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Sam van Pykeren

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Is Madonna the Nancy Pelosi of Pop?

While watching Madonna’s recent Times Square takeover—sponsored by the gay “dating” app Grindr—it struck me. And I couldn’t stop thinking...

05.06.2026 8

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The US Government Will Not Stop Sharing Nazi Propaganda

This past year, official social media accounts from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and other government agencies have adopted a...

16.02.2026 2000

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He Spent Decades Building the Religious Right. Now He’s Marching to Undo It.

He helped build the religious right in the United States. Now he’s in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to join the clergy’s fight ICE’s siege of the...

26.01.2026 70

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“It’s a Horror Show”: Anguish Sweeps Minneapolis After Federal Agents Kill Another Neighbor

Minnesotans awoke to yet more terror Saturday morning as news broke that federal agents had shot and killed another local in the streets. The victim,...

25.01.2026 60

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How Star Wars Reveals Conservatives’ Authoritarian Fantasies

Why do Republicans and their enablers insist on fantasizing about one of the most evil empires in science fiction? In a recent CNN appearance, former...

17.05.2025 20

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