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A study in contrasts: Biden stands with auto workers, while Trump looks down upon them

This week, President Joe Biden did what no president has done before: He walked a picket line in solidarity with striking workers. He joined a group...

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President Drink Bleach says what? Trump now claims he beat George W. Bush and Barack Obama

Donald Trump is skipping another GOP primary debate this week and the theories abound as to why. Some paint it as a smart strategy, setting his...

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With Rupert Murdoch leaving Fox News, an even more deranged MAGA media is making its move

Almost everyone in journalism is a fan of "Succession," which meant that the HBO show heavily shaped the reaction to last week's announcement that...

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Allegations against Rudy Giuliani and Russell Brand show sexual abuse is a selling point for MAGA

"Sometimes, it's who you most suspect." That's what a friend of mine texted to a group chat after the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4 Dispatches...

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Fetterman's hoodie vs. Boebert's handsy night: Why Republicans can't see their own hypocrisy

Let's just get this out of the way, since it will be tweeted at me a million times: Wilhoit's Law comes from a 2018 comment posted on the Crooked...

21.09.2023 40

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Lauren Boebert's sexy adventure: Blame conservatives' push for "traditional marriage"

It is a cycle as predictable as the sun rising and setting: Whenever feminism gains some social traction, the mainstream media reacts by amplifying a...

19.09.2023 7

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Enough with the Mitt Romney adulation! The GOP hasn't been a serious "policy" party in decades

The Beltway press' longing for a stern-but-loving Republican daddy, who will bring our naughty nation in line, has always had an erotic tinge to it....

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Even Lauren Boebert knows a phony Biden impeachment will backfire — why the GOP will do it anyway

Impeaching President Joe Biden on phony charges built on falsified evidence is generally understood, by both the Beltway press and even by Republican...

14.09.2023 10

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PragerU's Confederate classroom propaganda: Co-opting history to prop up modern insurrectionists

It's ironic that the team at PragerU hates communism so much since they produce dishonest agitprop that rivals anything the Soviet Union's most...

13.09.2023 5

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Another Christian influencer arrested for child abuse: Why conservatives keep falling for these cons

In many ways, it's the least surprising story of our times: A showily Christian conservative holds themselves out to be the moral arbiter for others...

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Not just Trump: The trial of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton shows MAGA loves crooks as leaders

When feeling defensive about their love for Donald Trump, it's become common for MAGA Americans to pretend it's about "his policies," not his...

07.09.2023 5

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The Proud Boys aren't sorry

At the sentencing hearings for the five Proud Boys convicted for some of the most serious crimes related to the January 6 insurrection, the crocodile...

06.09.2023 2

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DeSantis earned his Jacksonville boos: New documents show team pushed "opposing" views on slavery

Earlier this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis took time off from campaigning to be the GOP nominee for president to offer unconvincing sympathies to the...

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Trump conspirators beware: Rudy Giuliani's loss is a reminder that the courtroom is MAGA kryptonite

Good news, New York apartment hunters! There's at least one motivated seller who may be ready to unload a Manhattan pre-war beauty for below market...

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GOP voters can't cope with Trump charges — so Republicans double down on anti-democratic attacks

As anyone who read the indictments from special prosecutor Jack Smith or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could attest, the evidence...

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Fani Willis proves the skeptics wrong: 18 co-defendants is a big problem for Donald Trump

As soon as it became apparent that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was likely to charge Donald Trump under RICO statutes for his efforts...

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Rating the MAGA mug shots: Donald Trump and his posse pose as supervillains

It's finally here: Donald Trump's mug shot. The former president and lifelong criminal finally got the moment he's no doubt been expecting all his...

25.08.2023 3

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Vivek Ramaswamy's 15 minutes are here: His surge of support shows all the GOP base wants is trolling

When talking about businessman Vivek Ramaswamy's performance at Wednesday night's debut Republican presidential primary, the adjectives that burbled...

25.08.2023 3

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Why do Republicans even bother with this whole farce?

Going into Wednesday night, there were some valiant efforts from the Beltway media to hype the first debate of the Republican presidential primary....

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Let's pour one out for Mike Lindell: MyPillow Guy wasn't important enough to get his own indictment

One week ago, when Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis read out this list of 19 people indicted for a plot to steal Georgia's presidential...

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Trump judge's actual argument for abortion bans: Doctors are harmed without cute sonograms

Watch out, Justice Samuel Alito! You've got real competition when it comes to federal judges whose judicial opinions sound more like unhinged posts...

18.08.2023 10

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Hey, Republicans! It's Trump who "criminalized politics" by turning GOP into a two-bit mafia

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrapped up her case early and with a bang on Monday night, securing indictments against Donald Trump and...

17.08.2023 3

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"Teflon Don" is a collective fiction — it's time to tell the story of Trump in jail

As soon as the magistrate judge in Washington warned Donald Trump that it was a crime to "influence a juror or try to threaten or bribe a witness or...

16.08.2023 7

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Some Georgia Republicans get it: Fani Willis just did them a huge favor

Let's hope Georgia Republicans remember the manners their mamas taught them, because if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis succeeds in her...

15.08.2023 3

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Newest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends

Considering how rapidly the right's "war on woke" is expanding, it was perhaps inevitable: Self-identified "mama bears" on a Texas school board are...

