking over. I also think if you can opt your skeet out of appearing in Trending Topics — at the account OR skeet level — you will basically have solved two very big problems.

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Published: October 17, 2024 15:02

I'm not a Poll Guy™, but wait: Are these split ticket races being weighted differently? Are they only using party-aligned weighting for president but not for the downticket races? Is that why Harris is tied in PA but the Senate race has Casey up double…

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Published: October 17, 2024 14:44

This is just such good news. It's one of those things we hoped might happen. To see it in the wild is so heartening it's hard to express. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: October 16, 2024 18:12

‘New York Times’ To Cease Publication “Being an employee of The New York Times was one of the most shameful, useless things I’ve ever done in my life,” said longtime columnist David Brooks. https://theonion.com/new-york-times-to-cease-publication/

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Published: October 16, 2024 15:17

First time I covered election betting markets in 2016, someone said this to me. It was one of the better quotes I got for a story in my life. https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-what-somebody-whos-still-betting-cash-on-trump-looks-like [contains quote…

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Published: October 16, 2024 15:01

The right talks a lot about Trump's lead in a betting market, but they're referencing the new Thiel-backed Polymarket, where any whale with cryptocurrency can spend millions to anonymously sway odds. It's an influence campaign. OG PredictIt uses cash and…

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Published: October 16, 2024 00:12

Harris campaign, 10/15/2024: I will be a President for all Americans. Yes, you, the computer boys, the toilet computer babies. The angry NFT men, the crypto failures with the little headphones on. Let me say this slowly: I do President for you. A President…

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Published: October 15, 2024 20:24

Jesus, what took so long?

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Published: October 15, 2024 02:34

People should watch this. It's extremely fucking strange! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: October 15, 2024 01:29

I don't think this is a bad idea. His audience thinks she's an actual lizard person. Might peel off some stragglers. Much more upset about the other shit than this. …

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Published: October 14, 2024 17:31

This whole "don't say who is actually doing the bad stuff, because it's all one political party" shit is not actually an adherence to any journalistic norms. It's brand new practice to journalism to not say who is doing what in your headlines, a real…