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Rex Huppke

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Zuckerberg demands more 'masculine energy.' Calm down, beta.

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Senate Republicans LOVE Trump's recklessly unqualified Cabinet picks

Senate Republicans LOVE Trump's recklessly unqualified Cabinet picks
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Republicans will help LA rebuild – on many conditions

Republicans will help LA rebuild – on many conditions
15.01.2025 20

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Trump's uniquely useless response to the LA fires is a bad sign

Trump's uniquely useless response to the LA fires is a bad sign
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Trump's sentencing lets Republicans cast off their cloak of morality

Trump's sentencing lets Republicans cast off their cloak of morality
10.01.2025 30

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Trump and Musk work overtime to make tragic LA fires worse

Trump and Musk work overtime to make tragic LA fires worse
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ABSOLUTE FACT: Facebook ends fact-check program to please Trump

ABSOLUTE FACT: Facebook ends fact-check program to please Trump
09.01.2025 10

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Trump threatens to invade Greenland. That's my president!

Trump threatens to invade Greenland. That's my president!

As a devout supporter of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, I voted for him because I knew he would address the issues that most impact my life....

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Trump's election win was certified and I didn't even get to do a coup!

Trump's election win was certified and I didn't even get to do a coup!

To my fellow liberals: Guys, what the heck? It’s Jan. 6, I was at the U.S. Capitol, totally fired up to do a coup with you all, and nobody else...

06.01.2025 7

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Donald Trump has let ignorance flourish. It's time to fight back.

Donald Trump has let ignorance flourish. It's time to fight back.

On the eve of Donald Trump’s election certification, the best thing sensible Americans who oppose him and the MAGA leadership can do is remember...

05.01.2025 9

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Will it be House Speaker Johnson again? Nah, time for an emoji:

Will it be House Speaker Johnson again? Nah, time for an emoji:

When House Republicans aren’t busy seeing who can do more to make rich people’s lives easier, they like to spend time disliking whoever it is...

03.01.2025 4

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From cruelty to reelecting Trump, 2024 was bad for America

From cruelty to reelecting Trump, 2024 was bad for America

2024 was not a great year for basic human decency. If we’re being honest, no year has been a great year for human decency since whatever it is...

29.12.2024 10

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Santa is kindness in its purest form. Why would anyone not believe?

I believe in Santa Claus. I make that declaration every year before Christmas, and every year, without fail, I’m mocked (mainly by family members)...

24.12.2024 3

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A MAGA-centric gift guide for the Trump supporter in your life

Do you have a relative who’s a die-hard supporter of President-elect Donald Trump AND impossible to shop for around the holidays? If so, I’m...

22.12.2024 10

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My drones conspiracy theory is way better than yours

The hysteria over mysterious drone sightings in and around New Jersey has reached a fever pitch, leaving people along the East Coast and across the...

20.12.2024 3

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The hysteria over mysterious drone sightings in and around New Jersey has reached a fever pitch, leaving people along the East Coast and across the...

19.12.2024 6

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A school shooting. A CEO's murder. Guess who we're paying attention to?

In a normal, civilized society, every shooting death would matter. Every life taken would shock the conscience.  But that’s not the case in...

19.12.2024 60

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GOP drops DEI and gives us all-male, almost-all-white leadership

If there’s one thing Republicans hate, it’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which they see as the demonic spawn of “wokeness,” a...

17.12.2024 20

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My drones conspiracy theory is way better than yours

The hysteria over mysterious drone sightings in and around New Jersey has reached a fever pitch, leaving people along the East Coast and across the...

16.12.2024 4

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Polio proudly endorses preventable disease advocate RFK Jr.

I have received a copy of the following letter from the highly contagious viral disease polio, written to members of the U.S. Senate who will be...

15.12.2024 60

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You voted for Trump for lower food prices? Guess what: He lied.

Donald Trump acts like he invented the word “groceries.” He credits talking about “groceries” for his win in the presidential election, and he...

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Voice of America fought Nazi propaganda. Now Trump will destroy it.

Objective reality had a good run here in America, but it’s largely out the window now. President-elect Donald Trump has picked serial liar and...

12.12.2024 10

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Nobel Prize winners denounce RFK Jr. just because he's an absurd nut

So I see a bunch of so-called Nobel laureates have come out with a fancy-schmancy letter calling on U.S. senators to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

11.12.2024 6

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Trump's America will be run by billionaires. You'll pay the price.

President-elect Donald Trump cares deeply about the forgotten men and women of the MAGA movement, the regular folks who believe wealthy elites have...

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Trump sparks bitcoin boom. What could possibly go wrong?

Great news, fellow dream chasers! Bitcoin is booming and we are all going to be rich! If you pay attention to mainstream media sources (I don’t),...

06.12.2024 3

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Hegseth for DeSantis? How many 'worst people' are left for Trump?

Watching President-elect Donald Trump take a mixed-nuts approach to his Cabinet appointments – Fox News host Pete Hegseth? Recently incarcerated...

