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October 14, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pete Hegseth Sent National Guard Troops Home for Being Too Fat
The defense secretary has implemented some bonkers new rules for physical appearance in the military.
September 30, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Pete Hegseth Announces Unhinged Changes to Military Training
Hegseth revealed he was reducing some training requirements but permitting aggressive training tactics.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Own Staffers Don’t Think He’s Fit to Be President
A damning new interview reveals that some White House staffers think Donald Trump is unfit to lead.
May 27, 2016
Joanna Scutts
The Depression Era’s Magic Bullet For Weight Loss
The most effective diet pill of the twentieth century helped thousands of people lose weight—by boiling them from the inside.
March 30, 2015
Lianne McTavish
What I Learned by Becoming a Bodybuilder at Age 45
June 14, 2013
Jennifer Percy
Sweat in Peace
Memorializing the dead at CrossFit
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