the lede on the NYT's original 1995 story about OJ Simpson's trial is insane

Four Rolling Stone stories are 2024 The Deadline Club Awards finalists 🚨

— 'The Lost Children of Football' by Alex Morris
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We are so stupid

O. J. Simpson is dead. Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden.

OJ Simpson just arrived down here wtf

“The only thing I have to say is that today is just a further reminder of how long we have missed my son, how long he’s been gone, and the only thing that is important today are the victims.

“That’s it. I have nothing else to say.”

Fred Goldman on O.J. Simpson's Death:…

Trump needs to be reminded 'that shooting someone in the leg can easily kill them.'

There was a 2,850% increase last year in the total number of aid workers killed by aerial bombardment — driven almost entirely by Israel’s brutal war in Gaza.

Important story from Mac William Bishop

I AM FINE

This chart says A LOT

“The Democrats are coming after me.'

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When we say systemic racism is thriving, here's what we mean. 14,000 Black people denied a life saving kidney transplant due to a biased (racist) test to determine qualifications. Even worse given Black people are 3X more likely than white people to suffer kidney failure.

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A leading humanitarian monitoring system warned Monday that half of Gaza’s population is at “imminent” risk of famine.

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Aaron Rodgers quitting the Jets to run for VP for the crackpot independent candidate married to Cheryl Hines is by far the best way to conclude CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, kudos to Larry David for drawing this up.

quite possibly the funniest use of this rage against the machine song of all time

It's hard to find anything new to say at this point when Trump does stuff like this. The smallness and meanness are hardly surprising. But I'm glad John Hendrickson is here to write about what these moments mean for stutterers like him: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Progressive groups are launching a “Reject AIPAC” coalition today, seeking to counter the Israel lobby’s 2024 election spending and its influence in Congress. w/ nikki mccann ramírez

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Donald Trump has called McConnell:

A broken-down crow.
A dumb son of a bitch.
A stone-cold loser.
A RINO.

And leveled racist insults at his wife.

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