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They Wanted to Join Raya. They’ve Been on the Waiting List for Years

There is a special agony to existing in limbo, that state of eternal in-between, where time stretches into infinity. Today, that experience is especially true for people vying to join Raya, the members-only dating app. Obtaining a Raya account requires an invitation from a current member, and even after you’ve applied, you can’t log in

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The Only Thing I Didn’t Like About the VMax New V4 Electric Scooter Is the Name

The New VX4 arrives in Eco mode, which has a top speed of 15 miles per hour. That’ll get you where you’re going, but it’s not going to give you goose bumps. Curiously, Sport mode also tops out at 15 miles per hour, but it gets you there fast. The torque is so powerful in

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GOP House incumbents fight for same inland Southern California seat

An incumbent California House Republican is likely to win a newly drawn district in a swath of suburbs, exurbs, and desert areas east of Los Angeles. But it would still be a net loss for House Republicans because the lawmaker-on-lawmaker race means one of them will be out of a job after the November elections.

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China’s staggering influence over African nations on display in Eswatini

The United States and Taiwan are raising alarm over China’s capacity to disrupt international diplomacy after Beijing-aligned client states decided to keep Taiwan’s president out of Africa. President William Lai was blocked from travelling to Eswatini this week after China allegedly pressured three African nations — Mauritius, Madagascar, and Seychelles — to deny airspace access

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SPLC spent over $1 million infiltrating group it said was ‘almost irrelevant’

By 2009, the National Alliance had become “almost irrelevant,” in the words of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Material released by the SPLC in subsequent years detailed further decline at the West Virginia-based white nationalist organization, fueled by infighting and financial woes. As of 2016, the National Alliance had just a few dozen members, down

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Rahm Emanuel has a message for Democrats. But are they ready to listen?

Rahm Emanuel has a habit of being right about things Democrats do not want to hear. As Bill Clinton‘s senior policy adviser, as Barack Obama‘s chief of staff, as mayor of Chicago, he operated with a bluntness that made him enemies in both parties. So when he sat down on the Reason podcast “The Fifth

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