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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday he has appointed a special counsel to investigate the classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s home and former private office.

People are getting incredibly hot under the collar over a gas stove ban that isn’t even happening.

There may be clowns in Congress, but George Santos is every day building the case that he’s the whole circus.

It’s not yet clear what Republicans are planning to do with control of the House of Representatives. So far, they’ve looked to pass a set of restrictive anti-abortion bills that—in what will become a familiar refrain over the next two years—will go nowhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate, let alone the White House. House Republicans have also passed legislation slashing funding to the IRS. These early indicators suggest that we’re in for a litany of ill-fated bills paired with ostentatious... Читать дальше...

Isolating during the pandemic, especially earlier on when we knew so little, led many of us to share vulnerable, open conversations with others. Looking for comfort and inspiration, text messages became a haven for some. Such is the case for a pair of the most influential far-right conspiracy theorists: Infowars’ Alex Jones and Fox News’s Tucker Carlson.

House Republicans passed the first post–Roe v. Wade abortion bill, which would criminalize doctors for doing their job.

At a certain point, if you find yourself having to repeatedly ask, “Who’s in charge?” then the answer is, “No one’s in charge.” This is a lesson I taught my daughter when she was 5. Last week’s election for speaker of the House, which culminated in the crowning of Kevin McCarthy after 15 rounds of “Who’s in charge?” has further exposed just how much the adult-aged children who nominally hold the levers of federal power haven’t learned the lesson. It may be McCarthy’s name at the top of the pecking order... Читать дальше...

Dungeons & Dragons is having a moment of sorts. While the iconic fantasy-themed roleplaying game has always had a devoted fanbase, recent years have seen it successfully break out into the cultural mainstream. Millions of Americans are buying its rulebooks. Stranger Things, the popular Netflix series, drew heavily upon its lore and aesthetic. Celebrities mention playing it while being interviewed on talk shows. A major film adaptation is set to be released later this year.

According to a popular Obama-era joke, Toyota issued a recall notice after it came to the company’s attention that several Priuses had left the factory without their Obama bumper sticker. People found the fiction funny because it reflected what everyone knew at the time: driving a hybrid car was a political statement. Just like a Blue Lives Matter flag, an N95 mask, or an “In This House We Believe” sign, the Prius was an accessory reflecting a person’s political views, in its case, concern about climate change. Читать дальше...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy seemed Wednesday to overlook the fact that serial fabulist George Santos has already been charged with fraud, saying he would not ask the New York congressman to resign.