Four years ago, Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén was brutally murdered by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), Texas. Guillén’s death attracted national attention, shining a spotlight on sexual harassment and assault within the armed forces as well as how disappearances of military personnel are handled. Following a …
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T he first indication that Kamala Harris had knocked something loose — something that had stubbornly eluded Joe Biden, something with the power to transform the 2024 presidential race — surfaced in Wisconsin. Shortly after Biden tweeted his endorsement, RSVPs for a previously-scheduled Harris appearance at the Italian Community Center …
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Congress is heading toward a potential government shutdown, less than two months before the election, over a made-up issue. Donald Trump and the GOP falsely assert that non-citizens voting could influence the 2024 election when study after study shows that this is not a real thing. In exchange for a …
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The racist lie that Haitian immigrants are eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, appears to be having tangible consequences as elementary schools were forced to evacuate on Friday, a day after the town evacuated its city hall following bomb threats. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, continues to stoke hate …
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Carmen Broesder was watching the presidential debate Tuesday night when she heard something that stopped her cold. As she processed the moment, her phone lit up with messages from friends. “They said when they heard the words, the person they thought of was me,” Broesder tells Rolling Stone. “I felt …
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Donald Trump said he would carry out deportations in Springfield, Ohio, during a press conference on Friday. He also dismissed a question about bomb threats in the town that have followed he and his running mate J.D. Vance’s racist smear campaign against immigrants living there. “I can say this. We …
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Laura Loomer — the far-right conspiracy theorist, self-described “proud” anti-Muslim bigot, and close associate of former and perhaps future President Donald Trump — has triggered a multi-day meltdown among the MAGA elite and powerful GOP allies who worry that she’s an extreme liability. But in remarks at a California press …
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T he only thing that has kept me alive is that I’m a petty bitch,” says Stormy Daniels. “There would be too many people happy if I died. I’m alive because of spite.” Daniels is sitting on the back porch of an undisclosed domicile, in an undisclosed city in an …
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Conspiracy theorist and MAGA devotee Laura Loomer accompanied former President Donald Trump to a 9/11 remembrance event in Manhattan on Wednesday. Loomer may be best known for chaining herself to the doors of Twitter’s headquarters after she was banned from the platform, and has pushed conspiracy theories — including about …
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Earlier this week, Donald Trump called in to Fox News to complain about Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris. He made clear in that conversation that he “was not a Taylor Swift fan,” and yet his campaign is now selling Make America Great Again shirts that replicate the exact merchandise design …
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