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Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

In a rare instance of bipartisan alarm, Republican-chaired committees in the House and Senate announced that they have launched inquiries into an...

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Trump’s Brand Is Tanking

Trump’s Brand Is Tanking

In the wake of the longest government shutdown in US history, an ongoing self-inflicted tariff war, and his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein...

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What Trump’s “Quiet, Piggy” Rage Reveals

What Trump’s “Quiet, Piggy” Rage Reveals

After months of MAGA infighting and an unusual Republican break with President Donald Trump, the GOP-controlled House on Tuesday is expected to...

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Epstein: Trump Knew

Epstein: Trump Knew

House Democrats on Wednesday released a set of emails in which Jeffrey Epstein called President Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked” and alleged...

12.11.2025 2

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Trump’s War on the Hungry Continues With Supreme Court Stay

President Trump’s vehement refusal to make full SNAP benefits available to the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the food aid program scored a...

08.11.2025 2

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Trump’s Shutdown Hits the Skies

The knock-on effects from the government shutdown, now the longest in US history, continue apace, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)...

08.11.2025 2

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Trump Sure Seems Eager to Starve the Poor

As the government shutdown slouches toward a historic milestone for the longest in US history, the high-stakes battle over SNAP—the country’s...

04.11.2025 2

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Trump Administration Agrees to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits

After dramatic losses in federal court last week, the Trump administration on Monday agreed to tap an emergency pot of money to partially fund SNAP,...

03.11.2025 3

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Andrew Cuomo Goes Full Islamophobe

In the final stretch of New York’s mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo appeared to embrace the Islamophobic accusation that Zohran Mamdani—the socialist...

23.10.2025 2

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What Shutdown?

Mass federal layoffs that could soon become permanent. Food aid programs facing imminent disaster. Mounting recession indicators in an already...

21.10.2025 3

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Top Republicans Stand by President’s Poop Video

Late Saturday, as “No Kings” protests across the country came to a close, President Donald Trump emerged with what appeared to be his official...

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“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” Invites You to Look Directly at a Woman’s Rage

What happens when a mother is pushed to the brink, when stresses both tedious and extraordinary break her beyond recognition? What happens is that she...

02.10.2025 2

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Hegseth Uses Extraordinary Meeting to Fat-Shame Generals

More than 800 members of the US military’s top brass, including hundreds of generals and admirals, gathered for an extraordinary meeting in...

30.09.2025 3

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TikTok’s Algorithm Will Soon Be “Controlled By America”

After years of bipartisan warnings about TikTok’s potential national security risks, users may soon confront a different kind of threat, perhaps...

21.09.2025 2

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The Justice Department Is Basically Trump’s Personal Law Firm Now

Should historians now and in the future need to identify a moment illustrating President Donald Trump’s unabashed attempts to politicize the Justice...

21.09.2025 2

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Samin Nosrat Arrives Right on Time

In the crowded world of internet gourmands and celebrity chefs, it’s difficult to imagine a cookbook more eagerly anticipated than Good Things, the...

16.09.2025 3

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Trump’s Birthday Letter to Epstein Is Out

In July, the Wall Street Journal reported on the existence of a birthday note from President Donald Trump to his one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein. The...

09.09.2025 10

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Trump and Adams Might Soon Go Official

The grand arc of Eric Adams’ political evolution, which kicked off in 2021 with a bombastic claim that the former NYPD officer was the “future of...

04.09.2025 10

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Basically All Illegal, Federal Appeals Court Rules

A federal appeals court on Friday invalidated vast portions of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, ruling that the president lacked the...

30.08.2025 8

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“Fire RFK Jr. Now.”

180 shots fired, 150 broken windows. Tumultuous firings and resignations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The installation of a...

30.08.2025 5

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LaMonica McIver and the “Lock Her Up” President

Depending on whom you ask, the United States is either sliding into fascism or smack in the middle of it. Either way, it’s not good. But should...

28.08.2025 10

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Bridgegate, the Notorious Political Revenge Plot, Is the Latest Stop on Trump’s Revenge Tour

More than a decade after “some traffic problems in Fort Lee” spun into a political mess for then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, President Donald...

25.08.2025 4

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FBI Raids the Home of John Bolton

The FBI on Friday raided the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term before...

22.08.2025 4

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The Spectacular Narcissism of Trump’s Unsuccessful Peace Negotiations

AP Amid starvation imposed by Israel on Gaza and deadly bombings in Ukraine, President Donald Trump’s narcissism is reaching new heights. “I’ve...

20.08.2025 3

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The National Guard Is Coming to DC

Residents of Washington, DC, where crime rates have consistently fallen, can soon expect to see the National Guard patrolling the streets as a part of...

