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A confederacy of dunces
After purging the DoD leadership ranks of women and Black people, defense secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally texted a journalist the details of his…
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Can we draw the line at concentration camps?
Trump shipped 261 Venezuelan immigrants to a notorious forced labor camp in El Salvador without due process on Saturday, ignoring a judge's order to…
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The Tesla protests are working
We found Elon Musk's Achilles heel, at least, and have wiped out $150 billion of his net worth in a matter of weeks while driving him insane.
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QAnon was half right
As Andrew Tate flees Romania for Florida, it's clear that there is an elite global cabal of pedophiles and criminals running the world. It's just not…
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Trump is trying to rehire federal workers after learning what they do
Turns out we need the nuclear guys and the bird flu people and the folks who help planes land.
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Get in everyone, we're getting polio
How RFK Jr. conned American moms into thinking he'll clean up our food
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Republicans haul ass into hearing room to protect Musk from questioning
A dramatic hearing in Congress today made clear that Republican lawmakers are aiding and protecting Elon's coup.
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