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Tech editor @GuardianUS , science fiction writer, and a tale told by an idiot. Contact: blake.montgomery @theguardian .com, DMs, 650.731.5423.

New Dork City

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Blake Montgomery

26 days

I’m taking over the Guardian’s tech newsletter, TechScape! Catch me in your inbox every Tuesday. My first dispatch was about a Silicon Valley school testing a tech fast. Next week’s is about Elon Musk, art in the MoMA vs art on your Samsung TV, and how to responsibly post your

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1 year

Obsessed with my friend’s announcement to the group chat that he is now “actively pursuing TikTok fame”

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Since there was no SNL this week to clown the debate, I just watched this TikTok four hundred times

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Witches and drag queens are protesting the right-wingers in Boston

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Protester at SFO w Mike Pence's now infamous tweet

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The tool Elon used to calculate bots on Twitter listed his account as a likely bot.

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Twitter Obliterates Elon Musk's Excuses for Trying to Kill $44 Billion Deal in Blistering Court...

Twitter called Musk's claims "factually inaccurate, legally insufficient, and commercially irrelevant."

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Scoop: Blizzard employees walked out of work yesterday over the company's decision to ban a pro-Hong-Kong professional Hearthstone player. They held an all-day protest at the Orc statue in the center of the company's Irvine campus.

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Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout After the Company Banned a Gamer for Pro-Hong Kong Views

“Blizzard makes a lot of money in China, but now the company is in this awkward position where we can’t abide by our values,” a Blizzard employee told The Daily Beast.

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San Franciscans spelled out RESIST on Ocean Beach to protest Donald Trump (📸 by @vassko and @JayHainesSF )

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“What could a company even do with my data?”

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To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?

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PayPal has suspended Milo for his anti-semitic actions towards a Jewish journalist — he sent her $14.88, a common white supremacist reference, using PayPal (and his recent remarks about journalists didn't help), per a source familiar

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Protesters chased Jason Kessler away from his own press conference in Charlottesville. Here's my view:

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The funeral for Sabika Sheikh, the 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed in the Santa Fe High shooting, is overflowing Masjid al-Sabireen mosque

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James Fields is guilty on all ten charges, including the first degree murder of Heather Heyer

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@sbstryker really aggressive and threatening (in a chubby way. Like a boozy panda)

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OnlyFans reporting 3.5 million new signups in March, 60,000 of them new creators, per an email from the company. In the first two weeks of March alone that was a 75% increase from the normal level.

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PayPal is cancelling the accounts of the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, Atlanta Antifa, Antifa Sacramento, and the Anti-Fascist Network today, according to a source familiar w the matter.

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This is his TikTok if you are curious, and also because me tweeting one of his videos was the price of screenshotting his proclamation

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Massive boos and cries of "Shame!" For Jason Kessler in Charlottesville

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So far: Baked Alaska suspended. Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler, A Purposeful Wife, Laura Loomer, James Allsup de-verified

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“The poor, the mentally ill, the French”

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@BlueyAnon And what could that possibly mean

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@JLongtorso No it’s honestly iconic

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I got arrested and sent to jail for this story, so fucking read it

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When A Blogger Died From Silicone Genital Injections, His Fans Blamed His Partner

Tank Hafertepen and his dom boyfriend, Dylan, ran a popular blog about their relationship, but after Tank’s death from testicular silicone injections, their fans said Dylan was responsible.

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Trump reading Bill Belichick's letter of support

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The woman telling the other two not to speak Spanish is named Linda Dwire, and she was arrested and charged with two counts of harassment after this video stopped. Full story:

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Two People Were Being Harassed For Speaking Spanish In A Grocery Store. Then This Woman Stepped In.

"It felt good to see someone who was born here defend us that way," one of the women said.

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2 Hispanic women were approached and verbally assaulted by a racist white lady for speaking Spanish in store. Another white woman who saw and heard this happening immediately stepped in to defend them. SHERO! WE NEED MORE OF THIS! SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING! RETWEET THIS!

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I’ve been laid off from BuzzFeed News, like so many of my brilliant colleagues. I gave a lot of myself to that team over the past two and a half years, and I loved working there writing about wild things. Drop me a line if you’ve got a job for me: blakersdozen @gmail .com 💙💙💙

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I've been denied entry into Greg Gianforte's campaign event tonight.

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Twitter suspended an account for using a cartoon of Captain America punching a Nazi as its cover photo. Twitter's email to the user called the comic "hateful imagery."

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Twitter Suspends an Account for a Cartoon of Captain America Punching a Nazi

Twitter called the suspension a “mistake.”

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@JUNlPER Feel like I saw more satanic panic tweets than transphobic ones, very retro vibes

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Here's what the Charlottesville mayor said about the KKK torches last night: "beyond disgusted by this display of visual intimidation"

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How can you "reclaim America" if you can't reclaim your own U-Haul?

