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Politics

We Have Obtained More Footage Of Kash Patel Falling Down While Playing Hockey

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Lucy Bloom

A Helpful Explainer Of Kansas’s Lunatic Anti-Trans Law

Albert Burneko

As Best We Can Tell, Kristi Noem Is Now A Green Lantern Or Some Shit

Barry Petchesky

FBI Director Kash Patel is sworn in before testifying during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 16, 2025. Patel faces the Senate panel amid criticism of his handling of the investigation into the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Anyone Want To See Kash Patel Fall On His Ass While Playing Hockey?

Giri Nathan

Daniil Medvedev poses with the trophy after his victory in the Men's Singles Final against Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands on day fourteen of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on February 28, 2026 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Christopher Pike/Getty Images)

Tennis

Daniil Medvedev’s Tennis Plans Interrupted By Unrelated Global Crisis

Donald Trump wearing his stupid hat in the situation room at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump Can’t Even Pretend To Explain The Plan For Iran

Samer Kalaf

This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab

Regime Change Is Blowing Up A School Full Of Children

Kash Patel watches the gold medal hockey game

Olympics

Internal Schedule Confirms Kash Patel Went To Olympics To Be World’s Most Special Little Guy

Lauren Theisen

The U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team arrives for U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union

The U.S. Hockey Men Spoil The Fantasy

Ray Ratto

Casey Wasserman speaks at a 2028 Olympics event

The Winter Olympics’ Sour Ending Was Just A Preview For Summer 2028

Kash Patel Thinks He’s On The Team

Patrick Redford

Silver medalist Gu Ailing of China poses for photos after the awarding ceremony of the freestyle skiing women's freeski big air event at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 16, 2026. (Photo by Wang Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Eileen Gu Will Never Be The Traitor JD Vance Wants Her To Be

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Michael Waters

Officials in hazmat suits remove a medal around an olympian's neck

Chromosome Testing Will Take Sports Back To The Dark Ages

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Chris Thompson

Journalismism

The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead

Israel Daramola

Photos of Nicole Good (L) and Alex Pretti are placed among flowers at a makeshift memorial in the area where Pretti was shot and killed by Federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota

How Much Longer Can The Politics Of Grievance Sustain Itself?

Séamus Malekafzali is a New York-based journalist and writer primarily focusing on the politics of the Middle East.

Séamus Malekafzali

Donald Trump looks on as Lindsey Graham talks in the foreground.

Lindsey Graham Has Waited Decades For The Chance To Obliterate Iran

Women's Basketball

“Disgusted” Breanna Stewart Holds Up “Abolish ICE” Sign Before Unrivaled Game

Alex Pareene

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Gregory Bovino with his security team while a group of citizens opposed to the country's immigration policies protested him in Minnesota on January 21, 2026.

I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents

Vikings play-by-play guy Paul Allen talks into a microphone.

Media Meltdowns

Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters

Protesters take cover behind overturned trash containers as a line of federal agents forms a barricade across a downtown street during clashes following the fatal shooting of a demonstrator earlier in the day, on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Federal Agents Kill Again; Gunmen Still At Large

Justin Ellis

How Do You Justify Abducting A Child?

Gavin Newsom, looking like a gross sleazeball

Gavin Newsom Has Nothing To Offer

Azeez Al-Shaair wearing "Stop the Genocide" eye black before the Texans' game against the Patriots

NFL Sends Mixed Signals In Its Stance On Genocide

Michele Tafoya Won’t Rest Until She Finds A Bigger And Better Way To Annoy Everyone

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Sabrina Imbler

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 08: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveils the department's new dietary guidelines food chart during a policy announcement event at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration announced new dietary guidelines on Wednesday including an emphasis on proteins and full-fat dairy, and limits on processed foods. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)