Julie Kliegman

Weekend Editor

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.

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fighting terrorism

The last member of the ISIS 'Beatles' has reportedly been identified

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zou bisou bisou

A bunch of awesome Mad Men props are about to go up for auction

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Quotables

Paul Ryan wouldn't bet his own money on a Donald Trump victory

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everything is (not) awesome

Lego products are getting more violent, study argues

"Saturday Night Live"spoofs "Dead Poets Society"

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O captain! My captain!

This Dead Poets Society spoof is delightfully absurd

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RIP

2 climbers just died descending Mount Everest

Larry David as Bernie Sanders and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton

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the odd couple

SNL's Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shared the best drunken dance

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This is sad

2 horses died in Preakness races

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Shots fired

Bernie Sanders is backing the DNC chairwoman's primary opponent

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Poll Watch

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are polling neck-and-neck

Purported vehicle of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour after U.S. airstrike

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: May 22, 2016

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horse race

Exaggerator upset Nyquist to win the Preakness Stakes

The site of a drone strike Afghan officials say killed the Taliban leader

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fighting terrorism

U.S. kills Taliban leader in airstrike, Afghanistan says

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last night on late night

Jimmy Kimmel hosted a hilarious Breaking Bad reunion to celebrate Bryan Cranston's birthday

Nyquist before competing in the Preakness Stakes

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horse race

Nyquist's trainer isn't worried about rain at the Preakness Stakes

Alan Young as Wilbur Post on "Mister Ed"

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a horse is a horse of course of course

Mister Ed star Alan Young dies at 96

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veep

Mark Cuban said he'd consider being Hillary Clinton's running mate

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Finally

Obama signed a bill striking 'Oriental' and 'Negro' from federal code

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criminal justice

Mexico approves U.S. extradition of 'El Chapo'

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: May 21, 2016

The Zika virus is spread through mosquitos

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Global Health

157 pregnant women in U.S. have the Zika virus, CDC says

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women's health

Oklahoma governor vetoes controversial abortion bill

Your tweets might soon be getting a little more wiggle room.

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never tweet

Twitter might stop counting links and photos in its character limit

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Hackers gonna hack

This new Mr. Robot trailer appears to star President Obama

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merrick garland nomination

Obama says he nominated Merrick Garland because he has 'unimpeachable credentials'

House Republicans propose new Zika bill.

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Congress

House Republicans introduce $622 million Zika bill

Hillary says she wouldn't put Bill in her cabinet.

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There Will be Clintons

Hillary Clinton says she wouldn't put Bill in her cabinet

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space!

The International Space Station has now orbited Earth 100,000 times

Against Me! singers burns birth certificate in protest.

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this is awesome

Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace burned her birth certificate on stage in North Carolina to protest the anti-trans law

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Facebook

This is the guest list for Facebook's meeting with conservative leaders

RNC chair wants diversity on Trump ticket.

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keeping up with the republicans

Reince Priebus wants 'a degree of diversity' on Donald Trump's ticket

SCOTUS turns down Obamacare contraceptive hearing.

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court reports

SCOTUS declines to rule on ObamaCare contraceptive mandate challenge

Rangers and Blue Jays get into huge fight.

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who says baseball is boring?

That brutal Rangers-Blue Jays brawl was 7 months in the making

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the beginning of the end

The Philadelphia 76ers have reportedly landed the NBA's first jersey ad deal

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$$$$$

Germany to reportedly spend $106 billion on refugee crisis by 2020

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This doesn't look good

This New York Times investigation uncovered troubling anecdotes about Trump's private interactions with women