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January 2025

Anatomy of a plane crash
Trump blamed "diversity" for the crash that killed 67 people, a week after he gutted a key aviation safety commission and put an MTV Road Rules guy in…
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[Barenaked Ladies voice] It's been...
...one of the most overwhelmingly dark, mind-numbingly stupid weeks in recent American history. And we're supposed be paralyzed by it.
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Pete Hegseth's mother haunts his confirmation hearing
Senate Democrats gave the Defense Secretary nominee a proper grilling today about his abuse of women and whether he'd shoot protesters in the legs…
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It's the 'Gulf of America' now
Should we drown ourselves in it?
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December 2024

'I regret my vote for Trump': The MAGA civil war gets ugly
"Take a step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face," Elon Musk tweeted at Trump supporters last night as all hell broke loose over immigration.
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The case for erasing someone's abortion debt this holiday season
Local abortion funds are running dry, and we need them more than ever right now.
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Vigilante-style killings are fine now (*if the victim is Black and homeless)
A 26-year-old was acquitted on Monday for choking an unarmed, unhoused man to death on the subway as another was arrested for shooting a health…
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New York gets anesthesia coverage back after a CEO's murder
I'm not saying the Timothée Chalamet lookalike who shot a health insurance CEO helped make this happen, but I'm not not saying that.
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South Koreans just quashed a fascist coup in 6 hours
We could learn a thing or two about how to resist fascism from the people who did it efficiently in the middle of the night.
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November 2024

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