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November 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Team Trump’s Final Plea to Voters Is, Frankly, Nuts
Donald Trump’s allies are freaking out about the death of a pet squirrel—and somehow, it’s Kamala Harris’s fault.
September 30, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
J.D. Vance Gives Shocking Defense of Racism Based on the Bible
The Republican vice presidential nominee justified racism toward immigrants at a gathering hosted by a proud Christian nationalist.
September 24, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Project 2025 Architect Can’t Explain Wild Report of Him Killing a Dog
Kevin Roberts didn’t have an answer after an unsettling report on him murdering a pet.
September 18, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
J.D. Vance Tried to See if Pet-Eating Rumor Was True—After Posting It
Here’s the only case J.D. Vance could find of immigrants supposedly eating people’s pets. Judge for yourself how absurd it is.
September 18, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Springfield’s GOP Mayor Issues Stark Warning to Trump After His Lies
Springfield, Ohio, Mayor Rob Rue says Donald Trump better stay out of his city after spreading those pet-eating lies about immigrants.
September 16, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Watch: Ohio Attorney General Refuses to Disavow Racist Pet-Eating Lie
David Yost, Ohio’s Republican attorney general, still sees no problem with peddling racist lies about immigrants in his state.
September 16, 2024
Robert McCoy
Even Fox News Tries to Shut Down Lara Trump on Pet-Eating Conspiracy
Republicans’ racist “immigrants are eating pets” conspiracy theory is getting to be too much for Fox News.
September 13, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Ohio Lieutenant Governor Decides Now’s the Time for a Sick Joke
As an Ohio town is facing threats thanks to Republicans’ conspiracy fearmongering, Ohio Lieutenant Governor John Husted made a twisted joke.
September 9, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Ted Cruz Gets Brutal Reminder After Sharing Racist Migrants Conspiracy
Senator Ted Cruz really thought he did something with this one.
January 22, 2016
Esther Breger
Pixar needs to immediately option this
New York Times
column about an albino rat making it on Broadway.
August 27, 2014
Billy H.C.Kwok
Horrifying Photos of China's Dog-Eating Festival—and the Activists Who Are Trying to Stop It
August 1, 2013
Chloe Schama
The Best Thing You Can Do Before You Have Kids: Get a Dog
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