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Carlton Fisk kept it fair, but Keith Olbermann’s attempt to sell historic ball is foul

This is not about ripping Keith Olbermann. If you want to do that, you can start with “Why I Think Trump Is Finished (And My Work Is Done),” from November 28, 2017, a time at which Trump was far from finished. You can go forward or backward from there, it doesn’t really matter, and he’d […]

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Trumpist county clerk barred after leak of voting-system passwords to QAnon

Enlarge / Tina Peters. (credit: Tina Peters’ campaign website ) A Colorado judge on Wednesday barred Mesa County Clerk Barre?o Peters from supervising elections due to the leak of voting-system BIOS passwords to QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Mesa County registered elector Heidi Jeanne Hess had petitioned the […]

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US settles with Trump admin whistleblower who exposed botched COVID response

Enlarge / Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, steps out of the hearing room before testifying about the government response to the novel coronavirus pandemic in order to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill May 14, 2020, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla […]

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Solution for Roger Goodell and the NFL: Blackball anti-vaxxers like you did Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick was — and is still — blackballed from the NFL because he wanted police to stop shooting Black people. Anti-vaxxers in the particular NFL are whining because they don’t want to get a shot that could potentially save their lives. These are two problems that will Roger Goodell and the NFL want no […]

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Get to know your worldwide Olympic athletes!

There will be thousands of athletes at this year’s Olympic games. Some are international celebrities, some will go back to their main jobs by mid August. But all will get free condoms at the Olympic village. Read more…

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Trump sues Twitter and Facebook for banning him, claims “trillions” in damages

Enlarge / A mob of Trump supporters stormed and breached the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump’s incitement of the mob led to his bans from major social networks. (credit: Getty Images | The Washington Post) Former President Donald Trump today sued Twitter, Facebook, Google subsidiary YouTube, and their CEOs, claiming that all three […]

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If Caitlyn Jenner were a Black woman running for governor of California, Brett Favre would have already said something

Racism is an easy thing to spot, especially when you have examples. And given that hating someone solely based on the color of their skin has always been a stupid premise, you can see why Brett Favre looks like a fool. Read more…