Sean Woods
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“History is full of cases where great bands make terrible records, yet history stands speechless at what the Clash accomplished here.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The Legend of 'Cut The Crap': The Notorious Disaster That Killed The Clash
Forty years ago this month, the Clash drove into a ditch with 'Cut the Crap.' Here's the story behind one of rock's most legendary disasters
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November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“History is full of cases where great bands make terrible records, yet history stands speechless at what the Clash accomplished here.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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“How unconscionable is it to even think about testing those weapons again, when we know the damage that they cause? We know there are real people who were harmed by those tests.
"And I hate to call them tests. They are actual detonations of nuclear weapons.”
"And I hate to call them tests. They are actual detonations of nuclear weapons.”
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
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November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“How unconscionable is it to even think about testing those weapons again, when we know the damage that they cause? We know there are real people who were harmed by those tests.
"And I hate to call them tests. They are actual detonations of nuclear weapons.”
"And I hate to call them tests. They are actual detonations of nuclear weapons.”
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“All of the rhetoric flying around about a potential return to testing is really disturbing,” Dr. Emma Belcher, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit that works to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, tells @macwbishop.bsky.social.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“All of the rhetoric flying around about a potential return to testing is really disturbing,” Dr. Emma Belcher, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit that works to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, tells @macwbishop.bsky.social.
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“it needs to be a bipartisan issue, this should be the ultimate pro-life issue,” says Dr. Ivana Hughes. “It doesn’t get any more pro-life than preventing the annihilation of humanity and potentially all of life on the planet.”
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The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Donald Trump is pushing to resume testing nuclear weapons, leading Vladimir Putin to do the same. The legacy of nuclear tests is devastating.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“it needs to be a bipartisan issue, this should be the ultimate pro-life issue,” says Dr. Ivana Hughes. “It doesn’t get any more pro-life than preventing the annihilation of humanity and potentially all of life on the planet.”
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“The allegations, with their confluence of money, exploitation, and vaunted institutions, are youth basketball’s version of the Jeffrey Epstein files.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The Predator in the Church Basement
A millionaire pedophile. A famed high school basketball program. A historic church. Inside the child sex abuse scandal that, decades later, continues.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“The allegations, with their confluence of money, exploitation, and vaunted institutions, are youth basketball’s version of the Jeffrey Epstein files.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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The gun industry's suicide prevention effort isn't what they say it is, with an industry trade group using deceptive numbers to tout its success raising awareness.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The gun industry's suicide prevention effort isn't what they say it is, with an industry trade group using deceptive numbers to tout its success raising awareness.
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The Gun Industry's Suicide Prevention Effort Isn't What They Say It Is
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a top gun industry trade group, has been using deceptive numbers to tout its suicide awareness efforts.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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"We are susceptible to the same forces of fear and greed that have propelled demagogues to power throughout history. In the process,Trump has succeeded in doing what they could not do: discrediting the idea of American exceptionalism in the eyes of the world."
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Trump's 'Might Makes Right' Politics Are Bringing Out the Worst in America
Donald Trump was elected to a second term in office one year ago on Nov. 5. His "might makes right" politics are corroding America.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"We are susceptible to the same forces of fear and greed that have propelled demagogues to power throughout history. In the process,Trump has succeeded in doing what they could not do: discrediting the idea of American exceptionalism in the eyes of the world."
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Commentary: We look back at one year since Trump's election on November 5, 2024:
"Remember the 5th of November. Respond to it not with exhaustion or despair, but clear-eyed resolve to redeem something useful from the wreckage."
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"Remember the 5th of November. Respond to it not with exhaustion or despair, but clear-eyed resolve to redeem something useful from the wreckage."
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November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Commentary: We look back at one year since Trump's election on November 5, 2024:
"Remember the 5th of November. Respond to it not with exhaustion or despair, but clear-eyed resolve to redeem something useful from the wreckage."
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"Remember the 5th of November. Respond to it not with exhaustion or despair, but clear-eyed resolve to redeem something useful from the wreckage."
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Just spectacular
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Just spectacular
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Citing her work “hand in glove with the Trump administration” on AI, Sinema argued that the planning commission in Chandler, Arizona, might as well go ahead and greenlight her client’s proposed data center – because soon, once Donald Trump enacts a national AI policy, the city will ….
Kyrsten Sinema's brief post-Senate career highlights: launching a business lobbying group, forming an advocacy org for AI firms, and bullying an Arizona city to approve her client's AI data center.
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How Kyrsten Sinema Bullied an Arizona City to Approve Her Client’s AI Data Center
Just months after leaving the Senate, Democrats’ former corporate villain is raking in money while lobbying for the AI industry and proudly working "hand in glove with the Trump administration."
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October 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Citing her work “hand in glove with the Trump administration” on AI, Sinema argued that the planning commission in Chandler, Arizona, might as well go ahead and greenlight her client’s proposed data center – because soon, once Donald Trump enacts a national AI policy, the city will ….
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“Every time that Mr. Lorch took me home from Riverside Church, [he] performed some type of sexual act on me,” plaintiff and former player Robert Holmes testified.