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Not just the coup: Trump used the "aspirational" defense in the E. Jean Carroll rape lawsuit

In the torrent of bad faith, illogical, and simply weird defenses being floated by Donald Trump's defenders, one stood out this week as especially...

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Don't be fooled by the spin: Republicans are banning courses and harassing teachers out of their job

Another week, another lesson in a truth that will not be heeded by the mainstream media: Republicans are liars, and you should never take what they...

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Not just Trump: The Ohio abortion vote exposes the bitterness fueling the GOP war on democracy

For decades, Republicans had bamboozled the press into believing that the country was "bitterly divided" over abortion. Mainstream media misled...

09.08.2023 10

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"Anti-woke" darling Richard Hanania is exposed: What this says about the "intellectual" right

For those who want to understand the vast differences between elite and everyday Republican voters, this past weekend was a perfect study in...

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Florida bans AP psychology classes, proving Ron DeSantis wants a return to the pre-Stonewall days

According to the state of Florida, under the guidance of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, 16- and 17-year-old kids aren't old enough to learn that gender...

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Trump's Jan. 6 defense strategy: "Flood the zone with sh*t"

Within the first 48 hours of Donald Trump's latest indictment, on federal charges related to his attempted coup after the 2020 election, the number of...

04.08.2023 10

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Why Trump's Jan. 6 indictment feels so different: This time, there are victims

The weeks between November 3, 2020 and January 6, 2021 often feel like a blur. That was very much by the design of Donald Trump and his...

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The simple reason why Ron DeSantis keeps finding his campaign embroiled in scandal

When GOP presidential hopeful Gov. Ron DeSantis fired a campaign staffer who posted a video with Nazi imagery in it, the media coverage fell into a...

02.08.2023 10

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"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate

The grifters that make up the troll-industrial complex are not okay. One can see the sheen of desperation in the world of self-identified...

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New charges raise an old question: Why are so many people willing to risk it all for Donald Trump?

We didn't get the fresh new round of Donald Trump indictments many were waiting for last week. But late Thursday, special prosecutor Jack Smith did...

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"These people are admitting they lied to you": Trump’s own men undermine his “delusional” defense

"For those that still believe there was widespread voter fraud, these people are admitting they lied to you." These are not the words of a Democratic...

28.07.2023 3

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The gospel according to Sinéad O'Connor: She was right all along

My first thought when I heard about the tragic death of legendary singer Sinéad O'Connor was, "I'm going to deck the next right-wing mofo who claims...

27.07.2023 7

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Elon Musk's absurd Twitter rebrand: Has the far right finally broken his brain?

When contrasting the state of Twitter before and after its purchase last year by Elon Musk, it is customary to include some throat-clearing about how...

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The "Barbie" backlash isn't just cynical: The GOP is abusing its own supporters

For much of the country over this past weekend, the release of the movie "Barbie" was an unapologetically joyous occasion. The pink-drenched comedy...

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Trump threats will only backfire on him — they prove Jack Smith's entire case

Last week, Donald Trump let loose with one of his tantrums disguised as a fundraising appeal on Truth Social, this time claiming that special...

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RFK Jr.'s MAGA workouts won't work: It takes more than push-ups to topple Trump

There is a great deal that is upsetting, watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr. make a phony run for the Democratic presidential nomination. There's the way...

19.07.2023 40

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert were doomed to feud — there can only be one MAGA queen

As the GOP devolves into an entertainment product for people too stupid for scripted television, it was destined that a "cat fight" storyline would...

18.07.2023 6

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Billionaires aren't okay — for their mental health, time to drastically raise their taxes

The psyche of mainstream America is slowly starting to grasp what grumpy leftists have long argued: Extreme wealth does a number on people's grasp on...

17.07.2023 5

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GOP war on the FBI: Republican attacks on Chris Way echo ideology of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh

Ray Epps quite likely is the least sympathetic defamation litigant in history, at least among those who have a legitimate legal argument. To win his...

14.07.2023 10

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Tucker Carlson's Twitter interview with Andrew Tate: Elon Musk is really getting desperate

"I love raping you." So reads an alleged text from Andrew Tate to a woman who filed a police report against the former kickboxer-turned-social media...

13.07.2023 10

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Hunter Biden "whistleblower" exposed as a fugitive and accused spy — but MAGA won't budge

What a difference a week makes! Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., was gloating Thursday about how his star witness against Hunter Biden, the president's son,...

12.07.2023 7

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Republican women learn the hard way: Complicity will not protect you

There's no rhyme or reason to the given reasons for why the House Freedom Caucus ousted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., last week. She should be...

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"Gun violence has created a lot of anxiety": The forgotten survivors of shootings speak

Over the extended Fourth of July holiday, as has become all too normal in the U.S., there was a numbing series of 16 mass shootings in 13 states and...

10.07.2023 5

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Fake "liberal" Twitter account exposed: We should worry less about AI and more about human stupidity

The funniest aspect of the "Erica Marsh" story is how obvious it was that this supposed hot girl #Resistance tweeter was not a real person. Drew...

06.07.2023 6

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Memo to Chris Christie: You can't troll Donald Trump in a GOP primary

Over the holiday weekend, with little else to talk about, centrist pundits and never-Trumpers decided it was time to throw former Gov. Chris Christie,...

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