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Oh, George! When is 'rape' rape? by Terry Cowgill

Holiday BONUS: 'Honk if you love foreskin' & Hegseth's liquor stash

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George, when is 'rape' rape? PLUS: 'foreskin' mania and Hegseth's booze 12.20.24

Aussies to ban underage social media? Trump wins 'news deserts' 12.11.24

The pardon IS the interruption 12.03.24

How should journos cover a second Trump admin? 11.27.24

'The Overton Window'; Did Joe and Mika 'kiss Trump's ring'? 11.19.24

Gaetz, Gabbard, Hegseth, RFK2? Seriously? 11.14.24

Anatomy of a defeat; Unless Dems change, Latino vote lost 11.06.24

How on earth is this election even close? 11.03.24

Hate reaches its apex in MSG: Ghost of Willis Reed crying 10.28.24

Vote for the candidate who doesn't fetishize Nazis 10.24.24

Harris for president, but no 'joy' in this space 10.16.24

Help! We need to fix our news and information systems 10.08.24

Apropos of nothing: some things more important than veep debates 10.02.24

Spending binges: Trump, Harris on the economy 09.25.24

'Paging' Hezbollah: Beirut, we have a problem! 09.19.24

Dark cloud 'looming' over 45 and why Kamala sucks at interviews 09.15.24

Old-fashioned butt-kickin': Trump fraidy-scared of rematch 09.11.24

Tonight's inevitable debate blame game 09.10.24

Should US Steel be in Japanese hands? 09.05.24

Introducing 'apropos of nothing' 08.29.24

Dems boosted by Chicago 'Kamalapalooza' 08.23.24

Kamala's run: plenty of platitudes but few specifics 08.19.24

Of swift boats and close elections 08.12.24

Boy, did I pick a bad time to take a break ... 08.03.24

Brief hiatus coming ... 07.19.24

Never mind Biden's presser; Look to '2025' instead 07.12.24

'He had a bad night' is a bad take 07.04.24

To replace or not: Dems angsty after last night 06.28.24

Tonight's debate: better than 2020? 06.27.24

Antisemitism goes local — and viral 06.14.24

Racist dad: 'Don't touch my effing daughter!' 06.06.24

Guilty as sin 34 times over, but put him in jail? 05.31.24

Going undercovered: Who's funding the campus protests? 05.27.24

SCOTUS is ethically deaf and built to stay that way 05.19.24

Why do 'execution drug' companies want to remain anonymous? 05.10.24

Sarcasm alert: Activists want room service 05.02.24

Peaceful protest: What's acceptable? 04.24.24

Message to abortion foes: you're not popular 04.18.24

Is it the economy? Or is it you? 04.09.24

Does RFK2 really peel more from Dems? 04.02.24

EXTRA: Internal revolt and a hot mess at NBC 03.25.24

Clock ticking for TikTok? And No longer "Our Times" 03.21.24

'Wasting your vote'? And a politics epidemic at the border 03.14.24

In search of 'The Primary Solution' and the 'double haters'? 03.04.24

Post-Navalny, what will courage look like? 02.22.24

Paging Dr. Google: 'I do my own research' 02.15.24

Licensing journalists? Seriously? 02.08.24

The right's desperate counteroffensive against Swift 01.31.24

That other 'threat to democracy' 01.26.24

Stick a fork in Iowa; BONUS: Thinking of cutting the cord? 01.17.24

Tribalism, Trump and Claudine Gay 01.08.24