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Democracy: some assembly required. NEWS + HUMOR + YOU UNITED WE WONDER.
The world’s weird.Stay human. ✳ The last 72 hours have some explaining to do. Play the news, pick your take, and check the receipts. Laugh first. Look closer.
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BREAKING: YOU CAN DISAGREE AND STILL SHARE FRIES ✳ FACTS HAVE SOURCES. PEOPLE HAVE STORIES. ✳ HUMANITY: STILL WORTH THE EFFORT
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A few ways to make sense of it. Less doom. More room. 01 / PLAY The daily double take Real headlines. Original jokes. A few questions the press conference forgot.
Let’s play 02 / REWIND Previously, on reality. The last two years, then the previous eight. Because the news has sequels.
Open the backscroll 03 / CONNECT Two humans. One question. Pass the phone. Trade perspectives. Nobody has to win Thanksgiving.
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UNITED STATES OF ANEWS MENT✳ A little laughter. United States of Anewsment is a news and curiosity game from Communal Pocket . We use comic relief to make room for better questions, honest evidence, and people who see things differently.
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