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May 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Louisiana Republicans Just Made Covering Police Brutality a Crime
Police in the state can now arrest people who don’t stand more than 25 feet away from them while they are on duty.
May 29, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Sick Reason Texas Teachers Are Suing for Right to Punish Students
Professors want to mark students who miss class to get an abortion as having an unexcused absence.
May 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Calls to Remove Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Explode After Grad Speech
Is Harrison Butker regretting that catastrophic speech yet?
May 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Internet Shreds Chiefs Player for Bonkers, Hateful Graduation Speech
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has become the butt of the internet’s jokes.
May 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden Appointee Cites Jewish Faith in Resignation Over War in Gaza
An Interior Department staffer accused the president of “making Jews the face of the American war machine.”
May 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How Abortion Bans Put Black Women in the Most Danger
More than half of Black women have little to no abortion access.
May 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
GOP Senate Candidate Pushes Unhinged Conspiracy Theory on Abortion
David McCormick agreed that Democrats don’t actually care about reproductive health.
May 13, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
You Won’t Believe Melania Trump’s Reaction to Access Hollywood Tape
Michael Cohen says she helped come up with the Trump campaign’s response.
May 13, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Michael Cohen Says Trump Warned Him About This Creepy, Horrific Detail
Trump worried “a lot of women” would want to share negative stories about him.
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Texas Top Court Has Horrific Judgment Over Failed Reproductive Surgery
The Texas Supreme Court told a woman she could not collect financial damages over her doctor’s negligence.
May 10, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Kristi Noem Got Herself Banned From Parts of Her Own State
Five of South Dakota’s Indigenous tribes are imposing a hilarious penalty on the governor.
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Allies Have a Horror Movie Plan to Clear Out Death Row Prisoners
The infamous Project 2025 includes a plan to purge prisons.
May 10, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s Why Trump Keeps Changing His Opinion About TikTok
Allies of the Republican presidential nominee are increasingly involved with the Chinese media industry.
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Virginia Schools Stop Virtue Signaling, Bring Back Confederate Names
The Shenandoah County school board voted to reinstate the Confederate names of its schools.
May 9, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Columbia Could Take Major Financial Hit Over Response to Gaza Protests
More than 1,000 alums have pledged to withhold support from the school.
May 7, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden Just Effectively Killed a Report on Israeli Actions in Gaza
The administration has indefinitely delayed the report.
May 6, 2024
Ben Metzner
Mitt Romney Reveals Twisted Reason Why Congress Moved to Ban TikTok
It’s not about national security, after all.
May 3, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Republican Rep. Cheers Students’ Racist Response to Gaza Protester
Representative Mike Collins doubled down on the students’ racism.
May 3, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
New Orleans Catholic Church Exposed for Ties to Child Sex-Trafficking
Priests in the Archdiocese of New Orleans allegedly transported children out of state to abuse them.
May 3, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Chuck Schumer Falls in Line with Mike Johnson on Netanyahu
Schumer previously said the Israeli prime minister should be voted out.

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