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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.
June 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s New Comments on Taylor Swift Will Gross You Out
A new book reveals what Donald Trump thinks about the megastar.
June 10, 2024
Ben Metzner
TNR Takes the Anti-Censorship Fight to the Belly of the Beast
Last Saturday’s event in Ron DeSantis’s Florida with Lauren Groff and Jodi Picoult struck a blow for free expression.
June 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Chappell Roan Calls Out Biden After Snubbing White House Invitation
The pop star called for a cease-fire in Gaza.
June 7, 2024
Tori Otten
Nancy Pelosi Trashes Democratic Leadership for Netanyahu Invite
She said she thought it was “very sad” the Israeli prime minister had been asked to address Congress.
June 7, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Byron Donalds Cannot Stop Praising the Jim Crow Era
Even Fox News has grown incredulous about his obsession.
June 7, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Alex Jones Just Cost Himself Everything
The conspiracy theorist is liquidating all of his assets to repay Sandy Hook victims.
June 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
As School Shootings Abound, Vermont Police Terrify Kids with Fake One
One parent wondered why the police carried out the exercise at all.
June 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden Brags Immigration Policy Isn’t as Bad as Trump’s—It’s Worse
The new ban could make it harder for asylum-seekers.
May 31, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Texas Supreme Court Tells Women They Can Go Die
The court rejected a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Latest Biden Officials’ Resignations Over Gaza Are Extra Messed Up
Their now former boss wrote a book on genocide prevention.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Texas Republicans Propose Horrific Punishment for Abortion Patients
The Lone Star State GOP wants to make abortion punishable by death.

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