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"Vote blue no matter who" has conservative Democrats saying boo hoo
Score-settling seems more important than keeping the party together and taking the Senate.
May 29
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Yes, I'm suing Matt Taibbi
I'm seeking attorney's fees from the conservative pundit over his spurious defamation suit—and I'm doing it to protect free speech.
May 21
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I went to Web Summit Vancouver
Three daytime talks and one nighttime debacle.
May 18
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Eoin Higgins
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Yes, I'm being sued by Matt Taibbi
Dec 27, 2025
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The Guardian Tries To Intimidate Me Into Retracting My Article About Transphobia in Their Newsroom
Nov 5, 2021
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Eoin Higgins
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Covid Destroyed the Illusion of the Restaurant Industry
May 3, 2021
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Eoin Higgins
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Company Man: The Data Behind Glenn Greenwald's Twitter Loyalty to Fox News
Nov 22, 2021
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Bait and Switch: Companies Promise Workers Pay Rates In Ads They Don't Deliver On
Nov 29, 2021
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Eoin Higgins
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Russell Stover Kansas Facilities Cut Sanitation to Save Money, Leading to Unclean Production Lines
Jul 2, 2021
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Eoin Higgins
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Case dismissed
Matt Taibbi takes an L.
May 5
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Kashing out against free speech
Plus—context on Maine's data center moratorium
Apr 28
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Eoin Higgins
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Running it back
Democrats could criticize the war without using right-wing talking points. One hopes.
Apr 13
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Eoin Higgins
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Whistling down the road
A roundup of some recent, and upcoming, work.
Apr 2
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Eoin Higgins
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Florida, man
James Fishback's appeal is limited, but some of his fans have reasons to support an open white nationalist that aren't so easy to parse.
Mar 14
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Eoin Higgins
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The trials of Graham Platner
Lunatic online conspiracy theories about the Democrat aren't breaking through to Maine voters—yet.
Mar 7
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Eoin Higgins
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Donald the Dove*
Who could have seen this coming?
Feb 28
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