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Why Republicans Are Pushing Back Against Xavier Becerra’s Confirmation

Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Talks About The Trauma Of Her Son’s Killing, ...

The Equality Act Promises The Most LGBTQ+ Protections In U.S. History — Here&#...

Justice For Snowflake: Did Ted Cruz Really Leave His Dog Behind I...

Texas Senator Ted Cruz would do well to start believing in climate change now that his state has frozen over. But that’s unlikely, considering that,

Here’s What Nancy Pelosi’s “9/11 CommissionR...

Following former President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate and more than a month and a half after the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, Ho

Finding Ourselves Within Ourselves: How Pandemic Hobbies Have Bec...

The truth about the pandemic is unavoidable: We are stuck. Many of us have been stuck, quite literally, in our homes, others are functionally stuck, limite

It’s Official: Here’s Footage Of Claudia Conway On Th...

Claudia Conway, the daughter of former senior counselor Kellyanne Conway, is returning to the spotlight in a big way. According to reports on Tuesday morni

Here’s What You Need To Know About Biden’s COVID-19 R...

Early Friday morning, the Senate finally approved President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, with Vice President Kamala Harris cast

AOC To Katie Porter: “I Just Hope I Get To Be A Mom — I Hop...

During an Instagram Live chat on Monday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared how she’s feeling nearly a month after the insurrection at the Capito

Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Shot Vaccine Could Be The Answer...

On Friday, Johnson & Johnson announced its development of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that’s 66% effective at preventing symptomatic disease and 8

Of Course Lauren Boebert Is Trolling Parkland Survivor David Hogg

Just after footage of QAnon conspiracist Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Parkland High School shooting survivor David Hogg surfaced this week, another unh

Kellyanne Conway Reportedly Released Topless Photos Of Her Teenag...

On Monday, Kellyanne Conway, former counselor to President Donald Trump, was accused of posting a topless picture of her 16-year-old daughter Claudia to Tw

Biden Plans To Raise Minimum Wage & Increase Food Stamp Benefits ...

Only two days in, President Joe Biden is making sweeping changes in an attempt to undo four years of damage from the Trump administration. After exacting a

It’s Official: Melania Is America’s Least Favorite Fi...

It’s the Trump family’s last day in the White House — a day that many worried would never arrive. And over the course of four years we’ve come

Rachel Levine Will Be The First Openly Trans Woman To Hold Nation...

On Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he is nominating Dr. Rachel Levine to be assistant secretary for health in the department of Health an

The Biden Administration Will Change How Vaccines Are Rolled Out ...

Following Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, there will be quite a few changes to COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the country. Under the Biden admini

The Alt Right Is Planning Armed Actions On Inauguration Day. Here...

It’s only been a little over one week since the failed but deadly Capitol coup staged by far right extremists. And there are only five days left until In

Lisa Montgomery Is The First Woman Executed By The Federal Govern...

Next month, Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be killed by the United States government. After a gap period in federal executions, the U.S. has recently star

Did The FBI Know About The Capitol Riot Before It Happened?

On Tuesday, new details emerged regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) knowledge of the attack on the Capitol prior to January 6 — a

Republicans Refused To Wear Masks While Sheltering At The Capitol...

As of Tuesday, three members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 following the attack on the Capitol. It started with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman

Here’s What We Know About The People Who Died During The Ca...

It’s been three days since the riot and attempted coup that took place at the Capitol on Wednesday, and it turns out that the day of terror was, unsu

Nazis Stormed The Capitol. Why Are People Afraid To Call Them That?

Among the many different factions of white supremacist groups — from the Proud Boys to to Confederate flag-wavers to QAnon — who stormed the Capitol th

The Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake 7 Times Is Not Being Charged

Jacob Blake, a Black man living in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was severely injured in August 2020 after a police officer shot him at least seven times, leaving hi

Why People Are Worried About Mike Pence Rejecting The Electoral V...

Our long road to a new presidency, which has felt like it’s taken a million years between November 3 and now, will soon come to an end on January 20 when

Apparently, The CIA Is Rebranding As A Millennial Start-Up

If you’re wondering why jokes about the CIA have suddenly taken over social media timelines, you’ll want to sit down for this one — and we promise it

Bernie Sanders Has Entered The Stimulus Chat

Just after President Donald Trump finally agreed to sign the stimulus bill that would help the millions of people struggling with under and unemployment, t

Oh No, Nikki Haley Is Upset About “Mainstream” Socialism

It’s almost never a good sign when the word “socialism” is trending on Twitter — especially as we are on the brink of a new year and a new White Ho

The New Stimulus Checks Will Go Out To Fewer People Based On Guid...

After waiting nearly all year for more government aid during the pandemic, a second round of stimulus checks has finally been approved. But, as with the fi

Breonna Taylor’s Mother Wrote An Open Letter To Joe Biden —...

With just over a month until President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office at his inauguration, Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, ran a full-pa

Wow, Trump’s Password Is Even More Obvious Than 1234

On each day of his presidency, Donald Trump has somehow seemed to surpass his previously sky-high levels of ineptitude, so we really shouldn’t be sur