“It was almost like a basketball drill.”
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“It was almost like a basketball drill.”
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October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Every time that Mr. Lorch took me home from Riverside Church, [he] performed some type of sexual act on me,” plaintiff and former player Robert Holmes testified.
“It was almost like a basketball drill.”
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“It was almost like a basketball drill.”
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Florence Welch: 'Anxiety Is the Hum of My Life -- Until I Step Onstage'
Florence Welch goes deep on the excellent new Florence + the Machine album, 'Everybody Scream,' sexism, working with Taylor Swift and much more
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October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Jim Morrison's Gravesite Bust Was Found. The Mystery of Its Disappearance Continues
A bust stolen from Jim Morrison’s gravesite in Paris was found in May. But many questions linger about who took it and why.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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'A Lot of Us Have Made Wills': Anti-Fascists Dig In as Trump Cracks Down
Anti-fascists are recalibrating how they protest in response to Donald Trump's crackdown on dissent following the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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'A Lot of Us Have Made Wills': Anti-Fascists Dig In as Trump Cracks Down
Anti-fascists are recalibrating how they protest in response to Donald Trump's crackdown on dissent following the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Bernie Sanders: “As a result of this bill, Vermonters are really going to suffer. People are going to become much sicker than they should, and in some cases die, simply because they will not be able to afford to go to a doctor when they should.”
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'An Unprecedented Hunger and Health Crisis': How the Big Beautiful Bill Could Devastate Vermont
Interviews with Sen. Bernie Sanders and more explain how BBB changes to Medicaid and SNAP will devastate rural communities in Vermont.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Bernie Sanders: “As a result of this bill, Vermonters are really going to suffer. People are going to become much sicker than they should, and in some cases die, simply because they will not be able to afford to go to a doctor when they should.”
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“As an American, I grew up believing government was there for the people. To cut programming that literally supports lives … It blows my mind,” James, a Vermont resident who has relied on Medicaid tells Rolling Stone.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“As an American, I grew up believing government was there for the people. To cut programming that literally supports lives … It blows my mind,” James, a Vermont resident who has relied on Medicaid tells Rolling Stone.
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Americans gambled $150 billion through online sportsbooks last year. Far too many lost nearly everything. More:
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There's Now a Casino in Everyone's Pocket. For Some Young Men, It's a Near-Fatal Gamble
The rise of mobile sports-bet operators like FanDuel and DraftKings has coincided with a spike in problem gambling among young men in America.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Americans gambled $150 billion through online sportsbooks last year. Far too many lost nearly everything. More:
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VFX pioneer Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand were found dead in a burned-out car two years ago in Dominica.
Now, the island — and the man arrested for their deaths — is in limbo.
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Now, the island — and the man arrested for their deaths — is in limbo.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
VFX pioneer Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand were found dead in a burned-out car two years ago in Dominica.
Now, the island — and the man arrested for their deaths — is in limbo.
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Now, the island — and the man arrested for their deaths — is in limbo.
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They Were Murdered on a Tropical Island. Justice Has Yet to Be Served
The VFX pioneer and his partner Dominque Marchand died in 2023. The island — and the man arrested for their deaths, Jonathan Lehrer — are in limbo.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A casino in everyone's pocket might not be the best idea. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
There's Now a Casino in Everyone's Pocket. For Some Young Men, It's a Near-Fatal Gamble
The rise of mobile sports-bet operators like FanDuel and DraftKings has coincided with a spike in problem gambling among young men in America.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A casino in everyone's pocket might not be the best idea. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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It's an honor to have a byline in @rollingstone.com—that's not something I ever expected to happen in my career—but much more important is the chance to help @lukecyphers.bsky.social expose a major scandal at a youth basketball program and, we hope, help to bring some justice to the survivors.
The Predator in the Church Basement
A millionaire pedophile. A famed high school basketball program. A historic church. Inside the child sex abuse scandal that, decades later, continues.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's an honor to have a byline in @rollingstone.com—that's not something I ever expected to happen in my career—but much more important is the chance to help @lukecyphers.bsky.social expose a major scandal at a youth basketball program and, we hope, help to bring some justice to the survivors.
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Riverside “was the prototype of what was about to come” in youth sports, says former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro.
“Ernie Lorch was a singular guy, because he was a lawyer. He had money. He was the intimidator.”
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“Ernie Lorch was a singular guy, because he was a lawyer. He had money. He was the intimidator.”
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October 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Riverside “was the prototype of what was about to come” in youth sports, says former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro.
“Ernie Lorch was a singular guy, because he was a lawyer. He had money. He was the intimidator.”
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“Ernie Lorch was a singular guy, because he was a lawyer. He had money. He was the intimidator.”
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A Christian Community Rises in Appalachia from the great David Peisner www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A Company Is Building Communities for Right-Wing Christians. Some Neighbors Aren't Happy
RidgeRunner is building communities for right-wing Christians. Some neighbors aren’t happy about it.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A Christian Community Rises in Appalachia from the great David Peisner www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...