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Google.com 

House, Senate GOP battle over length of Trump tax cut extension - The Hill

  1. House, Senate GOP battle over length of Trump tax cut extension  The Hill
  2. Framing the upcoming tax debate: 5 issues, 4 paths  Brookings Institution
  3. Republicans’ Big Tax Challenge Is Fitting All Their Priorities in One Bill  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Republicans gear up for the coming battle over $5 trillion tax cut's costs  CNBC

Wired Magazine 

How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life

Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

Thefishsite.com 

Peru drives global fishmeal production surge

Global fishmeal production rose nearly 23 percent in the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, driven primarily by Peru’s anchovy fishery.

NBC4i.com 

Poll: Trump's favorability jumps post-election; plus, front-runners for 2028

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- While President-elect Donald Trump's favorability has climbed since the election, Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice President-elect JD Vance are eyed as the favorites to run for the White House in 2028. Trump's favorability rating climbed to 54% post-election, a six-point increase from his pre-election favorability of 48%, according to a [...]

Americanbanker.com 

Trump's immigration plan likely to impact housing

The president-elect had billed his hardline stance on the border and promised deportations as a solution to tight housing markets. Experts say those policies, at least in terms of housing, could do more harm than good.

Nasa.gov 

Emerging Engineering Leader Basil Baldauff Emphasizes Osage Values

Basil Baldauff knew early in his tenure at NASA’s Johnson Space Center that he wanted to become a leader within the agency and make an impact on the future of space exploration. As a contract electrical design and test engineer working within Johnson’s Energy Systems Test Area, Baldauff had an opportunity to lead small teams […]

The New Republic 

Dune: Prophecy and the Decline of the Spin-Off

Dune: Prophecy, the new HBO prequel series to the blockbuster film franchise, begins with one of the most hilariously hasty exposition-dump montages I’ve ever seen. Think of the great exemplars of this form: Cate Blanchett’s winding narration of Sauron’s rise and mankind’s near-fall at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring; Ray Liotta’s chatty memoir of his childhood life of crime at the beginning of Goodfellas; Linda Hamilton’s ominous fugue at the beginning of T2: Judgment Day. These sequences are fast-paced out of necessity... Читать дальше...

The New Republic 

The Answer to Democrats’ Class Problem Is Staring Them in the Face

The battle to define what went wrong for Democrats in the election, and chart a path out of the wilderness, is well underway. Trump’s campaign successfully courted working-class voters with stories attributing their pain to clearly defined villains—immigrants, transgender people, failing institutions, social elites—that Trump promised to take on. To beat this MAGA populism, prominent Democrats have begun urging their party to adopt similarly populist postures but with a different set of villains—the... Читать дальше...

The New Republic 

Donald Trump Is a Weakling. That’s the Problem.

The pithiest summary of Donald Trump’s last presidency was by the comedian John Mulaney. He compared it to a horse being set loose in a hospital. “No one knows what the horse is gonna do next,” Mulaney said, “least of all the horse. He’s never been in a hospital before!”

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The New Republic 

Junk Science and Judicial Arrogance Are Killing Us

While they remain a singularly popular pop-culture genre, the police and court procedurals that draw the eyes and attention of television viewers on a daily basis have, unfortunately, given most people an idealized view of how our legal system works. This is never more true than in how the public has come to view the role that science and forensic evidence play in criminal proceedings. Judges and juries are supposed to weigh evidence from scientific experts presenting the most current version... Читать дальше...