AOC says people are being 'algorithmically polarized' by social media

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"There are people that are living in a MAGA universe online," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And that happens as well in progressive content and algorithms."

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California Turns Down the Volume on Netflix and Other Streaming Platforms

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Trump administration argues furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed back pay

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A draft White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't automatically entitled to back pay, and that Congress may have to pass a law to grant it to them.

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Now Screwing Up America’s Libraries

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Is Paramount's Bari Weiss deal a Trump deal? We can't tell. And that's the problem.

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David Ellison's Paramount has bought Bari Weiss' Free Press — and appointed her editor in chief of CBS News. Now what?

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Trump posts message for Gen Zers on TikTok: 'You owe me big'

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President Donald Trump said that a TikTok user could one day become president just like him.

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Kevin Hassett says 'there will be layoffs' if Trump decides shutdown talks are not progressing

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The Capitol Building is behind a fence during the 2025 government shutdown.
Thousands of federal employees could be laid off if lawmakers fail to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown, which began on October 1.

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'SNL' mocks the Trump administration in season kickoff: 'Remember, daddy's watching'

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James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the "MSNBC Special Coverage" Cold Open in January.

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The Senate's ultrawealthy club: Meet the 8 senators worth $50 million or more

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Sens. Jim Justice and Rick Scott, two of the richest members of the Senate, high-fiving at the Capitol in April.

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Apple's ICEBlock takedown shows how easily Washington can pull the plug on the internet

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says she told Apple to take down an ICE-tracking app.

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