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Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault is a contributing editor at War Is Boring and host of the podcast War College. His works have been published in Vice, Reuters and the New York Times.

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Medical Exodus

The People Leaving America in Fear of Trumpcare

The health care law has survived for now. But sabotage and threats from Trump are too much for some to take.

Matthew Gault

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EYE SEE YOU

How U.S. Marines Are Using ‘ESP’ to Weaponize Intuition

The Daily Beast has obtained, via the Freedom of Information Act, the Office of Naval Research’s sensemaking training manual—a how-to guide for extra-sensory perception.

David Axe

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