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How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the silence on Epstein files matters

How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the silence on Epstein files matters

The Justice Department asked a federal court on July 18, 2025, to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case. The direction from President Donald Trump came after weeks of frustration among some far-right groups over his administration’s refusal to release the complete and unredacted “Epstein files.” Epstein, a wealthy financier with high-profile connections, was arrested in 2019 on sex …

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Trump signs stablecoin law as crypto industry aims for mainstream adoption

Trump signs stablecoin law as crypto industry aims for mainstream adoption

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins, a milestone that could pave the way for the digital assets to become an everyday way to make payments and move money. The bill, dubbed the GENIUS Act, passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 308–122, …

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How incel language infected the mainstream internet

How incel language infected the mainstream internet

This excerpt from Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July 15th. The modern-­day incel is entirely an invention of the twenty-­first century. Before the internet, lonely men simply didn’t have a way to gather and share ideas. That all began to change in …

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