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MAGA's war on empathy exposes misogynist fears

Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy "toxic" and "suicidal" — blame their shared misogyny

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Trump blinks on tariffs in face of GOP resistance — but he hasn't given up on his cult leader dreams

Trump blinks on tariffs in face of GOP resistance — but he hasn't given up on his cult leader dreams

"BE COOL": Trump is still giving "last days of Waco" vibes despite a 90-day "pause" on tariffs

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Fox News, desperate to defend Trump's tariffs, exploits MAGA's masculinity delusions

Fox News, desperate to defend Trump's tariffs, exploits MAGA's masculinity delusions

Right-wing social media has decided soaring inflation will somehow grant them all tradwives

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Don't believe the hype: MAGA knows that RFK's "endorsement" of vaccines is phony

Don't believe the hype: MAGA knows that RFK's

Using Trump's pandemic playbook, Kennedy uses anti-prevention actions to speak louder than his empty words

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Russell Brand's rape charges expose the devil's bargain between MAGA and "Christian" celebrities

Russell Brand's rape charges expose the devil's bargain between MAGA and

There's no depravity the religious right won't overlook — as long as a famous person validates their politics

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"Girls Gone Bible": Spicy Christian podcast sells young women on MAGA. Will scandal hurt or help?

Two L.A. actresses built an instant online empire on pre-tradwife content. Now former fans have questions

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Mike Johnson melts down after House proxy vote failure exposes MAGA's "pro-family" lie

Mike Johnson melts down after House proxy vote failure exposes MAGA's

The House speaker's latest tantrum shows how the "pro-family" MAGA GOP just wants women back in the kitchen

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The misogynist agenda of "MAHA moms"

The misogynist agenda of

RFK Jr. is using his "MAHA moms" to push women out of the workplace and into the kitchen

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Why overturning Roe v. Wade only made America's abortion rate rise

Why overturning Roe v. Wade only made America's abortion rate rise

"They will never stop abortion": "After Dobbs" chronicles "the extraordinary efforts" to help women get healthcare

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From "Mar-a-Lago face" to uncanny AI art: MAGA loves ugly in submission to Trump

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One of the swiftest ways to "trigger" the liberals is looking awful

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"I don't regret the vote": Why most Trump voters stand by him, even as he ruins their lives

It's not totally hopeless: Some swing voters who backed Trump may learn their lesson

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"They basically want to kill me": GOP efforts to turn Musk into a MAGA martyr are backfiring

Even conservatives can't muster pity for a whining billionaire coming for Granny's Social Security

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Trump snookers MAGA with "Epstein files" promise: "I would say weeks"

Using his standard “two weeks” strategy, Trump suckers his conspiracy theorist base to keep the heat off Pam Bondi

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Elon Musk's war on Social Security unmasks the GOP's true disdain for retirees

Terms like "vampires," "fraud," "scam" and "definitely dead" are how the DOGE leader demonizes elderly people

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The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction

Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why Musk wants to end government by the people

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"You must sacrifice": MAGA excuses for Trump's trade war echo "prosperity" preachers

Trump's closest faith "advisor" teaches that if you give her money, God will reward you with riches

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The "dangerous" reason why Trump wants Mel Gibson to get his gun rights back

A defining characteristic of MAGA men is their insecurity. Now, it's threatening everyone's safety

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"I am the alpha in this relationship": What Musk's romantic history reveals about his hold on Trump

How Elon love-bombed Trump's MAGA cult

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RFK Jr. gives Elon Musk's DOGE free rein to raid the federal health agency

Some Cabinet officials loathe Musk, but Kennedy grabs his chance to destroy science-based medicine

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"Enola Gay will henceforth be known as Enola Straight": Pete Hegseth's DEI paranoia knows no limits

Trump’s defense secretary ends a 1965 policy barring racial segregation from contract facilities

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Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country

"Ordering people to suffer": Trump backs states that ban life-saving care for pregnant women

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"Not fit to have a job": Trump victim-blames veterans, workers for his war on the economy

When Grandma's Social Security check goes missing, Trump and Musk plan to call her a "fraud"

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The "Epstein files" and Melania's "deepfake" testimony are attempts to hide Trump's violent misogyny

