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MEGYN KELLY’S MELTDOWN

Megyn Kelly opened her mouth yesterday, and what came out wasn’t commentary. It wasn’t provocation. It wasn’t even the useful kind of ugly that at least has the decency to know what it is.

It was ethnic nationalism. Delivered in a blowout....

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YOU DID THIS

The Children’s Special Services program has existed in Tennessee since the 1930s. One job: dying children get care. Cancer. Spina bifida. Cystic fibrosis. Children on ventilators. Children in chemotherapy. Sick children get care. Not a radi...

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ONE YEAR OUTSIDE LA'S CONCENTRATION CAMP

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The resistance against ICE in Los Angeles has been going stronger than the majority of cities in the United States.

Since June 6th of last year, they’ve put constant daily pressure on ICE and the Los Angele...

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WE WOULD LIKE TO CONFESS

Dear Kash,

We need you to hear this seriously.

We destroyed the grass on the National Mall. Deliberately. With forethought. In one night. We are coming forward because we have watched you deploy the full investigative resources of the Fed...

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THE ORIGINAL FUCK YOU

In 1776, a group of scraggly, treasonous, utterly unrespectable radicals sat down and wrote the most audacious breakup letter in human history.

They were writing it to a king.

The message was simple: Go fuck yourself. We’re done.

They dr...

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