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A brief history of “Unsolved Mysteries”
Jake Rossen
Why do we keep coming back to a show about unexplained disappearances, strange alien sightings, and amnesia?
Trump’s Arizona vote “audit” is a mess by design
Amanda Marcotte
The fake recount is a proof-of-concept to the GOP base: They can steal elections by controlling elections boards
The insurrectionist caucus turns to schoolyard bully tactics to take over the GOP — and it’s working
Amanda Marcotte
Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are conquering the insipid Kevin McCarthy with middle school taunts
Facebook’s Trump ban stays: Social media giant’s decision shows free speech concerns were overblown
Amanda Marcotte
Trump doesn't get to vomit lies on Facebook, but the existence of his blog shows his freedom of speech is intact
The U.S. never had a shot at herd immunity
Amanda Marcotte
Hostility to scientific expertise plus rejection of the concept of the common good led to anti-vaxx conservatism
Whataboutism, the last refuge for Republicans, is on the rise
Amanda Marcotte
Unable to defend their own views, conservatives are turning to "whataboutism" to deflect criticism
With U.S. hospitals overtaxed by COVID-19, huge numbers died from lack of healthcare access
Bob Hennelly
A vast increase in the number of so-called excess deaths suggest the US healthcare system has fundamentally failed
Joe Biden turns the tables on Republicans
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans spent years making politics about images, not policy — now Biden has weaponized that against them
Right-wing lies like Biden’s beef ban and Kamala’s book spread too fast for corrections to counter
Amanda Marcotte
Recent corrections from Fox News and the NY Post aren't going to stop them from becoming right wing gospel online
Fake burger bans and other people’s masks: Republicans crawl deeper into their imaginary victimhood
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans' victimhood addiction grows: Why conservatives are increasingly attached to utterly made-up threats
The Charlottesville model: Trump’s “fine people” praise of white nationalists is now GOP mainstream
Amanda Marcotte
Racist voting laws, love for killer cops, and encouraging violence against protesters: This is the post-Trump GOP
10 memorable PSAs that attempted to save Generation X
Nicole Johnson
Whether it was an egg in a frying pan, or Pee-wee Herman holding a crack vial, these PSAs tried to save lives
How racism found my son on Fortnite
Wallace Lane
My six-year-old is eating pizza and rambling about a video game friend when suddenly racial trauma rears its head
11 courageous facts about the Freedom Riders
Mark Mancini
Sixty years ago, a group of more than 400 civil rights activists risked their lives to dismantle segregated busing
Don’t bleach it away: Remembering the day Trump turned the GOP into a death cult
Amanda Marcotte
Reflections on the one year anniversary of Donald Trump suggesting Americans inject bleach to fight COVID-19
Tucker Carlson’s immigration bait-and-switch betrays his desperation
Amanda Marcotte
No one denies that immigration brings change, Tucker — just that it's racist to be angry about it
The making of a right-wing martyr: Conservatives treat Derek Chauvin’s conviction as an act of war
Amanda Marcotte
Turning a dead-eyed murderer like Derek Chauvin into a martyr shows that the right has no limits on its open racism
Republican attacks on Maxine Waters prove the GOP is committed to a politics of white whining
Amanda Marcotte
Kevin McCarthy denies the GOP is racist only to disprove himself by blasting Maxine Waters with bad faith umbrage
The link between America’s rising maternal mortality rates and abortion
Amanda Marcotte
It's not a coincidence that maternal mortality rates began rising as abortion became harder to get
Simon & Schuster won’t distribute book written by officer involved in Breonna Taylor raid after all
Ashlie D. Stevens
The book titled "The Fight for Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Tragedy" is expected in the fall
America’s minority rule problem is deadly
Amanda Marcotte
Between the pandemic and gun violence, the death toll from America's minority rule problem is staggering
Why Republicans are rejecting the COVID vaccine: GOP wants to drag out lockdowns to hurt Biden
Amanda Marcotte
The right-wing death cult is getting better at convincing conservatives to reject vaccines
Republicans take trolling to “trigger the libs” to the next level
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans settle on their rhetorical strategy for dismantling democracy: Trolling the left
Trump’s lasting legacy: Scandals don’t hurt politicians like Matt Gaetz and Andrew Cuomo
Amanda Marcotte
Politicians in the post-Trump era bet they can weather scandals by playing chicken with a press that's easily bored
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