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Mar 25, 2025 | 
bookshop.org | Jane Borden
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
simonandschuster.com | Jane Borden
Cults Like Us By Jane Borden Read by Jane Borden Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America Hardcover LIST PRICE $28.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get 30% off hardcovers with code MOM30, plus free shipping on orders of $40 or more. Terms apply.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
vanityfair.com | Jane Borden
In many ways, the United States was founded by what current Americans might call a cult. The Puritans were a radical, high-control group with doomsday beliefs, a fact we rarely acknowledge. The group’s apocalyptic ideology never left us but became a foundation of American culture. The doomsday thinking of our founders has been more blatant than latent during certain movements in American history.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
fredericknewspost.com | Trevor Bach |Jane Borden
What would you take from your house if you knew that everything could go up in flames? That hypothetical question became reality for thousands as fires began ripping through Los Angeles on Jan. 7. Even though, as Californians accustomed to the threat of wildfire, many were prepared to evacuate, the pressure of having just minutes to act scuttled even the best-laid plans.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
seattletimes.com | Jane Borden |Trevor Bach
What would you take from your house if you knew that everything could go up in flames? That hypothetical question became reality for thousands as fires began ripping through Los Angeles on Jan. 7. Even though, as Californians accustomed to the threat of wildfire, many were prepared to evacuate, the pressure of having just minutes to act scuttled even the best-laid plans.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | Trevor Bach |Jane Borden
Home & GardenThe Home You OwnSmall Space LivingPlants and Outdoor LivingRenovations and MaintenanceDecoratingCleaning and Organizing Home & GardenThe Home You OwnSmall Space LivingPlants and Outdoor LivingRenovations and MaintenanceDecoratingCleaning and Organizing The Home You Own 12 Californians on what they took, what they forgot and what they had to leave behind. What would you take from your house if you knew that everything could go up in flames?
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May 29, 2024 | 
vanityfair.com | Jane Borden
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult—a three-part documentary premiering on Netflix today—opens with a story that captured the imagination of millions on TikTok. For years, Miranda Wilking (now known as Miranda Derrick) and her sister, Melanie, had posted clips in which they performed viral dances, amassing between 2 and 3 million followers. But in early 2021, Miranda suddenly disappeared from the feed.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | Jane Borden
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
vanityfair.com | Jane Borden
Love Has Won, called a cult by former followers, was not the sort where the leader overdoses on power, sexually abuses followers, and hoards weapons until it all implodes. This group’s leader, Amy Carlson, began her journey more as cult followers tend to: She fell down an internet rabbit hole, then ran away from her family. Before long, though, she claimed to be God and started collecting followers…who helped her slowly die.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
vanityfair.com | Jane Borden
“I don’t have a lot of vices,” says Paul W. Downs. “But I do like the adrenaline of an auction.”Downs and his wife and creative partner Lucia Aniello—who together with Jen Statsky created Max’s Emmy-winning series Hacks—have stocked their Hollywood home with antiques and artworks.
