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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Albert Burneko

Prince Charles, or I guess he is the king now

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Politics

I Don’t Have A King

Dave McKenna

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Police Arrest Nevada Public Administrator In Connection To Murder Of Journalist Jeff German

Local Public Official Arrested In Murder Of Vegas Reporter

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Media Meltdowns

How To Stay Out Of The Right-Wing Outrage Machine

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David Roth

Former President Donald Trump's follow-through on a drive during a LIV Golf pro-am event at his golf club in Bedminster, NJ. He looks boiled.

LIV Golf Invitational – Bedminster – Pro-Am

America’s Id Will Defend Itself At All Costs

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Tom Ley

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Life's Rich Pageant

Wife Needs Crudités!

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Of Course The Safe Was Empty

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Laura Wagner

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Ashley Feinberg

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg's spokesperson Lis Smith speaks to the press in the Spin Room after participating in the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019.

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Defector Reads A Book

We Tried To Review Lis Smith’s Vapid New Book

Shameless Fraud Goes Home

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WNBA

Report: Biden Offers Viktor Bout For Brittney Griner And Another American Prisoner

Matt Birk exiting porta potty looking upset

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No One Ever Told Harvard Man Matt Birk To Can It And Here We Are

Disgraced Maryland State's Attorney Richard Fritz, seen looking weird in a campaign ad.

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Richard Fritz, Maryland Prosecutor Who Let Peyton Ham’s Killer Walk, Gets Booted Out Of Office

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Meet Richard Fritz, America’s Most Unelectable Elected Official

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Patrick Redford

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Arts And Culture

Here’s To Mike Davis, A Titan

US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on June 27, 2022.

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Swapping Brittney Griner For Viktor Bout Should Be An Easy Call

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Chris Thompson

This Is So Stupid

The Frail Saggy Body Of Rudy Giuliani Must Be Protected From The Political Violence Of My Infant Child


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US law professor Anita Hill takes oath, 12 October 1991, before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington D.C.. Hill filed sexual harassment charges against US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

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Anita Hill Warned Us; Too Few Listened

The space where Joe Paterno's statue used to be outside Penn State's Beaver Stadium.

Penn State Removes Joe Paterno Statue

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants To Be Sure Joe Paterno’s Statue Is Doing OK

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 10: San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks during a news conference on May 10, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Boudin announced an arrest made in an international fencing operation out of a boba tea store that was sending goods stolen from cars in San Francisco to other states and countries. He is facing a recall election that will take place on June 7. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Makes Announcement On Auto Burglaries

It All Came Together Against Chesa Boudin

Houston Texans v Indianapolis Colts

Huge Annoying Dumbass Notes That Nobody Wants To Talk To Him About Being A Huge Annoying Dumbass

The Los Angeles Marathon making its way down Hollywood Boulevard in 2021.

LA Marathon Returns After Pandemic Delay

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Marathon To The Mall And Other Public/Private Partnerships, With Adam Conover

Mass Shooting At Elementary School In Uvalde, Texas Leaves 21 Dead

What It’s Like Here

Golden State Warriors v Dallas Mavericks – Game Four

Steve Kerr’s Anger Is A Starting Point

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Samer Kalaf

Israeli police beat Palestinian pallbearers at the funeral march of Shireen Abu Aqleh