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The Democrats' new cult of the popular

Why 'talk about popular issues' is not the magic answer the party is looking for

Andrew Cuomo

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 5, 2021

New York lawmakers threaten impeachment if Cuomo doesn't resign, WHO calls for moratorium on coronavirus booster shots, and more

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

COVID catches up to Biden

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Briefing

All you need to know about Afterpay

The buy-now-pay-later business is booming. But is it risky?

Speed Reads

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Snapchat users reportedly more vaccine hesitant than Fox News viewers

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Chris Cuomo was reportedly offered CNN leave to advise brother

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Trump is attacking the U.S. women's soccer team again

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Election law expert: I'm 'scared sh--less' about future elections

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Mike Pompeo pleads ignorance on missing $5,800 bottle of whiskey gifted by Japan

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Biden moving toward reopening U.S. to fully vaccinated foreign visitors

Controlling Delta

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Bonnie Kristian

How the pandemic scrambles parents' brains

A COVID patient.

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America's troubling pandemic reality

Ron DeSantis.

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GOP governors repeat Trump's COVID mistake

International arrivals

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Speed Reads

Biden moving toward reopening U.S. to fully vaccinated foreign visitors

Politics

Andrew Cuomo.

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How to oust Cuomo

President Biden.

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden sets a precedent for lawlessness

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The culture war goes global

Andrew Cuomo.

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Andrew Cuomo's smokescreen

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How the WASPs won by losing

Even though their accents and rituals have become punchlines, the WASPs' legacy is still with us

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Where has Joseph Gordon-Levitt been hiding?

Tucker Carlson.

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Tucker Carlson's Budapest pilgrimage

Simone Biles.

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Simone Biles' storybook ending?

Medals.

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In praise of third place

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Top grads are avoiding Wall Street

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James Pethokoukis

Lessons of the GDP report

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Lebanon crisis

Lebanese politician fears 'blind violence' as historic financial crisis worsens

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unemployment benefits

Jobs data suggest states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits did not boost rehiring

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Damon Linker

Julius Caesar.

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Opinion

Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

A lonely person.

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

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The coming death of just about every rock legend

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Opinion

When time stops

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Lindsey Graham, Joe Manchin.

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1.the coronavirus crisis

Graham reportedly on Manchin's houseboat before COVID-19 diagnosis

Tom Brady, Joe Biden

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2.Quotables

Tom Brady's 'gentle' roast of Trump at Biden's White House: 'Deeply vicious'?

Mike Carey.

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Trump's little win in Ohio

Simone Biles

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4.GOAT

Simone Biles wins Olympic bronze in balance beam finals

5.the coronavirus crisis

How sociology shows 'policy makers have been looking at vaccine refusal all wrong'

6.hindsight is 20/20

Arkansas governor admits he regrets law banning mask mandates

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The culture war goes global

8.fires

In the last 24 hours, 81 wildfires have broken out in Greece

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Snapchat users reportedly more vaccine hesitant than Fox News viewers

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The larger target of anti-critical race theory bills

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Chris Cuomo.

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cuomo scandal

Chris Cuomo was reportedly offered CNN leave to advise brother

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Trump

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fake feuds

Trump is attacking the U.S. women's soccer team again

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