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Donald Trump’s emotional support convention

The RNC embarrasses itself with a shindig no one else wanted

09.09.2026 20

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Why Erika Kirk failed as Turning Point USA’s leader

One year after Charlie Kirk's death, the organization is a joke — even on the right

08.09.2026 20

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JD Vance’s chivalry to his wife Usha fools no one

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has the vice president’s number

04.09.2026 30

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Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms

Silicon Valley billionaires hope to buy their way out of democracy

02.09.2026 30

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Texas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruption

Jon Ossoff and James Talarico are polling well with a clean government message

31.08.2026 20

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The high cost of MAGA manhood

Masculinity on the right runs on consumption. Trump made the hallmarks of manhood pricier

28.08.2026 20

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The Lindsay Clancy murder trial exposes MAGA lies

Why many right-wing men can't admit that postpartum disorders are real

26.08.2026 40

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Pete Hegseth’s path to the 2028 GOP nomination isn’t a joke

The defense secretary's tough-guy persona may be exactly what wins over white evangelical voters

24.08.2026 30

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ICE gloves reveal how Trump’s revenge agenda is failing

The president's deportation agenda has failed in the courts. Now he's trying to cheat the system

21.08.2026 20

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Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline

The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging

19.08.2026 20

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Pete Hegseth is Trump’s favorite kind of failure

The USS Lincoln disaster reveals the defense secretary’s twisted priorities

17.08.2026 20

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The Flock uprising is just the beginning

People are sick of tech billionaires trying to control our lives

14.08.2026 40

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AOC exposes MAGA’s motherhood hypocrisy

The New York congresswoman freezes her eggs, and Republicans show their true feelings

12.08.2026 40

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MAGA has pandemic nostalgia

Renewed harassment of Dr. Anthony Fauci is a sad attempt to reclaim a Covid-era victim narrative

10.08.2026 30

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Max Miller tests GOP tolerance of terrible men

A wave of abuse scandals in Congress have started to worry even Republicans

07.08.2026 20

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How Ariana Grande’s body became political

MAGA influencers want women not just thin, but weak

05.08.2026 30

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Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate

The likeliest reason for the Kentucky senator's ruse is also the most pathetic

03.08.2026 30

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The real reason Todd Blanche won’t drop Trump’s slush fund

The acting attorney general made $10 million as the president’s defense attorney

31.07.2026 30

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JD Vance will never be the GOP Obama

He can copy Obama's biography, but the vice president will never have the charisma

29.07.2026 40

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Paramount/Warner Bros. merger will make media more MAGA — and more boring

Larry and David Ellison's political ambitions will suck the joy out of TV and movies

20.07.2026 40

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Pete Hegseth wants to measure your manhood

The defense secretary's obsession with high testosterone levels can't hide MAGA insecurity

17.07.2026 20

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MAGA influencers exploit Graham Platner scandal to win back men

Manosphere figures are using anger over the Maine race to coax young voters back to Trump

15.07.2026 30

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New ICE boss, same old lies

A fatal ICE shooting in Houston shows Markwayne Mullin is just a male Kristi Noem

13.07.2026 50

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Dinosaurs on Noah’s ark? A MAGA theme park clings to creationism

Kentucky's Ark Encounter turns 10, and its founder Ken Ham is as bitter as ever

10.07.2026 30

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Taylor Swift’s wedding proves AOC right: There are no good billionaires

The pop star built an empire on relatability until she became part of the ultra-rich

08.07.2026 30

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Trump wrecked America’s 250th in DC, but other blue cities will save it

Christina Aguilera, Chris Stapleton and Jelly Roll — real stars — headline July Fourth parties in liberal towns

03.07.2026 30

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Texas Republicans may regret mandating Bible in classes

Debating Christianity in class will likely create more non-believers

01.07.2026 40

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“Nuclear Family Month” shows that MAGA is still coming for same-sex marriage

Red state anti-Pride proclamations demonize most straight people along LGBTQ folks

29.06.2026 30

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Tucker Carlson is not leaving the GOP. He wants to take it over

The podcast host envisions a more radical Republican Party

26.06.2026 50

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Why MAGA buys Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax

The GOP base would love to arrest people who laugh at them

24.06.2026 40

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The new Obama Presidential Center ramps up Trump’s jealousy

The Iran war loss cements the current president’s failed legacy

19.06.2026 30

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JD Vance’s sad book tour shows why his 2028 hopes are fading

In "Communion," the vice president assumes people still care about Charlie Kirk

17.06.2026 30

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UFC fight can’t hide MAGA male weakness

Calling Michelle Obama a “man” won't make up for losing the Iran war

17.06.2026 60

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TPUSA’s new message to girls: Hate yourself

Speakers at the women's leadership summit continued Charlie Kirk's misogynist mission

12.06.2026 30

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Pete Hegseth’s Mormon diss explodes a MAGA myth

Christian nationalism isn't just immoral — it's incoherent

10.06.2026 50

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Even in purple Colorado, Republicans can’t find a normal candidate

The lead in the GOP governor’s primary claims he’s an expert at “Cajun Karate” — the other two aren’t much better

08.06.2026 30

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JD Vance goes all in on immigrant fraud hoax

The vice president and Stephen Miller hope Nick Shirley's dubious "exposés" will distract from Trump's failures

05.06.2026 60

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MAGA fails to conquer arts and music

Trump’s losses at the Kennedy Center and Freedom 250 follow Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl humiliation

03.06.2026 50

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Why MAGA buys Trump’s perfect health lie

Cultish devotion leads Republicans to see Trump as more god-like than human

01.06.2026 50

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E. Jean Carroll still terrifies Trump

Justice Department efforts to rewrite history show #MeToo still matters

29.05.2026 50

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Trump will regret endorsing Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary

Democrat James Talarico may win — and the president weakened his hold over the GOP

27.05.2026 50

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The USDA secretary is a dangerous religious zealot like Pete Hegseth

Brooke Rollins is being sued for blitzing her staff with Christian emails

25.05.2026 60

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We should prosecute parents when kids kill

The San Diego mosque shooter got his guns from his mother. Should she face charges?

22.05.2026 40

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White House ballroom is turning into a symbol of Trump’s failures

The president’s only legacy will be greed and corruption

20.05.2026 70

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The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants

The HHS Secretary's attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health

18.05.2026 60

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TPUSA’s “Make Heaven Crowded” revival tour is a disaster

Charlie Kirk’s death did not inspire the national spiritual awakening that was promised

17.05.2026 60

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The Christian right hijacks America’s 250th

Trump's Rededicate 250 event erases the U.S.'s secular history

15.05.2026 50

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Assassination conspiracy theories? Blame Trump

False flag stories reveal a deeper truth about Trump’s failing presidency

13.05.2026 60

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I read the right-wing women’s magazine sex issue so you don’t have to

Evie magazine, conservatism's answer to Cosmo, tried to make "trad" sexy. It failed

08.05.2026 50

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Abortion is still a problem for the GOP

Even this Supreme Court seems wary of efforts to restrict the abortion pill

06.05.2026 70

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