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BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief. Email or gchat ben@buzzfeed.com.

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    12 hours ago

    Gonna go out on a limb and say that if business class riding vegan currywurst enthusiasts do exist, they’re perfectly happy reading BuzzFeed News and HuffPost

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  2. 13 hours ago

    The Robert Mueller Fan Club via

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    14 hours ago

    A few folks waiting for outside his home in Newark

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  4. 15 hours ago

    The President Said No Site Was Picked For Trump Moscow – But Documents Show His Fixers Were Scoping A Prime Location via

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    17 hours ago

    Going to be very very interesting to see how the left-progressive distrust of Booker on eg education/finance interacts with the newly acute left-progressive interest in candidates' decarceration records.

    Hadnt realized breadth of Booker's criminal justice plans Including: -- Beef up $ 4 public defenders; -- $ 4 areas hurt by War on Drugs; -- "Ban the Box;" -- Improve treatment of incarcerated women -- Federal $ to states to reduce prison pops -- New police accountability rules
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    22 hours ago

    "What we do and the changes we make and the voices that we provide now, today, is gonna help our women up tomorrow,” Serena Williams told BuzzFeed News. Catch the tennis star's full interview on PROFILE Monday morning:

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  7. Jan 31

    Welcome to the future: One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI via

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    Jan 31

    Can someone explain the Tulsi Gabbard base to me? Who are they? Greens? Hawaiian Expats?

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    Jan 31

    Mark Cuban should run for president on this trade

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  10. Jan 31

    Kamala Harris’s Appeal To Democrats: She’s The Antithesis Of Donald Trump via

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    Jan 31

    .: "Republicans who have spoken to [Mark] Cuban ... told me that he considers himself a Republican, and won’t rule out the notion of a primary candidacy." Cuban responded to a request for comment by saying, “Nothing to add."

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    Jan 31

    If Chris Christie invented this story then he’s a minor literary genius because this is *exactly* how I imagine Kasich is privately

    oh my god
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    Jan 31

    Republicans who have spoken to Mark Cuban in the last year told the billionaire considers himself a Republican and won’t rule out a primary. “Nothing to add,” Cuban emailed in response to the possibility of primarying Trump.

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    Jan 31

    The Polar Vortex Is Just The Beginning — Here’s How Climate Change Is Hitting Middle America via

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  15. Jan 31

    If Howard Schultz Wants To Run For President, He Should Run Against Donald Trump

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  16. Jan 31

    .: Go Back To Davos, Howard Schultz

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    Jan 28

    (•_•) <) )╯name / \ \(•_•) ( (> our / \ (•_•) <) )> pigeon / \ (and sign up for 's newsletter while you're at it: )

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  18. Jan 30

    If you are looking for great reporters in Mexico:

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  19. Jan 30

    This, by the way, is what the president's son is defending

    Some people have already been testing other search types, such as "should I get my child vaccinated?", with eyebrow raising results:
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  20. Jan 30

    Follow this thread to the bottom for all you need to know about the First Family media diet, and read this story

    Based on the week that buzzfeed has had (& their content generally) shouldn’t they be subject to the same “conspiracy” labeling? I mean seriously, is anyone pretending they are still credible?
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