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Capital

Live Nation Gets To Keep Its Monopoly Thanks To Trump’s Department Of Justice

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Politics

UFC And FBI Announce Two Days Of Activities For Kash Patel

Albert Burneko

A bunch of fascist blackshirt kids and teens in 1929 Italy running and smiling and looking happy.

A List Of Better Ways To Experience The Frisson Of Transgression Than Becoming A Fascist

Tom Ley

Report: Unflattering Pictures Of Pete Hegseth Got Photographers Banned From Pentagon Briefings

David Roth

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives ahead a meeting with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano at the State Department in Washington, DC on December 15, 2025.

Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving “All The Boys” Dress Shoes That Don’t Fit Right

Media Meltdowns

Is Nellie Bowles The Worst Writer In America?

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

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Barry Petchesky

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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

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

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

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

Kash Patel Thinks He’s On The Team

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Michael is a writer who has worked with The Atlantic, The New Yorker, WIRED, Vox, The New York Times, and other publications. His first book, The Other Olympians, which uncovers the stories of several European athletes who transitioned gender in the 1930s, is now available for purchase.

Michael Waters

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