Well, here we go again — another government promising safety and delivering controversy instead. It’s been just five days since the UK’s Online Safety Act went into effect, and the fallout is already massive: nearly 400,000 people have signed a petition calling for its repeal, VPN downloads in the country have skyrocketed, and the debate …

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Well, Joe Biden isn’t fading quietly into the background. Speaking at the National Bar Association gala in Chicago on Thursday, the former president reminisced about his career and his push to diversify the judiciary, singling out Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as “one of the brightest lawyers I’ve ever met.” Biden, who made history …

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Now here’s one that’s bound to light up the culture wars: a Virginia father says he was punished not for cursing or threatening anyone — as the pool board claims — but for daring to call out what he saw as a boy competing in girls’ swim races. Luis Enrique Fernandez, a father of six …

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Well, here’s one way to make a statement — a group of protesters last week turned up at the Wisconsin home of House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., dressed in black, ringing cowbells, and carrying a cardboard coffin like they were staging some sort of political funeral. Video posted online shows more than two …

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Oh, the New York Times has done it again — and this time, they’ve managed to turn an op-ed on “diet culture” into an accidental roast of their own side. On Wednesday, they ran a piece titled “Thin, White and Right: The Ideal Christian Woman” — a headline so spicy you could sprinkle it on …

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A Bay Area tattoo artist facing deportation has been granted a temporary reprieve as his case moves through federal court. Guillermo Medina Reyes, 31, appeared in San Francisco federal court this week surrounded by faith leaders and immigrant rights advocates. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials argue that Medina Reyes violated the conditions of his …

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If you’re keeping score — and at this point, who isn’t — Donald Trump just added another win to the board. Emil Bove, a name that’s been driving Democrats up the wall for months, is now officially Judge Emil Bove of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, confirmed in the Senate Thursday …

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Oh boy — if you thought the Senate floor was dull this summer, Cory Booker just blew that notion to pieces. The New Jersey senator lit into his own party on Tuesday, unleashing a fiery tirade at Catherine Cortez Masto and Amy Klobuchar that had all the theatrics of a campaign stump speech. And make …

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You want to talk about head-scratching decisions from the bench? Let’s talk about what just went down in Michigan. On Saturday, shoppers at a Traverse City Walmart were caught in what can only be described as a nightmare: a man named James Bradford Gille allegedly went on a stabbing spree near the checkout line, injuring …

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Oh, Jasmine Crockett thought she was getting a puff piece. Instead, she ended up starring in one of the most unintentionally brutal profiles in recent memory — and the best part? She did half the damage to herself. Elaine Godfrey over at The Atlantic set out to write a piece on Crockett, painting her as …

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