It may be time for journalists to dial back the 'takeaways' stories.

These are all simultaneously on the NYT homepage right now:

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines can be a real bummer sometimes.

Tired: Hush money to models and porn stars.

Wired: JFK’s “secret son” and sponges left in a patient’s brain.

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My reporter Kyle Cheney now has a better record in court than I ever did in my short-lived, misbegotten stint as a lawyer. Congrats to Kyle for advancing an important fight for transparency.

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Four of the best years of my life were at Columbia, but I can't disagree here: Those damn lawns get more coddling than the fairways at Augusta.

Trump's jurors include people who like 'hiking,' 'wood working,' 'fly fishing,' 'paddle boarding,' and 'anything outdoorsy.'

What is going on with these hobbies? When did Manhattanites become so ... rustic?

Jurors in Trump's case are dropping like flies, and the judge is mad at the media for reporting basic info about them. Meanwhile, Trump himself posted an attack yesterday on prospective jurors, apparently in violation of the gag order — and the judge is sitting on his hands.

If we’re not careful, Courtroom 1530 of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse is soon going to become the new Tinder.

Trump is right about a two-tiered justice system. But he's wrong that it works against him. I wrote about the privilege of being Donald Trump on trial.

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Read James Romoser on all the ways the justice system has bent to accommodate Trump in ways that it wouldn't for the average criminal defendant.

Some is by necessity, some by virtue of his prominence.

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More junk food. Fewer junk fees. #SOTU

Me whenever someone asks to schedule anodyne social plans more than two days in advance:

Some 'expedited' SCOTUS schedules are more expedited than others.

In the ballot eligibility case, the court scheduled oral argument to occur 36 days after Trump sought review.

On criminal immunity, the court will hear argument no fewer than 70 days after Trump sought review.

There's no way the Supreme Court will really kick Trump off the ballot... right? Don't be so sure. Three reasons it could actually happen:
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As SCOTUS tackles Trump's eligibility to hold office, I'll be live-blogging this morning's argument with my POLITICO colleagues Kyle Cheney, erica orden and Zach Montellaro. Follow us at politico.com/live-updates/2….

Most epic five-year songwriting sprees of the past three centuries:

▪️ Beethoven 1803 to 1808
▪️ Lennon-McCartney 1963 to 1968
▪️ Swift 2019 to 2024

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My inbox as a college student every time I finally sat down to start writing that overdue term paper: