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1h ago
The horrifying allegations against creepy Congressman Matt Gaetz keep coming.
ABC News reports that a 20-year-old woman said in a sworn statement that Gaetz attended a 2017 drug-fueled party where an underage girl was naked. The statement was obtained by the House Ethics Committee investigating Gaetz's trail of slime. — Read the rest
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6h ago
Citing safety concerns, USC made the decision to cancel Asna Tabassum's speech at the school's graduation ceremony on May 10. The school didn't elaborate on what the safety concerns were, or why they would revoke the valedictorian's ability to deliver the speech well after they had chosen her to represent her graduating class. — Read the rest
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22h ago
Gun-toting GOP congresswoman Lauren Boebert took a break from groping dates in public to warn of an imminent biblical apocalypse and an "uprising of righteousness" on the far-right Rumble platform.
"It doesn't matter if we are in divided government right now," she said in a gravely schoolmarmish tone. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
1d ago
Isn't Stephen Miller busy suing babies for their candy?
Never has something just been so insanely wrong. From the comb-over to the abuse of make-up to the jackets declaring apathy — these are people we hope never to see again. No one sucks up like Stephen Miller. — Read the rest
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1d ago
Sick of her traitorous antics, a colleague has nominated Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia's shameful waste of a seat in Congress, for the role of "Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to the United States Congress."
Representative Jared Moscowitz (D) from Florida has filed an amendment to the Ukraine bill intended to shame Marge for her endless support of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. — Read the rest
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Boing Boing » Politics
2d ago
In a desperate attempt to distract from his escalating legal woes, Donald Trump has resurrected a month-old beef with Jimmy Kimmel over a joke the late-night host made at his expense during the Oscars broadcast.
In a pathetic Truth Social rant, Trump accused Kimmel of suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and having a "horrendous performance" while hosting the Academy Awards. — Read the rest
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2d ago
Fox News laments that congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene is not focusing her destructive energy on Democrats but is instead destroying her own Party in service of Russia.
Democrats seem to be an afterthought as MTG's full-force audition to be Putin's best friend and Trump's running mate continues. — Read the rest
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2d ago
Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two men and wounded a third, shares a video of people shouting him down because he survives as a bullshit second amendment martyr.
Cheerful for a guy being reminded he killed two people, Kyle Rittenhouse shares this video because he thinks it makes him a Second Amendment hero. — Read the rest
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2d ago
President Biden is earning laughs with jokes that hit Donald Trump in the gut.
As Trump's only going concern continues to spiral, and the prospect of a criminal conviction looms, President Biden took a moment to point out that Trump's tax plans for the rich may soon not apply to Trump. — Read the rest
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3d ago
There's been a ton written lately about the slow death of liberal arts education. I am a huge believer that exposure to the liberal arts is crucial — it makes individuals better and makes society better as a whole. It's how we pass on values and a common history. — Read the rest
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