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election 2020

Of Course Trump Was the Biggest Spreader of Election Day Disinformation
Other popular trends include lies about "the left" orchestrating a coup, and voter fraud.
David Gilbert
11.4.20
blue wall

Biden Just Pulled Ahead in Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Fight for the White House
If both leads hold up, and the rest of Biden’s state leads do too, he will have won enough Electoral College votes to become president.
Cameron Joseph
11.4.20
covid

Everyone Gets a Cuddle Buddy in Belgium’s New Lockdown
Despite being one of the cuter sounding words in the Dutch language, the idea of “knuffelcontacts” is meant to address serious concerns about the mental health
Gabriel Geiger
11.4.20
Games Features

20 Years Ago, Paper Mario Made the Mushroom Kingdom Feel Like a Real Place
In the years since, Nintendo's RPG series has drifted further and further away from what made it so interesting in the first place.
Andy McDonald
11.4.20
Games Reviews

'Drone Swarm' Imagines Autonomous Warfare as a Huge Chore
An RTS finally explores all the promise of the classic Protoss Carrier unit, turns it into a cat-herding exercise.
Kelsey Atherton
11.4.20
us election

Europe Politely Asks Trump to Count All the Votes Before Declaring Victory
Donald Trump's baseless claim to have already won the presidential election drew measured criticism from Europe, although leaders largely kept quiet.
Simon Childs
11.4.20
housing

Texan DJ Developer Wins Campaign To Build Massive Tower Block in South London
The development will go ahead despite opposition from anti-gentrification campaigners and from within the local community.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
11.4.20
The War On Drugs

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The Racist Legacy of The War on Drugs
Racism is not a bug of the War on Drugs – it’s a feature. Since their earliest beginnings, drug laws have been explicitly built around targeting ethnic minorities.
Drugs

Oregon Just Voted to Decriminalize Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth
The new punishment for petty possession of any illegal drug will be the legal equivalent of a traffic ticket.
Keegan Hamilton
11.4.20
US

Respect the ‘Democratic Process’, U.S. Tells Ivory Coast Following Disputed Election
The statement from the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan came hours after Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won the U.S. presidential election.
Matthew Champion
11.4.20
Coronavirus

India’s Poor Hygiene Level Helps Protect Against COVID-19, Suggests Study
Though the country is among the worst affected by coronavirus, it has recorded one of the lowest death rates.
Varsha Rani
11.4.20
Tech news

Proposition 22 Passes, But Uber and Lyft Are Only Delaying the Inevitable
Gig companies are exempted from reclassifying workers as employees in California, but it can't save a doomed business model that is being assailed on all sides.
Edward Ongweso Jr
11.4.20
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