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Team MAGA Goes Full Nativist on Afghan Refugees

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Adam Rawnsley, Scott Bixby

It didn’t take long for the MAGA message machine to turn against Afghan refugees still struggling to leave their destabilized country.

Minaj Husband’s Victim Wants Her to Know ‘This Happened’

By Laura Bradley

Jennifer Hough is suing Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, for harassment and witness intimidation. She says associates of the Pettys tried to bribe and bully her into silence.

TX Guv Mugs With Unmasked Star—Then Tests Positive for COVID

By Blake Montgomery, Steven Monacelli

Greg Abbott, who is vaccinated against COVID-19, is experiencing no symptoms and is receiving the Regeneron antibody treatment.

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How R. Kelly’s Diehard Entourage Could Land Him in Prison

By Pilar Melendez

Essential to the mafia-style prosecution of the disgraced singer: an inner circle of bodyguards, managers, personal assistants, and drivers.

MAGA Weirdos Blame ‘Woke Generals’ for Afghanistan

By The Daily Beast

Because right-wing clout goblins can’t stop obsessing about critical race theory, even when Kabul is falling—on the Fever Dreams podcast.

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Are Emily Blunt & The Rock Making an Amazon Propaganda Film?

By Tirhakah Love

The “Jungle Cruise” co-stars are producing a new film for Amazon about Kate Warne and Pinkerton, a private security firm that Amazon recently hired to spy on its own workers.

QAnon ‘Queen’s’ Followers Sent Insane Notes to Vaccine Sites

By Kelly Weill

A group of Americans who follow a Canadian QAnon influencer is spamming hospitals and doctors with fake cease-and-desist letters to stop the COVID-19 vaccine.

Biden’s Big Plans for America Just Blew Up in Afghanistan

By Eleanor Clift

With the slimmest of congressional majorities, the commander in chief’s agenda may not survive this self-inflicted foreign-policy disaster.

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1. Taliban Beats, Whips Women and Kids Near Airport: Reports

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Shocking photos showed women and children covered in blood at one checkpoint.

2. Anti-Vaxxers Go Off the Rails at CA Meeting: ‘Heil Fauci’

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One man invoked both “the wind of time” and the Nuremberg Codes in his arguments against vaccine mandates.

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4. Schools Skirt Abbott’s Ban by Adding Masks to Dress Code

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The Texas governor tested positive for COVID Tuesday after attending a maskless GOP event.

5. Purdue Pharma Heir Threatens to Tank $4.5B Settlement

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David Sackler said any settlement agreement would need to give his family legal immunity or they would leave negotiations.

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