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Third female secretary purged from Trump's cabinet
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer certainly deserved to get the boot. But why is it only the women being held to account?
Apr 21 • Laura Bassett
A life update and a newsletter update
I'm moving to Brazil!
Apr 13 • Laura Bassett
When losing the war feels like a relief
Trump bent the knee to Iran yesterday instead of murdering their entire civilization. Thank god.
Apr 8 • Laura Bassett
Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband exposed by immigrant sex worker
Donald Trump responded to the revelation about Bryon's double life: "They confirmed it?"
Apr 1 • Laura Bassett
The air travel crisis is deliberate
Trump is sowing chaos in American airports amid a global jet fuel shortage in a desperate attempt to consolidate power.
Mar 23 • Laura Bassett
Republicans lack the votes to disenfranchise married women
The SAVE America Act is dead in the water, and MAGA is melting down.
Mar 11 • Laura Bassett
A political earthquake in Texas
Despite obvious voter suppression tactics in Dallas, Texas Democrats set a new turnout record and voted in bigger numbers than Republicans for the first…
Mar 5 • Laura Bassett
Not now, media merger from hell
As Trump launches us into Israel's war on Iran and plots to rig the midterms, this is the worst possible time for his allies to capture CNN and HBO.
Mar 2 • Laura Bassett
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