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Money Unlimited

Chief Justice Roberts orchestrated a procedural maneuver to transform Citizens United from a narrow case about documentary films into a sweeping decision overturning decades of campaign-finance law. By proposing reargument with broader questions presented, Roberts put the liberal justices in an impossible position—they could no longer claim surprise, but the conservatives already had five votes secured for the more radical outcome. The resulting Kennedy opinion struck down McCain-Feingold restrictions and equated corporate political spending with protected speech, fundamentally reshaping American electoral politics to allow unlimited corporate and individual spending in campaigns.

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3 Misconceptions That Need to Die (WMT, X)

This article debunks three widely held misconceptions about the U.S. economy using data from federal sources: only 2.7% of American consumer spending goes to Chinese-made goods (with housing, food, insurance, and healthcare comprising 70% of spending and being mostly American-made), China owns just 7.8% of U.S. government debt while the federal government itself and domestic investors hold far more, and only 9.2% of U.S. oil imports come from the Middle East with North America supplying the majority of petroleum consumed domestically. The author argues these misperceptions persist because people tend to accept only facts that align with their existing beliefs, using examples like Walmart's inventory to illustrate why anecdotal evidence misleads about the broader economy.

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Gay teen bullying victim who recorded an “It Gets Better” video commits suicide – Boing Boing

Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old from Buffalo, died by suicide just four months after creating an "It Gets Better" video in which he spoke about finding hope through Lady Gaga and self-acceptance. Despite his public message of optimism, he privately documented ongoing severe bullying that left him feeling unheard, writing in his final Tumblr post that no one listened to his pleas for help despite his constant talk of being bullied.

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NPR launched "Serendipity Day," a structured three-day event where technology staff abandon regular work to pursue self-directed projects, inspired by Google's 20 percent time and Atlassian's FedEx Days. The experiment generated 25 usable ideas from 30 employees in its first iteration, proving that a compressed timeframe with minimal constraints and strong emphasis on teamwork can unlock innovation and creativity while boosting morale. Unlike Google's ongoing individual-focused approach, NPR designed the event around cross-disciplinary collaboration, reasoning that their public media culture thrives when different disciplines work together simultaneously.

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The Mission to Get Osama Bin Laden : The New Yorker

This New Yorker account details the May 1, 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, tracing the operation from its planning stages through execution, focusing on the Navy SEAL Team Six assault on his Abbottabad compound despite significant obstacles. The narrative reveals how a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during insertion due to aerodynamic complications, forcing the SEALs to adapt on the ground, and reconstructs the precise moments when bin Laden was located and killed on the third floor, along with several family members and associates who posed threats. The piece also examines the broader intelligence, political, and military context—including President Obama's decision to authorize the raid over cautious advisers' objections and the operational precedent it set for future unilateral U.S. military actions inside Pakistani territory.

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DC Reboots Universe - Slashdot

DC Comics announced a major relaunch of its entire superhero universe in September 2011, featuring 52 new first-issue titles with younger versions of some characters, altered relationships, and changes to the roster. Grant Morrison was assigned to write a new Superman series as part of this comprehensive initiative. The reboot represented what DC executives called "an historic time" for the publisher.

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Eyewitness: Flamethrower | World news | guardian.co.uk

This is a photo essay from the Guardian's Eyewitness series featuring dramatic volcanic imagery from Iceland, particularly highlighting photographer Skarphedinn Thrainsson's work capturing lava eruptions up close. The piece showcases the risks professional photographers take—including exposure to falling rocks and molten lava—to document natural disasters and geological events in real time.

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