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Three things I'm thinking about today
1. Trump's unhinged DJ set in Pennsylvania last night 2. Kamala considering Joe Rogan's podcast 3. Our toothless "warning" to Israel
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Laura Bassett
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Trump agrees to pre-taped, 'all-female' Fox News town hall instead of 2nd debate
Trump declined Fox's invitation to debate Kamala a second time, presumably because he lost so badly the first time, and is now making a shameless play…
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Laura Bassett
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A few takeaways from the VP debate
Vance gave a slicker, more confident performance, if you were able to overlook all the rampant lying.
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Laura Bassett
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September 2024

Israel murdered Palestinian journalist Wafa Aludaini and her entire family this morning
Aludaini, whose work we published at Jezebel, died in an Israeli airstrike on her house at dawn alongside her husband, their 5-year-old daughter, and…
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Laura Bassett
Elon Musk is censoring a leaked document about J.D. Vance
The self-proclaimed king of free speech immediately suspended the reporter who published the Vance dossier and blocked us all from posting the link.
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Amber Thurman and Candi Miller should still be alive
Two Georgia women have now died as a result of the state's abortion ban. Thurman, who was just 28, used her final words to ask her mom to take care of…
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Laura Bassett
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Elon Musk Threatens to Impregnate Taylor Swift
...and other incredibly bad reactions to Kamala Harris trouncing Donald Trump in the debate and finally winning the endorsement of the world's most…
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Laura Bassett
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Will Ted Cruz be liberated from his day job over abortion?
The most punchable face in the Senate may finally be free to pursue his podcasting dreams full-time.
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August 2024

Karlie Kloss Sticks Her Neck Out for Abortion Rights in Florida
Ivanka Trump's supermodel sister-in-law wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald today about spending the day at a Florida abortion clinic ahead of Amendment…
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Laura Bassett
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She's a waitress. He's an insurrectionist. She may take his seat in Congress.
I spoke with Rebecca Cooke, a 36-year-old restaurant server in Wisconsin who's coming for ultra-MAGA Rep. Derrick Van Orden's job this year.
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Laura Bassett
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My mom's miscarriage story
Mom lost two pregnancies in Louisiana in the late 80s. The procedure that cleared her uterus and enabled her try again for my brother is now effectively…
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Laura Bassett
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Elon Musk's Trans Daughter Is Eviscerating Him Online
Musk claimed in an interview that his "son" was "killed by the woke mind virus." His daughter, Vivian, is actually quite alive - and extremely funny.
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