This Pennsylvania Republican withstood pressure on the megabill. Here’s why.

Brian Fitzpatrick’s survival mechanism as a battleground House Republican entails occasionally distancing himself from his own MAGA-controlled party. On Thursday he took that to the next level by voting against President Donald Trump’s megabill amid an unrelenting pressure campaign from the White House. The head-turning move made Fitzpatrick one of just two House Republicans to…

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30 years of Pokémon: The memes that made it immortal

When Satoshi Tajiri created Pokémon, he imagined it as a way for kids to connect. The original games, released in Japan in February 1996, required a physical Game Boy link cable to trade creatures, turning strangers into trainers and playgrounds into real-life Pokémon Gyms. The anime reinforced that idea, following Ash and Pikachu’s journey as…

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