Christian Nationalist Leader: I Forgot My Racist Twitter

By Will Sommer

After Thomas Achord’s antisemitic and racist secret account was exposed, the Christian Nationalist headmaster had a very strange excuse.

The Hysteria Over the Trans Jesus Sermon Gets it All Wrong

By Candida Moss

In its eagerness to find a woke nail to hammer, the cultural right didn't just get the details of the sermon wrong, but showed an ignorance of history and theology.

McDonald’s Launches a Fashion Collection, Fries Not Included

By Helen Holmes

“The project does not comment on McDonalds as a company,” Jimi Vain says. “For us it was a fashion project together with a brand that was important for us in our childhood.”

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Even the Jan. 6 Committee Knows Its Report’s Dead on Arrival

By Bonnie Kristian

The House committee’s work is almost done but even its own members know it will be a huge nothing burger.

‘George & Tammy’: The Tragic Spiral of a Country Power Duo

By Kyndall Cunningham

Jessica Chastain reunites with Michael Shannon in Showtime’s new miniseries about the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s stormy marriage.

‘SNL’ Goes Off on Kanye West for Declaring ‘I Like Hitler’

By Matt Wilstein

If Jews really do “control the media,” Colin Jost asked, “How are we still seeing a new interview with Kanye every day?”

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The Horrifying Exposé of Sexual Abuse at a Shady Megachurch

By Nick Schager

HBO’s docuseries uncovers the abuse that several members say they suffered at the hands of the secretive institution’s leaders—and chronicles their fight for justice.

Why the Media Makes Musk a Villain but Lets SBF Off Easy

By Mary Katharine Ham

Elon Musk is seen as a supervillain for using $44 billion of his own money to buy Twitter, but Sam Bankman-Fried is treated with kid gloves for losing billions belonging to others.

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An Ode to Henry Cavill’s Literary Instagram Captions

By Shivani Dubey

One wouldn’t expect the buff, hulking actor best known for playing Superman to have one of Hollywood’s most earnest, effusive social presences. But his Instagram is my happy place.

Right-Wing Hosts Try Saving Kanye but He’s Too Far Gone

By Matt Lewis

Alex Jones and others have desperately tried to throw the rapper a lifeline but he clearly doesn’t want to be rescued.

Pulse Shooting Survivor Tells How to Make Anti-LGBT Pols Pay

By The Daily Beast

Six years ago Brandon Wolf made a promise after his best friend was shot dead. He tells The New Abnormal’s Danielle Moodie how we can all make that promise a reality.

Donor Data Contradicts the GOP’s ‘Working Class’ Street Cred

By Roger Sollenberger

A brand-new analysis of data from the 2022 election showed that small-dollar Republican donors were, on average, more wealthy than Democrats.

Grifter Boasts of Fraud ‘More Wild’ Than ‘Inventing Anna’

By Pilar Melendez

J. Nicholas Bryant is accused of living an opulent lifestyle at the expense of others—allegations which he tells The Daily Beast “are pretty much true.”

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