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crowdfunding Mother Jones is raising $500,000 to do their own investigation of Trump Russia ties Carla Sinclair

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

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magic "I do magic tricks and hammer nails up my nose" – the life of a magician/sideshow performer Mark Frauenfelder

Exceedingly eerie preserved corpses of the Palermo Catacombs Ivan Cenzi