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May 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Missouri Voters Overturned an Abortion Ban. Republicans Ignored Them.
State Republican senators have usurped the will of the voters on abortion.
April 30, 2025
Elliot Haspel
Democrats Should Be Encouraging Women to Have All the Babies They Want
The left loves to mock right-wing pronatalists. But the decline in marriages and births in America is an existential threat to the liberal agenda.
March 10, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Supreme Court Could Bar State Bans on Conversion Therapy for Minors
A Colorado therapist wants the right to practice conversion therapy on her underage patients.
February 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans Propose Creepy Bill to Track Pregnant People
Missouri Republicans want to create a registry of anyone who gets pregnant.
February 18, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Breaks Major Campaign Promise With Toothless IVF Executive Order
Donald Trump had promised to make IVF free.
February 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
West Point Caves to Trump’s Culture Wars in Bonkers Memo
The military academy has disbanded almost a dozen clubs.
February 4, 2025
Edith Olmsted
The Proud Boys Just Lost Use of Their Own Name in the Funniest Way
A judge awarded the use of the group’s name and symbols to a church in Washington, D.C.
January 30, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s War on the Media Has Found Its First Targets
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced he would be investigating two publicly funded media outlets.
January 28, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Handed First Major Loss as Judge Blocks His Funding Freeze
Donald Trump had ordered a halt on all government loans and grants.
January 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans Have a Terrifying Plan for Abortion Clinics
The GOP wants to do away with a key protective measure.
January 28, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republican Calls Kids Freeloaders for Wanting Free School Lunch
Representative Rich McCormick has a bonkers defense for letting kids go hungry.
January 28, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republican Lawmakers Beg Supreme Court to Overturn Marriage Equality
The Supreme Court could soon get its first request to gut the landmark ruling allowing same-sex marriage.
January 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Reveals Racist Plan for Identifying Criminal Immigrants
Donald Trump knows exactly how to determine who is a good immigrant and who is a bad one.
January 22, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Melts Down Over “Nasty” Bishop in Bonkers Midnight Rant
Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde urged Donald Trump during her inaugural prayer to show mercy to LGBTQ people and immigrants.
January 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Sneaks Dangerous Rights for Fetuses Into Executive Order
Donald Trump slipped the anti-abortion language into an otherwise unrelated order.
January 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Congress Introduces New TikTok Bill in Dizzying About-Face
Congress is trying to correct a major self-own.
January 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden Just Gave Away Netanyahu’s Whole Game. And It’s Bad.
Joe Biden tried to joke about Benjamin Netanyahu “carpet bombing” Gaza.
January 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to Free Speech With TikTok Ruling
President Joe Biden is reportedly already looking for ways to reverse the law.
January 16, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
ICE Warns Republicans’ Racist Immigration Bill Is a Total Bust
Not even U.S. immigration officials think the Laken Riley Act is a good idea.
January 16, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Antony Blinken Kicks Out Journalist for Asking Questions About Gaza
Reporter Sam Husseini was forcibly removed from the press conference.

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