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It’s Not Safe to Be a Straight White Woman in the WNBA

Caitlin Clark is in danger, but thankfully she has the good citizens of right-wing media to protect her. On Wednesday night, Clark’s Indiana Fever took on the Phoenix Mercury when, in the second quarter, Clark lost her footing while driving to the basket. During a brief scramble for the ball, Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas lodged […]

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The Death Rate for ICE Detainees Has Skyrocketed Under Trump
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The Death Rate for ICE Detainees Has Skyrocketed Under Trump

In February 2025, Maksym Chernyak had a medical emergency. There were multiple signs that Chernyak—a 44-year-old from Ukraine detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florida—was suffering a severe stroke. But ICE’s medical personnel missed those clues. By the time 911 was called, it was too late. Chernyak’s systolic blood pressure was more than 280 when […]

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John Bolton Pleads Guilty, But He Is Also the Victim of a Double Standard

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to keeping security information from his work in his personal records—an act less egregious than what Donald Trump and Joe Biden previously got away with unscathed. A Florida judge dismissed Trump’s case in 2024 for allegedly retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, saying […]

How Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Sparked a Movement to Overthrow the Government of Albania
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How Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Sparked a Movement to Overthrow the Government of Albania

Every day, for more than three weeks running, tens of thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets, a peaceful mass movement seeking nothing less than a complete overthrow of the government. The “Flamingo Revolution,” as local activists have dubbed it, was set off by the luxury resort projects that Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and […]

Trump’s plan to run a bank
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Trump’s plan to run a bank

President Donald Trump on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. | Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images In the almost year and a half since returning to the presidency, Donald Trump has found plenty of ways to enrich himself and his family and friends. But one scheme in particular, a cryptocurrency venture called World Liberty Financial, is the gift that just keeps on giving.  Trump, along with his real-estate-buddy-turned-diplomat Steve Witkoff and both his and Witkoff’s

Trump wants the US military to be rent-a-cops
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Trump wants the US military to be rent-a-cops

The destroyer USS Rafael Peralta implements a maritime blockade against an Iranian-flagged ship attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, on April 24, 2026, in the Arabian Sea. | US Central Command/Getty Images One of President Donald Trump’s core political positions has always been that US allies should pay more for the benefits they receive from US military power. This has included demanding that South Korea and Japan pay more for the presence of US troops on their soil, and suggesting tha

Democrats’ real plan to control Congress again
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Democrats’ real plan to control Congress again

Janelle Stelson, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, campaigns in Harrisburg, in 2024. Stelson is running again this year. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The political world is in a frenzy over left-wing challengers’ wins in New York City’s primaries Tuesday. Leftists are overjoyed, and think they’re beating back the Democratic establishment. Many on the right and center are horrified, arguing extremists are taking over the party. And yet if

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with toxins?
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Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with toxins?

Americans are obsessed with toxins — it is a rare point of consensus in our increasingly polarized country. According to a Pew Charitable Trusts survey from earlier this year, more than 70 percent of US adults say they are worried about exposure to harmful chemicals in food and drinking water, and more than half say they have the same concerns about food packaging and kids’ products. The vast majority want the government and businesses to do something about it. It is, in a sense, the word that a

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