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They were taught that public schools are evil. Then a Virginia couple defied their families and enrolled their kids.

Maybe, no one?

I usually write a blog post on 20 June each year to celebrate the birthday of this blog. But today I want to celebrate #WP20 with you, the 20th birthday of our beloved open source software. No longer a teenager At 20 years old, WordPress is a grown up piece of software. It started quite small, weigh...

Succession, the popular HBO soap opera about a family of hideous media moguls, will come to a close this weekend. It’s a supremely glossy and expensively-made TV show about supremely glossy and expensively-made TV. The in-your-face self-referentiality distinguishes Succession from shows like The Sopranos and The Wire, earlier “prestige” classics that likewise reflected—and shaped—the zeitgeist. […]

GOP women freak out over losing reproductive rights, but embrace cruelty when it's someone else's rights at stake

Conservatives are making Pride merch 'toxic.' Their real goal is much worse. by Dean Obeidallah

Target announced earlier this week that the company was removing some LGBTQ-themed items from shelves and moving displays intended to honor Pride month to the back of the store in response to a public backlash from the right. But what happened at Target goes far beyond just some people calling for a boycott.

Never Trump. Never Sedition.

Mike Lindell dared anyone to disprove his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. For this software forensics expert, it was almost too easy.

Ron DeSantis claimed his campaign launch was a success, but Elon Musk was left furious as his own app crashed repeatedly, Platformer reported.

He raised a lot of money and previewed attacks on Trump.

You know "The Gift" when you see it. Politicians with The Gift connect and engage with humans with comfort and ease. They walk into the room as a stranger and walk out with people considering them friends. Rick Wilson writes that not all politicians have it.

DeSantis Is Making the Same Mistake Democrats Did in 2020 by Yair Rosenberg

Winning the internet is not the same as winning elections. Politicians forget this at their peril. Read and share the full piece on the web here. Ron DeSantis is the governor of one of the most scenic states in America. Reelected by eye-popping margins in 2022, he does not lack for superfans. And yet, instead of launching his presidential campaign in front of palm trees and adoring crowds, he did so last night on Twitter, in an awkward audio-only exchange with Elon Musk that took place after 2