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November 12, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
You Won’t Believe How Much Rape Threats Increased After Trump’s Win
Donald Trump’s win has prompted a sickening surge in online rape threats.
November 12, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Alex Jones Freaks Out as He Prepares to Lose His Entire Empire
Alex Jones looked near tears as he revealed auctioneers were in his office as he spoke.
November 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Voters Defy Republicans to Overwhelmingly Protect Abortion Rights
Ten states voted on whether to protect abortion access. Only three failed to do so.
November 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Missouri Pulls Off a Massive Win on Abortion Rights
Missouri has overturned a total abortion ban.
November 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Florida’s Deadly Abortion Ban Will Remain Thanks to Cruel Ballot Rule
Floridians were unable to clear the threshold to add an amendment protecting abortion access to the state constitution.
October 31, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Idiot Trump Hits Back at Biden’s “Garbage” Quote With Dumbest Stunt
Donald Trump’s answer to Joe Biden is, quite literally, garbage.
October 29, 2024
Edith Olmsted
What on Earth Was CNN Thinking Inviting a Project 2025 Adviser on Air?
Ryan Girdusky made an offensive comment to Mehdi Hasan while on air, sending the network scrambling.
October 23, 2024
Edith Olmsted
MAGA Republican Takes Shocking Stand on U.S. Arms Sales to Israel
Representative Thomas Massie made his opinion clear.
October 18, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
New Abortion Pill Suit Wants to Force More Teenagers to Get Pregnant
Three states are once again suing to limit access to mifepristone.
October 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Did Fox News Plant the Audience at Trump’s Wild Town Hall?
Some of the audience members at Donald Trump’s town hall event revealed some surprising details about themselves.
October 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
New Report Exposes How Many Minutes It Takes to Get Addicted to TikTok
It’s easy for children and teenagers to get hooked on TikTok, and the company higher-ups aren’t doing anything about it.
October 8, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Manages to Makes October 7 Memorial Service All About Him
Donald Trump what essentially became a campaign stop with a very weird song choice.
October 7, 2024
Edith Olmsted
MTG’s Dumb Hurricane Conspiracy Takes on Sinister New Twist
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claim that “they can control the weather” was a dog whistle to antisemites everywhere.
October 7, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Decides to Let Texas Women Die
The Supreme Court has let stand a lower court decision barring emergency abortions in Texas.
October 3, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ta-Nehisi Coates Eviscerates Harris for This Choice at the DNC
Ta-Nehisi Coates slammed Kamala Harris and the DNC for their response to the crisis in Gaza.
October 2, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Biden Gets Stunning Letter on Gaza Cease-Fire
Nearly 100 health workers sent Joe Biden an open letter about their time working in Gaza.
October 2, 2024
Edith Olmsted
The Most Disturbing Question CBS Asked in the Entire V.P. Debate
CBS moderators parroted right-wing talking points multiple times.
October 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Just Responded to Middle East Conflict. You’ll Wish He Hadn’t.
Donald Trump has managed to make Iran launching missiles at Israel all about himself.
October 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Fox News Pushes Dangerous (and Stupid) Hurricane Helene Conspiracy
MAGA has resurrected its favorite bogeyman for hurricane relief.
September 25, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Harris Makes Dramatic Shift on the Death Penalty
Kamala Harris has suddenly gone silent on whether or not she supports capital punishment.

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