After the release of accused rapist Andrew Tate, MAGA media desperately pretends Trump opposes sexual violence

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"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power

Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights

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"Slavery produced a genuine affection between the races": Hegseth's church foretold "DEI" firings

Defense secretary's contempt for Black military leaders has roots in his religion's defense of white supremacy

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What Elon Musk's war on federal workers owes to Gamergate

The long-ago troll tantrum from video gamers upset by women kicked off the culture wars for the stupid era

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Republicans shouldn't be surprised Trump blames Ukraine — his sexual assault views predicted this

Trump's claim that Zelenskyy "started it" echoes his long history of excusing violence against women

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Stay strong, cat ladies! After Trump's first month back, personal defiance matters more than ever

MAGA didn't vote for DOGE, but to bring liberals to heel. Fight back by not giving them the satisfaction

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RFK 's plan to make America healthy again? Round up people with mental health conditions in camps

Robert F. Kennedy wants to replace standard psychological care with unpaid labor on "wellness farms"

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"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy

Journalist Katherine Stewart's "Money, Lies, and God" takes readers into Trump's movement to end America

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"What the Lord established": Elon Musk is camouflaging a Christian nationalist takeover

Project 2025 was clear: First, purge federal workers. Then replace them with theocrats and fanatics

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Musk took all their power, so Republicans remake Congress into a ministry of disinformation

Do taxpayers need to pay 218 full-time GOP representatives whose only job is making up hysterical lies?

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"Let the scams roll": Elon Musk exploits culture wars to turn MAGA against consumer protections

How to sell MAGA men a pro-scam agenda? Tell them a woman founded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research — now he's trying to destroy future science

The billionaire should be writing a thank you note to Al Gore, not wrecking burgeoning developments

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"'Women' is a banned word": Trump uses trans panic to strip rights from all women

Under the guise of "protecting women," the military, schools and labs are forced to take women's safety away

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Why the "President Elon Musk" mockery doesn't seem to bother Donald Trump

Trump's fragile ego meets Elon Musk's hostile takeover

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Elon Musk's war on Head Start childhood education exposes how "pro-natalists" are really anti-woman

“You do not want to give money to women," declared one leader of the movement to make more babies

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Republicans usher in an "unleash the plague" era with RFK and Elon Musk's attacks on public health

"Eugenics is the Rosetta Stone for so much of Trump’s agenda"

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"Hitler actually had some good ideas": Musk's covert coup is guided by internet trolls

Musk's illegal government takeover is scary on its own — but the people he's bringing along make it even worse

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Trump's MAGA takeover of education may backfire with parents

Trump forgets the lesson of Moms for Liberty and orders schools to replace education with right-wing propaganda

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MAGA's revenge of the mediocre: Trump's war on federal workers targets the meritorious

"I will not be pushed out by two billionaire trust fund babies"

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"AI nurses" as "good as any doctor": RFK Jr. confirms he wants to take away people's health care

Kennedy's plan to "make America healthy": Replace real medical care with robots and lectures about diet

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"Trump is trying to collapse our economy": War on "woke" revealed as a war on all Americans

Christian nationalists behind the spending shutdown aim to punish everyone, not just imaginary Marxists

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What "law and order"? Trump's first week will only unleash more crime

Our felonious president can only benefit from a climate of fear and chaos — that's why he's eager for more

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Donald Trump is not waiting for RFK Jr. — he has already started his war on public health

RFK's hearing hasn't even started yet and the White House has already attacked vaccines, birth control and the WHO

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Donald Trump's war on DEI is not about "merit"

Executive orders attacking DEI are about promoting unqualified white men over diverse candidates

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Elon Musk's salute falls flat: Why far-right trolling isn't working this time around

As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said to defenders of Musk's provocation, "People can officially stop listening to you"

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"A brazen grift": Trump turns his inauguration over to MAGA scams

Forget "unity" — the real theme of the day was "rich people swindling the rest of America"

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Why Trump's new love of TikTok is dangerous

Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China

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The tech billionaire war on "woke" is really targeting workers

Mark Zuckerberg wants "masculine energy" and "aggression" at the office — sounds like a toxic workplace

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