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Trump’s Cuts Are Hammering Virginia in an Election Year

Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump 2.0 enterprise is already conducting a really big gamble with its three-pronged smash-and-grab assault on the federal government via Elon Musk’s DOGE, Russell Vought’s OMB, and congressional Republican budget cuts. Everyone involved understands that the kind of Americans who decide elections tend to dislike big government and bureaucrats as […]

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Trump to Personally Investigate ‘Stolen’ Fort Knox Gold Theory

Discussions

Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images Now that he’s successfully renamed the Gulf of Mexico and bullied anyone who won’t accept the Gulf of America, Donald Trump has a new obsession that’s ripped straight from right-wing social media: making sure the gold in Fort Knox is still there. If you are not a close follower of Elon

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Untapped History: Remembering Seneca Village

NY Chronicles

Seneca Village, a community of predominately Black property owners in what’s now Central Park, is being commemorated to mark the 200-year anniversary of its founding. New York City Municipal Archives A map from cartographer Egbert Viele, dated 1856, of Seneca Village, in what is now Central Park. The dotted line shows the village’s boundaries. A

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10 Unforgettable Bowls of Pho

Brooklyn

While the weather remains honest for February in Brooklyn, you’ve still got time to battle the brutal chill with some nice hot soup. Specifically, pho. Because, if we’re being honest, few things hit like a steaming bowl of rice noodles, tendon, and crystal clear broth on a frigid day. And, quite fortunately, Brooklyn Magazine is

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The Most Sycophantic Things Republicans Have Done to Flatter Trump

Discussions

Photo: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg/Getty Images Except for a brief low after his attempt to overthrow the government a few years back, Donald Trump has had an iron grip over the Republican Party for close to a decade now. This had led to a lot of grand old sucking up to Trump over the years. But since

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Julian Opie’s Figures Walk Between Individuality and a Universal Human Experience

Arts & Entertainment

There’s something profoundly essential and revealing in Julian Opie’s handling of the human figure—how he distills both the universality and individuality of his subjects into a basic silhouette formed with just a few graphic lines. His figures, as if lifted from an instruction manual, evolve to embody the uniqueness of the people who inspired them.

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Participation in City-Funded Adult Education Classes Dropped by Nearly Half Under New Contract System

NY Chronicles

The decline comes as demand for these programs, which include adult literacy and English-language classes, has spiked significantly in recent years. Adi Talwar Participants in an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class at St. Nicks Alliance in Brooklyn on Aug. 5, 2024. As of December, the number of participants taking part in city-funded

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