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Patriot Front White Supremacists Stage Bizarro Rally in Downtown D.C., Find Themselves Stranded

Though they intended to “reclaim America,” members of Patriot Front had more than enough trouble reclaiming their own ride.

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Sabika Sheikh’s host sister Jaelyn Cogburn, who has attended Santa Fe High for less than a year speaks at her funeral: “It was hard when I started school because I didn’t know anybody, but then I met Sabika. She was the most beautiful, loving person I’ve ever met.”

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Alex Jones refused to provide info, so he lost two wars.

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Alex Jones Found Liable in Two Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Lawsuits

A judge lambasted the conspiracy theorist and said he lost the suits because of his negligence.

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There are declared presidential candidates who face less public scrutiny than Taylor Swift’s maybe boyfriends

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Travis Kelce once admitted it’s a ‘dealbreaker’ if a girl doesn’t ‘like to give oral sex’

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Boston, 2017.

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FYI PayPal owns Venmo, which Milo has also been banned from.

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The URL signoff at the end of this TikTok, , now redirects to Elizabeth Warren's campaign site

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Since there was no SNL this week to clown the debate, I just watched this TikTok four hundred times

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Police at Charlottesville station confirmed to me that the driver/attacker has been detained

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Jean Peterson, struck by James Fields’ car and left with permanent injuries, at the site of Heather Heyer’s death: “We are here to reclaim this street. He tried to break us. We are unbreakable. Our bodies are healing and our souls are stronger than ever.”

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Police are using metal detectors in anyone who wants to get into Boston Common

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About 50 people were just praying at SFO in protest.

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The company's statement: "When an individual violates PayPal's longstanding Acceptable Use Policy, the company will take action as deemed appropriate. We work to ensure that people do not use our platform and services to promote hate, violence, or discriminatory intolerance."

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I'd estimate 5,000 counter-protesters to 20 right-wingers in Boston Common right now

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Dakota and Harley, reunited with their owner Trayvon #Harvey

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Scoop: Mitsubishi bailed on Blizzard two days after the video game company punished a pro-Hong-Kong gamer. Blizzard has gotten flak from everyone—congress, players, its own employees—and now we know at least one sponsor fled too.

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Blizzard Sponsor Mitsubishi Bailed After the Company Punished Pro-Hong-Kong Gamer Blitzchung

Mitsubishi dropped Blizzard two days after the company punished pro Hearthstone player Blitzchung for a statement supporting the Hong Kong protests.

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Ambulance, sheriff, fire department at Greg Gianforte's event, where a Guardian reporter was allegedly body slammed by Gianforte

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Tonight’s protest is largely focused on the results of Clark’s independent autopsy released this morning. Organizers are distributing pamphlets that describe the findings and end with “EVERYTHING SAC PD SAID WAS A LIE!!!!”

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New from me: A Dutch furry redesigned a military vest that keeps you cool to work better with fursuits six years ago. Now soldiers, some of them furries themselves, are buying his product to use in combat training. Semper fur, baby.

How a Cooling Vest Invented by a Furry Made Its Way Into the U.S. Military

From a Navy site in Japan to an Air Force base in Washington state, an innovation from one of the internet’s quirkiest communities is making fans in surprising places.

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Gianforte just left. The event was supposed to end an hour and fifteen minutes from now.

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Student choir at Ruth Asawa School For The Arts in San Francisco

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Tiny little protesters at San Francisco airport: "I want my grandparents back from Iran."

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And now this tweet is TikTok fodder… he’s on his game

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TikTok - Make Your Day

TikTok - trends start here. On a device or on the web, viewers can watch and discover millions of personalized short videos. Download the app to get started.

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Big counterprotest contingent marching along Lafayette Park: “Whose streets? Our streets!”

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The Gianforte supporter in front of me said, "Suck it, media" during the apology.

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The crowd started laughing when Gianforte mentioned the assault — 60 seconds later, it’s applauding as he apologizes.

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The language on FLOTUS's Be Best's website has change Earlier today: "Click here to read 'Talking with Kids about Being Online,' a booklet *by* First Lady Melania Trump and the FTC." Now: "a FTC booklet, *promoted by* first lady Melania Trump" 👀

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“Fix this before I text my mom from under a desk.” #MarchForOurLives

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PayPal isn't what he uses for transactions in his online store, so the financial impact of this cancellation is unclear.

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Cheers of "Welcome one, welcome all, we won't let them build that wall!" At San Francisco airport

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Our reporter @alexis_levinson is being summoned by law enforcement for a formal interview

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A cop car just slammed a protester at the vigil for Stephon Clark. These are three blurry photos of it happening.

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Some signs from the rally in Boston:

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Apparently Milo was watching our stream last night! For context, Justice was the black 12-year-old who spoke at the start of the rally.

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Mourners in Charlottesville are singing "Hallelujah"

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I went to jail once for door-knocking the subject of a story. It's not something reporters do for lolz or for menace. It's a last-ditch gesture of good faith to get the subject's side of the story when they won't respond.

