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Clearly, Pete Hegseth Just Wants To Be Parodied On SNL Again [Op-Ed]

Secretary Hegseth Delivers State Of The Force Address At Quantico

Source: Alex Wong / Getty Here’s a question: Given how much Republican conservatives hate late-night TV and other left-leaning comedy shows, why do they insist on making their writers’ jobs so easy? For example, if you’ve been anywhere on the political side of the internet for the last couple of days, you’re already expecting Sen. […]

Tennessee Execution Fails After Injecting Woman With 2 Doses Of Lethal Drug

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Source: Tennessee Department of Corrections / Tennessee DOC In your bizarre story for the day, Tennessee officials failed to execute Christa Pike after injecting her twice with a lethal drug.  AP reports that Pike was set to be executed for her role in the torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Pike was […]

Surviving Trump: Trump Loves Kim Jong Un, Hates AI Regulation, And More [Op-Ed]

U.S. President Donald Trump departs White House for Texas

Source: Anadolu / Getty Welcome back for another episode of Surviving Trump, our regular column where we try to figure out how President Donald Trump is even surviving without a single functioning brain cell in his thick, loose, wig-covered head, as we run through a list of his most recent blunders and displays of abject […]

More Than 1 In 3 Americans Earning $300K Live Paycheck To Paycheck

Vecteezy royalty-free image #26314292, ‘Piggy bank with calculator on business graph on white background and copy space, financial goal concept. Business concept.’, retrieved from Vecteezy on October 20th, 2024. License details available at https://www.vecteezy.com/licensing-agreement, image licensed under the Vecteezy Pro License by Sidnee Michelle October 1, 2026 High-income respondents who reported living paycheck to paycheck […]

Newsom signs California law requiring companies to disclose ties to slavery

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California has enacted a new corporate disclosure requirement focused on the financial legacy of slavery. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2599, the Truth in Disclosure Act, requiring qualifying corporations doing business in the state to disclose whether they or predecessor entities engaged in or profited from slavery-era transactions. The law was authored by Assemblymember Isaac […]

Rick Ross arrested in Miami on domestic violence-related battery charges

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Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday on battery charges listed as domestic violence-related, including one felony count of battery by strangulation. Ross’s arrest comes days after Jazzma Kendrick accused him of physical assault and shared a photo of an injured lip she said he caused. Ross’s attorney says the allegations against his […]