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June 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Alex Jones’s Conspiracy Kingdom Just Got Closer to Crumbling
A bankruptcy court trustee has filed an emergency motion to shut down Jones’s media company.
June 24, 2024
Edith Olmsted
South Carolina to Launch Biggest Censorship Campaign Yet
The South Carolina state superintendent of education is about to gut school libraries.
June 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Sets Up Major Battle Over Transgender Health Care
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.
June 21, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Matt Schlapp Attempts to Mock Reporter—and Regrets It Immediately
The head of CPAC got called out for even more unreported shady behavior.
June 21, 2024
Ben Metzner
Only Defense of the Ten Commandments Law Just Imploded Spectacularly
Louisiana Republican Representative Lauren Ventrella failed miserably to defend the law she co-authored.
June 21, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Clarence Thomas Says Domestic Abusers Should Have Guns
Thomas whined that his Supreme Court colleagues had misinterpreted one of his previous opinions in their latest ruling.
June 19, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Louisiana Obliterates Separation of Church and State With Wild New Law
The Bayou State just got one step closer to Christian nationalism.
June 19, 2024
Edith Olmsted
The Most Shocking Admission from Shady Boeing CEO’s Testimony
Dave Calhoun’s testimony included explosive revelations that did nothing to quell anger at and concerns about the company.
June 18, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Jeff Bezos Has Worst Response Ever to Washington Post Turmoil
The newspaper owner and Amazon founder’s reaction did not exactly inspire confidence.
June 18, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Judge Who Tried to Kill Abortion Pill Now Takes Aim at Gun Control
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has blocked a rule from the ATF expanding gun control regulations.
June 17, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Ally Goes on Racist Rant Over Biden’s New Immigration Policy
Stephen Miller freaked out about Joe Biden’s new anti-deportation protections.
June 17, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Ally Admits to Horrific Relationship With a Minor
Pastor Robert Morris said he molested a child for five years in the 1980s.
June 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Washington Post Now Has a Team Just Covering Its Management Scandals
The paper brought back a former managing editor to oversee coverage of the controversies surrounding new leadership.
June 14, 2024
Edith Olmsted
New York Inches Closer to Police State with Bonkers Proposed Rule
The governor and New York City mayor are mulling banning face masks in the subway.
June 14, 2024
Edith Olmsted
It’s All Over for Alex Jones With New Sandy Hook Ruling
A Houston judge has allowed the conspiracy theorist to liquidate his assets to pay his debt to Sandy Hook victims.
June 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MAGA House Hopeful Denies Making Insane A.I. Martin Luther King Jr. Ad
Michigan Republican Anthony Hudson blamed the terrible A.I.-generated ad on a campaign volunteer.
June 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Sotomayor Brutally Slams Supreme Court’s Gun Hypocrisy in Dissent
The Supreme Court justice noted her conservative colleagues quickly abandoned their textualist principles in the ruling on bump stocks.
June 14, 2024
Edith Olmsted
It’s Alito’s Vitriolic Wife’s Favorite Holiday
Happy Flag Day to Martha-Ann Alito!
June 13, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Shocks Everyone by Saving Abortion Pill—for Now
The conservative-majority court ruled against a challenge to mifepristone, one of the medications used to induce an abortion.
June 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Biden’s Israel Waffling Let This Company Scam Refugees
An Egyptian company is charging Palestinian refugees thousands of dollars to get out of Gaza.

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