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Students in San Francisco have occupied Market Street

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Right wingers in Berkeley are getting mobbed by counter protesters

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Twitter said it has not penalized Nicki Minaj in any way. The White House said it offered her a phone call, not an in-person visit. Top public health officials in multiple countries say her claims about vaccines/swollen testicles are false.

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White House Visit? Twitter Jail? Nicki Minaj’s Claims Go Up in Smoke

The rapper said she was in “Twitter jail,” but Twitter said it had not penalized her for her COVID tweets. Meanwhile, the White House said it had not invited her for a visit.

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Ashley Judd: "Why is the bloodstain on my jeans more embarrassing than the thinning of your hair?"

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@MeredithAWRCB @WRCB Hi Meredith, I'm a reporter for the Daily Beast. Could I interview you about this? My number is 650.731.5423.

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Cheers of "United we stand, fuck the system at hand!" In NYC's Union Square

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EXCLUSIVE: Jack Chapman/Tank Hafertepen’s mother has filed a wrongful death suit against Dylan Hafertepen and his pups. She’s alleging Dylan and the pups coerced Tank into injecting his genitals with silicone, which killed him.

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Boyfriends Sued Over Man’s Death From Silicone Genital Injections

Linda Chapman says Dylan Hafertepen forced her son to inject his penis and testicles with silicone.

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Here’s a time lapse of a fraction of the Women’s March in Oakland

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It is an unbelievable feeling to consume so much information in one day and learn nothing

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Here she is: Ellie Delgado, 17-year-old senior at Lamar High, and the guy is her dad: "He was talking about a woman that he liked and wanted to go on dates with. I didn’t know that he liked her, but my sister and I had met her before." She said she reacts to him like this a lot.

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I regret to inform you that this advice is in the FTC booklet *promoted by* the First Lady

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RuPaul’s Drag Race finale Thursday, anti-family-separation protest Saturday

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Cheers of "Tiny hands, tiny feet! All he does is tweet tweet tweet!" At the D.C. Women's March.

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There was a nun playing drums for the Klezmer band that popped up at SFO. She was wearing an anti-Fascist pin

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I just magically got a credential! Thanks Greg! Staffer said, "That shouldn't have happened" about the denial.

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Complete chaos as Kessler is chased out of his own press conference

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Anti racist protesters playing La Bamba while a member of the League of the South speaks

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Protesters enter Times Square

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Mike Pence reused a 2014 photo in a tweet about today’s Colts game, or as @elcush put it: “Latergramming...VPs, they’re just like us”

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Here's Trayvon visiting his house for the first time since the flood to retrieve Dakota and Harley

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"To our detractors, who say this march will not amount to anything: fuck you." Madonna at the Women's March

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@TheAlanNoble @chris_journo I mean nothing compares in sheer drama

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“A moment of silence for everyone who has lost their life to someone who was supposed to protect them.”

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Gianforte just left his own campaign event.

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Time to light a candle and check what’s happening on Twitter Spaces

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March on the move with chants of “Say his name! Stephon Clark!”

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Snipers at this post-Charlottesville press conference by white nationalists

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This enormous lighting rig would seem to deflate the "shot entirely on iPhone" of it all

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Behind the scenes of Apple’s first event shot entirely on iPhone!

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McInnes called me a “ridiculous fag” in August when I asked him for comment. When we spoke on the phone, he heard my voice and said, “Oh, great, you’re gay.”

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Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes said in his Newsmax TV interview today that the anti-gay slur used by one of the NYC attackers was "a terrible thing to say." Here's what McInnes wrote about the same word in 2011. (Intentionally not linking.)

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Harvard, Yale, and MIT say that disciplinary actions related to upcoming high school walkouts won't affect students' applications/admission. Waiting on responses from other schools.

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Schools Are Threatening To Suspend Students Who Participate In Walkouts Over Gun Violence

Some school districts have threatened to suspend students who participate in walkouts over gun violence, prompting lawyers to offer advice and help.

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Richard Stallman, the famed MIT computer scientist whose newly public emails show he doesn’t believe Jeffrey Epstein did anything wrong, argued for legalizing pedophilia and child pornography for more than 15 years on his personal blog.

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Here’s what really happened in Charlottesville. I was there.

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Here’s What Really Happened In Charlottesville

Who came ready for violence? Was it on “many sides”? The answers are clearer on the ground.

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Angela Davis: "The next 1459 days will be 1459 days of resistance."

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My severance package: living in my haters’ heads rent-free

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From a Google employee just now: "There's absolutely not 1,700 engineers at Verily."

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Trump says Google is building a website to help with coronavirus tests — but his announcement seems...

The US government is also preparing to roll out a new drive-thru coronavirus test across the country, Trump said.

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Former NBA player Matt Barnes plans to start a scholarship fund for children who have lost their fathers. He was holding Stephon Clark’s child as he made the announcement at today’s rally in Cesar Chavez Plaza.

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