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The Washington Post ran a story on Thursday about how Republicans can’t agree on what to do about abortion—frankly, a common take these days on how anti-abortion activists want politicians to pursue the most extreme position, despite the fact that lawmakers know it’s a losing issue. And now, a highly influential…

Earlier this week, varying tabloids reported that comedians Ali Wong and Bill Hader are back on, months after quietly dating and quietly splitting. And on Thursday, we received the first proof of life of their apparently rekindled romance: paparazzi photos of the couple engaged in heavy PDA while on a walk near Wong’s…

On Thursday afternoon, a bipartisan ethics committee in the Tennessee legislature found that Republican Rep. Scotty Campbell officially violated the chamber’s sexual harassment policy. He resigned shortly thereafter, according to local station NewsChannel5. Just two weeks ago, Campbell made headlines for condemning…

Listen, I’ve got more than a couple of doubts about the institution and performance of marriage, especially when it’s on heterosexual terms. But if marriage were a corporation looking for some good publicity, they might want to reconsider trotting out Michelle Obama as their spokesperson, because that woman is…

Judy Blume revolutionized young-adult fiction with her devotion to telling it like it is. As a kid, to read her novels—like 1973's Deenie, 1974's Blubber, 1975's Forever..., and especially the crowning jewel of her bibliography, 1970's Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret—was to feel like, “Yes, finally an adult who…

In the latest installment of Bachelor alums Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes’ storied and, err, eccentric romance, we have something that was not on my Bingo square: Unglert divulged that he’d like to impregnate fiancée Miller-Keyes with his brother’s sperm. Some more context, you ask? On this week’s episode of…

Following weeks of public pressure, Baby Mila will be reunited with her parents, Rodney and Temecia Jackson, after Dallas-area authorities took the newborn from them based on their pediatrician’s complaint to Child Protective Services.

SpaceX’s Starship, which Elon Musk touted as “the biggest rocket ever made” at 394 feet tall, exploded into a ball of flames four minutes into its test flight over Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday morning. After “generating a staggering 16 million pounds of thrust,” per CBS, the rocket made it off the launch pad, but…

It’s not often that one has the privilege of witnessing a shitty dude’s affair get exposed nearly in real time. Sure, people cheat all the time, we know this. But to be able to hunker down on the couch after a long day and scrutinize the stolen glances and stupid smirks of a man who’s certain he’s going to get away…

The House of Representatives started debate on a bill Wednesday to address the number-one threat to kids, the 400 million gu—oh, sorry, the existence of trans people. Yes, in the days following horrific stories of people shooting kids who mistakenly stepped onto their property or opened the wrong car door, and weeks…

The physical abuse allegations against Jonathan Majors don’t appear to be going away any time soon, despite his attorney claiming that the victim recanted and that video evidence would soon easily exonerate the actor.

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Well, it gives me absolutely no pleasure to report that I’ve just learned I have something in common with Andrew Tate. On Wednesday, the accused sex trafficker and misogynist influencer—outfitted only in a pair of silken patriotic briefs—tweeted a video of himself puffing on a cigar while singing along to Mariah…