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The Battle for the Senate

The fight to dislodge Donald Trump from the presidency has sparked unprecedented interest in the 2020 Democratic primary, drawing dozens of candidates, including no fewer than seven sitting senators. But the fight to wrest the Senate from Republican control — and oust Mitch McConnell as majority leader — is arguably …

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PartyNextDoor Fans, We Finally Eating

There it was. After two years, the voice we loved — that garbled, processed, quivering, mush-mouthed voice singing nigh-unintelligible nonsense — was back. Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, better known as PartyNextDoor, had unfortunately been in the wilderness for a while. Sincebecoming a micro-icon to a generation of bloggers and Drake stans …

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How Vagabon Found Her Voice in a Suburban Costco

Costco sells everything from diapers to coffins, a kind of lifecycle in retail. Laetitia Tamko’s most vital purchase at the super-store came somewhere in between childhood (baby formula) and adulthood (vinyl siding): the dinky starter Fender she picked up at age 17. “I love Costco,” Tamko — who writes and …

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Hope and Survival in Los Pinos

In a working-class barrio high above downtown Caracas is a dusty patch of land, no bigger than a basketball court, with a small stand of bedraggled pine trees. It is the namesake for a neighborhood, Los Pinos. From here you can see the glimmering skyscrapers below, where private supermarkets charge …

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Kanye West Plots 'Nebuchadnezzar' Opera at Hollywood Bowl

UPDATE:Kanye West offered a few more details about his upcoming opera,Nebuchadnezzar, which will be based on the biblical story of the Babylonian king. Per a statement, “Set in the 6th Century BC, the Book of Daniel recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s transition from wicked, imperious, self-declared ruler to a true believer who finds …

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Deval Patrick's Candidacy Is Another Chapter in the Democrats' 2020 Clown Car Disaster

Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts and newly-resigned executive of Mitt Romney’s private equity firm Bain Capital, has entered the Democratic primary race, which is shaping up to be the biggest ensemble-disaster comedy since Cannonball Run. Patrick’s entry comes after news that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg put himself …

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