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May 9, 2023
Tori Otten
Trump Can’t Stop Lying About His Rape Trial
Even as the jury begins deliberations in the rape and defamation trial, Trump keeps shitposting on social media.
May 9, 2023
Tori Otten
An Entire Florida School District Has Banned a Kids’ Book on Segregation
The district pulled the book after one parent complained.
May 9, 2023
Tori Otten
America Is So Broken the FBI Has Created a Video on How to Survive Mass Shootings
The video puts the onus on people to learn how to avoid being killed.
May 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Greg Abbott Demonizes Migrants in First Public Address Since Double Tragedies in Texas
The Texas governor isn’t too worried about guns or violence toward migrants, despite two recent attacks in his state.
May 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Mitch McConnell’s Big Plan for 2024: Support Anyone Who’s Republican
A new report details how exactly the Senate minority leader is thinking about Republicans’ strategy in the next election. And it’s frightening.
May 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans’ War on Wokeness is Now Coming for PBS
In Oklahoma, the Republican governor is accusing the public broadcaster of indoctrinating children.
May 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Random Shootings Have Skyrocketed Since Texas Eased Gun Laws
It’s not exactly rocket science.
May 5, 2023
Tori Otten
How Clarence Thomas Smeared His Own Sister to Gain Right-Wing Cool Points
Lying about money is apparently nothing new for the Supreme Court justice.
May 5, 2023
Tori Otten
Fox Begs Media Matters to Please Stop Publishing Leaked Tucker Carlson Videos
The videos, of course, show what a creep Tucker was at Fox.
May 5, 2023
Tori Otten
Wisconsin Republicans Are Fighting to Keep a 200-Year-Old Abortion Law on the Books
A nationally watched abortion lawsuit is making its way through Wisconsin courts.
May 5, 2023
Tori Otten
Proud Boys Conviction Kills the Right’s Favorite Defense of Jan. 6
“How many of the participants have been charged with insurrecting, with sedition, with treason?”
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Dianne Feinstein Finally Issues Statement on Her Absence, Refuses to Say When She’ll Be Back
The California senator is pretending her absence makes no difference in what’s happening in Congress.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
North Carolina Passes Nightmare Abortion Ban After Democrat Switched Parties
Basically as soon as Tricia Cotham switched parties, Republicans set their plan in motion.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Florida Passes Bill Allowing Trans Kids to Be Taken From Their Families
Florida Republicans have sent the kidnapping bill to Ron DeSantis to sign.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Proud Boys Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy on January 6, While Trump Enjoys Golf Trip
Sounds about right.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Clarence Thomas’s Friend Basically Confirms the Harlan Crow Tuition Story
Mark Paoletta seemed to be trying to defend the Supreme Court justice.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Mike Lee’s Defense of Clarence Thomas Will Make You Lose Your Mind
The Republican senator is trying to support the Supreme Court justice amid mounting financial scandals. And, well, words do this post no justice.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
How North Carolina Republicans Rushed Through an Abortion Ban in the Dead of Night
Republicans quickly pushed through the ban after a Democrat switched parties.
May 3, 2023
Tori Otten
Raphael Warnock Warns It’s Only a “Matter of Time” Before a Mass Shooting Affects You
The Georgia senator revealed that his own children were on lockdown amid the Atlanta shooting.
May 3, 2023
Tori Otten
Atlanta Is the 190th Mass Shooting of 2023
America is on a record pace for shootings.
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