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Alex Gibney Made a Four-Hour Movie to Puncture Elon Musk
Gibney's 'Musk' isn't a profile. It's a warning shot at a billionaire the filmmaker calls dangerous to democracy — and Musk is already suing.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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The European Far Right Isn't Fringe Anymore. Stop Pretending
From burning hotels in England to record ballots in eastern Germany, the far right has stopped knocking on the door. It's inside the house.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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Trump at the NBA Finals Was Never Just About Basketball
Trump showed up at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 and got booed during the national anthem. The moment says more about where sports and politics are than either side wants to admit.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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Nicola Sturgeon's Sentence Line Is Not a Denial. It's a Bid for the Story.
Sturgeon didn't sit down with Laura Kuenssberg to deny anything. She sat down to take the script back. There's a difference, and it matters.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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Tulsi Gabbard's Exit Was Never Really About Her Husband
The official reason is a family illness. The actual story is a Director of National Intelligence who was already locked out of the room.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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Xi Named the Trap. That Was the Whole Point.
Xi Jinping invoked the Thucydides Trap to Trump's face in Beijing. The framing isn't analysis — it's leverage, and Washington walked into it.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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The r/Conservative Million-Subscriber Drop Is a Rorschach Test
A million subscribers vanished from Reddit's biggest right-wing forum. Everyone has a theory. Almost nobody has evidence — and that's the actual story.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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The Phantom Bill: When a Story Outruns the Facts
A claim is circulating that Russia's parliament handed Putin pre-authorization to invade foreign countries. The evidence isn't there. That itself is the story.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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Mamdani Balanced the Books Without Cutting. Now What?
New York's new mayor closed a $12 billion gap without slashing services or raising property taxes. The political class said it couldn't be done. So now what?
Maya Okonkwo··5 min read
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The NHS Just Handed Palantir the Keys to the Building
An internal NHS briefing quietly upgraded contractor permissions from case-by-case to 'unlimited'. That's not a procurement story. That's a sovereignty story.
Maya Okonkwo··5 min read
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Lamine Yamal Picked Up a Flag. The Rest Is Our Problem.
An 18-year-old waved a flag from a bus. The argument that followed says more about us than him — and about what we now demand from athletes.
Ade Boateng··4 min read