📺 "The West Wing" Election Day: Part 2 | Netflix

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Directed by Christopher Misiano. With Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. Polls are closing across the country, and the race is too close to call; friends and colleagues react to the news about Leo.

📺 "The West Wing" Welcome to Wherever You Are | Netflix

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Directed by Matia Karrell. With Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. A federal prosecutor's threat to indict Toby on another charge has the potential to affect the impending election.

📺 "The West Wing" Two Weeks Out | Netflix

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Directed by Laura Innes. With Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. Both candidates face vital choices about which states to campaign in; Vinick tries to put the nuclear issue behind him; Bruno finds Santos's briefcase.

📺 "The West Wing" Duck and Cover | Netflix

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Directed by Christopher Misiano. With Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. A nuclear accident in California sends the White House and both campaigns into overdrive. Meanwhile, China and Russia appear headed for a showdown over elections and oil in Kazakhstan.

👓 O’Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal | NPR

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Some personal secrets are so well-kept that even family and friends are oblivious. So it is with the story of the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist's marriage proposal to a Stanford Law School classmate in the early 1950s. When 19-year-old Sandra Day entered Stanford Law School in 1949, her frequent seatmate was 26-year-old Bill Rehnquist, attending Stanford on the GI Bill. The two shared their equally meticulous class notes and eventually were dating regularly. But by December of their second year, she broke up with him while somehow retaining what she called their "study buddy" relationship; she even entered the moot-court competition with Rehnquist, and the pair finished second.

👓 I live among the neo-Nazis in eastern Germany. And it’s terrifying | Anonymous | Opinion | The Guardian

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Chemnitz is the tip of an ugly iceberg, says an anonymous writer

👓 What Does Gab’s Demise Mean For Federation? | Interdependent Thoughts

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The Twitter-like platform Gab has been forced offline, as their payment providers, hosting provider and domain provider all told them their business was no longer welcome. The platform is home to people with extremist views claiming their freedom of speech is under threat. At issue is of course wher...

👓 Syndication Links 4.0.0 Released | David Shanske

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Today, from my hotel room in Berlin, Germany, where I am preparing to attend Indiewebcamp Berlin, my first European Indiewebcamp, I released Syndication Links 4.0.0. The major version number change is because in this version, Syndication Links takes on a new role. As promised previously, I’ve buil...
Yet another update from the unstoppable David Shanske! I can’t wait to try this out.

🎧 The Rise of Michael Avenatti | The Daily | New York Times

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The lawyer’s self-sure ways and penchant for media spectacle have led some to characterize him as the anti-Trump.

🎧 How Paul Manafort’s Plans Backfired | The Daily | New York Times

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The story of the former Trump campaign chairman and his ties to foreign governments begins long before the 2016 election.

🎧 The Daily: The Strange Case of QAnon | New York Times

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A fringe online movement makes a front-and-center appearance at a televised event for President Trump.