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Better late than never, I suppose.

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And to add more countries to the list.

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Technology
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The absurd, incredibly revealing “Obama did it” defense of Trump’s refugee ban.

By Zack Beauchamp
Culture
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“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.”

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World Politics
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Incompetent, contradictory — and accidentally revealing.

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The hostility to immigrants and Islam in the executive orders comes straight out of Stephen Bannon’s Breitbart.

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