11.08.2025 2

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“They Look Very Hungry” and a Familiar American Excuse

As excruciating reports of unmitigated disaster and starving Gazans, including infants and babies, continue to pour in, President Donald Trump on...

28.07.2025 3

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Trump Really Did Try to Drag His Musk Feud Into Pure Revenge Territory

As President Donald Trump’s bitter feud with Elon Musk spilled into public view last month, aides to the president reportedly launched a...

20.07.2025 5

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Mamdani Skewers Racist Critics With Delightful Video

As Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who made history last month with his stunning victory in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor,...

20.07.2025 4

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Colbert’s Cancellation Is a Dark Warning

On Thursday, Stephen Colbert, the beloved, sharp-tongued comedian and host of the Late Show, announced that CBS was cancelling the legendary...

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What $100 Billion in New ICE Funding Looks Like

President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda, which seeks to inject plutocratic ideology and disdain for the poor into nearly every corner of...

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The Cartoonish Cruelty of Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz

An abandoned swamp packed with predators. Generic rock music. A “one-stop shop to carry out President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.” That’s...

01.07.2025 6

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The Bezos-Sánchez Hangover

As the dust settles in Venice, where some of the world’s richest gathered to bless the union of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, I’m wondering what...

29.06.2025 4

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Elon Musk Rips Into Trump’s “Utterly Insane” Tax Bill Again

After a brief interlude, Elon Musk on Saturday resumed his public wrestling match with President Donald Trump, ripping into the president’s domestic...

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Zohran’s Next Challenge: Another Disgraced (Former) Democrat

As certain corners of the political elite panic over Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic primary, the city’s...

26.06.2025 10

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The Feds Keep Detaining and Prosecuting Elected Officials Who Get in Trump’s Way

Of the many events marking the country’s slide to authoritarianism since Donald Trump returned to power, one of the most significant is the...

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The “Delicate, Beautiful, Tiny” Fascism of Kristi Noem

As quickly as condemnation poured in over the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from a Department of Homeland Security press conference on...

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Sen. Padilla Pushed to Ground, Handcuffed for Demanding DHS Not Lie

As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem talked about the need to apply constitutional rights to all citizens in a Thursday press conference, Sen....

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What The Hell?

A day after videos emerged of ICE agents chasing after farmworkers across California, forcing immigrants to hide in fields, President Donald Trump...

12.06.2025 20

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Trump Is Lusting for Violence

With tensions still lingering after National Guard members descended into Los Angeles this weekend, sending protesters who had been demonstrating...

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Kylie Jenner’s Plasticized Candor

“445cc, moderate profile, half under the muscle!!!!! silicone!!! garth fisher!!! hope this helps lol.” With an “lol” and a disarming number of...

09.06.2025 7

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The Trump White House Is a Giant National Security Red Flag

Imagine working as a White House communications expert when, on a brisk February morning, you look up to see a crew of unannounced Elon Musk...

07.06.2025 4

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The Trump-Musk Wrestling Match Is Far From Over

After a public wrestling match that featured ugly insults and Jeffrey Epstein accusations, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk appear to have dialed...

07.06.2025 5

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Elon Musk Says Goodbye With a Black Eye

During an official Oval Office event marking the end of his time working at the federal government, Elon Musk on Friday emerged with apparent facial...

31.05.2025 10

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“Well, We’re All Going to Die,” Says GOP Senator in Defense of Medicaid Cuts

The largest Medicaid cuts in US history, which, if signed into law, would sever healthcare for the poorest Americans in order to offset massive tax...

30.05.2025 8

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Elon Musk Made Your Life Worse

Elon Musk’s announcement on Wednesday that his “scheduled time” working for President Donald Trump is ending was instantly met with a mix of...

29.05.2025 10

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Trump Has Nothing to Do Today. So, of Course, He Posted.

Nothing is listed on President Donald Trump’s public schedule today. In theory, that could mean it will be a relatively calm day from our...

27.05.2025 4

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Does Kristi Noem Even Know What Habeas Corpus Is?

Days after the Trump administration threatened to attempt to suspend habeas corpus in an effort to bulldoze due process protections for its mass...

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Trump’s Slot Machine Spits Out Two New Orders

Much has been written about the cruel, and often unconstitutional, onslaught of executive orders that has come to define President Donald Trump’s...

05.05.2025 8

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The Pentagon Is Getting a New Glam Room

The Pentagon is finally undergoing a shake-up as concerns grow over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: The Defense Department confirmed to CBS News on...

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Tesla’s Deadbeat CEO Is Coming Back

Amid plunging stock prices and a staggering 71 percent profit drop, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pivoting back to his day job. “My time obligation to DOGE...

23.04.2025 7

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