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Mitch McConnell, 84, Is Super Transparent About Hospitalization (Not)

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was admitted to the hospital Sunday—but his office has provided scant details about what’s going on.

“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” said McConnell adviser David Popp. The statement did not elaborate on his condition, why he had been transported to the hospital, or where he was receiving…

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The rise of independent journalism — the risks and rewards

The day after Christmas last year, 24-year-old Nick Shirley posted a video about suspected fraud in Minnesota. In it, he and a man named Dave Hoch knocked the doors of tax-funded daycare centers, then attended a meeting about fraud at Minnesota’s State Capitol. At the conclusion of its 42 minutes, Shirley reported they’d uncovered more than $110 million in fraud.

The video lit a fire on social…

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That Colossal Wreck

Amidst the ongoing awful, we take wary solace in the modest routs newly inflicted on our wannabe Great Dictator. He lost yugely in multiple courts as judges reopened his bogus IRS suit, froze his slush fund, ripped his name from a D.C. landmark and, in Kenya, told him to take care of his own. Meanwhile, his trashy shitshow of a 250th celebration has devolved into "red-meat-for-the-rubes"…

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Former Pussycat Doll Thinks She Was Excluded From Reunion Because She’s MAGA

Earlier this month, the Pussycat Dolls announced a big reunion tour and released "Club Song." The lineup consists of Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt, and Ashley Roberts, and the singers froze when they were asked on _The Today Show_ about why the other original members weren't participating. Now, Jessica Sutta says she wasn't included because she's MAGA.

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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: January 2026: Atrocities 658-730

Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We called this list a collection of Trump ’s cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes, and it felt urgent to track them, to ensure these horrors—happening almost daily—would not be forgotten. Now that Trump has returned to office, amid civil…

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Trump administration to cut public health funding for Colorado

by Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline
February 10, 2026

Update: On Feb. 11, a federal judge in Illinois issued an emergency temporary restraining order, which blocks the Trump administration from cutting the public health funds to state programs.

The Trump administration will cut $600 million in public health funds for four Democratic-led states, including Colorado, according to reports.

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