05.12.2024 20

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This Christmas, Trump fans must reject Santa, keep manger migrant-free

Greetings, supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. In a profound act of bipartisanship and comity, I'm here to help you plan your true-to-MAGA...

03.12.2024 8

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Biden's shameful decision to pardon Hunter only helps Trump

At a moment in American history when honesty has taken a merciless beating, President Joe Biden made a liar of himself. In the wake of an election...

02.12.2024 2

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President Biden, cancel Thanksgiving. We'll try again next year.

Today I am calling on President Joe Biden to do the right thing for America and formally cancel this year’s Thanksgiving. In the wake of the...

27.11.2024 60

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Trump picks Dr. Oz? Hey, who needs job qualifications!

Great news for Americans who hate science and morals and have always wanted a job they’re in no way qualified to get. Thanks to President-elect...

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Gaetz for AG? Sure. GOP should give Trump whatever he wants.

In a potential blow to the “Donald Trump is NOT a fascist!” crowd, the president-elect has made a fascist-adjacent demand: He wants to install...

15.11.2024 60

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Opinion: Trump isn't president yet. You can ignore him for now.

Almost a week out from Donald Trump’s commanding presidential victory, I have a suggestion for Democrats, anti-MAGA conservatives and others on...

12.11.2024 50

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Opinion: Harris lost. I assume Democrats just forgot to cheat, right?

You want to know how badly the Democrats screwed up the presidential election? So badly they forgot to cheat. I had it on very good authority –...

08.11.2024 30

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Opinion: Harris concedes? What happened to denying election results?

With grace and humility, Vice President Kamala Harris stood before the American people Wednesday and acknowledged that she lost the 2024...

07.11.2024 30

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Opinion: No winner yet, but Trump's showing proves America is lost

Good morning, and welcome to hell, or as it’s known in modern-day America, “the day after Election Day.” We still don’t know who won, largely...

06.11.2024 30

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Opinion: Voters reelect Trump, a totem of the worst in all of us

I never want to hear the words “America is better than this” again. I never want to be told about America’s better angels. I want honesty. I...

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Opinion: Harris is an easy choice over Trump. He will do literal harm.

I’m voting, proudly and loudly, for Vice President Kamala Harris, and the simplest reason is this: As president, Donald Trump will harm people I...

04.11.2024 2

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Opinion: Time change gives Trump 60 bonus minutes to lie to us. Ugh.

The end of daylight saving time is perfect this year, because it gives GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his surrogates an extra hour to...

03.11.2024 10

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Opinion: I met a child ruined by Trump's migrant cruelty. Never again.

One of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ campaign slogans is a simple: We’re not going back. That can mean many things to...

01.11.2024 20

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Opinion: Difference between Harris, Trump? One thinks we're 'garbage.'

Let's see if we can detect the subtle difference in our two presidential candidate’s closing messages. Vice President Kamala Harris, before tens...

31.10.2024 2

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Opinion: Trump's racist rally shows voters what Republicans want

At Donald Trump’s racist, hate-filled Madison Square Garden rally this weekend, the Republican Party got a look at rock bottom, and American...

28.10.2024 1

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Opinion: More Republicans than I can list support Harris, fear Trump

Conservatives and independents shouldn’t pay much mind to liberals like me who fear what might happen if Donald Trump becomes the next president....

25.10.2024 1

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Opinion: Trump says 'Hitler did some good things.' And GOP just shrugs?

Republicans and conservative commentators spent Wednesday responding to shocking revelations by The Atlantic that Donald Trump, while president,...

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Opinion: Stop lying. Harris has better economic plan than Trump.

This may come as a shock to some, but Donald Trump is not an economic genius. He’s a full-of-it fabulist who somehow branded himself a master of...

22.10.2024 20

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Opinion: Trump's bizarre, vulgar weekend isn't helping age concerns

Donald Trump started the weekend bizarrely telling a rally crowd that late golf great Arnold Palmer had a large penis, and ended it pretending to be...

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Opinion: Trump could lose to Harris. His voters aren't ready for that.

Despite all the faux clairvoyance of pollsters and political pundits and the endless babble from social media Nostradamuses, there isn’t a soul...

20.10.2024 10

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Opinion: Lyin' Vance loves Trump more than the truth. It's pathetic.

JD Vance has now explicitly said he doesn’t believe Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. So I am now explicitly calling Sen. JD Vance...

18.10.2024 1

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Opinion: Trump ally goes full-bigot with homophobic attack on Buttigieg

It seems Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is required to have at least one despicable moment per day, and Thursday was no different. Staunch...

18.10.2024 60

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Opinion: Harris calls out Bret Baier in hostile Fox News interview

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went into America’s Den of Misinformation – Fox News – for a Wednesday night interview that...

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Opinion: An abortion ban killed her. Now Trump's mocking her family.

Correction & clarification: A prior version of this column misspelled the name of Fox News host Harris Faulkner. The death of Amber Thurman, a...

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