Whitney Levandusky
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"There is a stage in life after we have become aware of these realities but before we often have the internal substance to treat them with the gravity they deserve. It is called adolescence." Murder-kitsch is ghoulish and immature: www.thebulwark.com/p/against-th...
Against the Crime-Scene Halloween
Bring on the spooky and screamy, creepy and kitschy decor. Just don’t treat lurid murder imagery as frivolous fun.
www.thebulwark.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"There is a stage in life after we have become aware of these realities but before we often have the internal substance to treat them with the gravity they deserve. It is called adolescence." Murder-kitsch is ghoulish and immature: www.thebulwark.com/p/against-th...
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"Confronting the brutal truth of your skin at this age will be frightening, but you are a middle-aged woman and lately, you seem to delight in brutal truth to a degree that is becoming uncomfortable for those around you."
How to Apply “No-Makeup” Makeup: A Guide for Mature Women
1. Gather lots of makeup. However much makeup you think it will take to achieve the no-makeup look, it will take far more makeup than that. Go to a...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Confronting the brutal truth of your skin at this age will be frightening, but you are a middle-aged woman and lately, you seem to delight in brutal truth to a degree that is becoming uncomfortable for those around you."
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All of this is the most foreseeable, avoidable, unnecessary disaster in sports in my lifetime. It’s ruining fandom, it’s harming players, it’s robbing bettors of everything they have, and it’s being not only allowed but *pushed* upon audiences by the leagues and their media partners.
Heat guard Terry Rozier and Blazers coach Chauncey Billups arrested in gambling probe
Heat guard Terry Rozier and Blazers coach Chauncey Billups arrested in gambling probe
The Heat guard and Trail Blazers head coach were arrested by the FBI Thursday morning, two officials told NBC News.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
All of this is the most foreseeable, avoidable, unnecessary disaster in sports in my lifetime. It’s ruining fandom, it’s harming players, it’s robbing bettors of everything they have, and it’s being not only allowed but *pushed* upon audiences by the leagues and their media partners.
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Just watching screeners of Netflix's miniseries about James Garfield, Death by Lightning
October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just watching screeners of Netflix's miniseries about James Garfield, Death by Lightning
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Congress Sends Unemployed Americans 40 Million Boxes Of Saltwater Taffy From Vacation https://theonion.com/congress-sends-unemployed-americans-40-million-boxes-of-1844729789/
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congress Sends Unemployed Americans 40 Million Boxes Of Saltwater Taffy From Vacation https://theonion.com/congress-sends-unemployed-americans-40-million-boxes-of-1844729789/
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We're close to completing our list for September. Look for it on our site next week. If you need a refresher, or, you know, lean toward masochism, here are all 416 atrocities committed by the Trump administration since the reality TV star/steak salesman/convicted felon took office.
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
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October 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We're close to completing our list for September. Look for it on our site next week. If you need a refresher, or, you know, lean toward masochism, here are all 416 atrocities committed by the Trump administration since the reality TV star/steak salesman/convicted felon took office.
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an ai slop nostalgia video for life in neolithic Çatalhöyük is going viral!!! “do you still enter your plaster structures via a ladder opening on the second story in 2025? remember when you would paint elaborate geometric patterns and hunting scenes on the walls?”
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
an ai slop nostalgia video for life in neolithic Çatalhöyük is going viral!!! “do you still enter your plaster structures via a ladder opening on the second story in 2025? remember when you would paint elaborate geometric patterns and hunting scenes on the walls?”
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Low-grade fever:
Eat a McFlurry in an ice bath full of bleach.
Cramps:
Try not complaining. Men get cramps, too, you know.
Lightning crotch:
Exorcism.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
Eat a McFlurry in an ice bath full of bleach.
Cramps:
Try not complaining. Men get cramps, too, you know.
Lightning crotch:
Exorcism.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Trump Administration’s Recommendations for Managing Pregnancy Discomfort
“For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary. That’s, for instance, in...
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Low-grade fever:
Eat a McFlurry in an ice bath full of bleach.
Cramps:
Try not complaining. Men get cramps, too, you know.
Lightning crotch:
Exorcism.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
Eat a McFlurry in an ice bath full of bleach.
Cramps:
Try not complaining. Men get cramps, too, you know.
Lightning crotch:
Exorcism.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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Prices are up just in time for back to school.
Thanks, Donald Trump.
Thanks, Donald Trump.
September 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Prices are up just in time for back to school.
Thanks, Donald Trump.
Thanks, Donald Trump.
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The Republicans’ domestic policy legislation will most likely raise after-tax incomes of the richest Americans while its cuts to social spending will leave the poorest at a substantial disadvantage, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Richest Gain Most and Poorest Face Steepest Cuts Under G.O.P. Law, Analysis Finds
Millions of people could lose access to federal food aid or Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest analysis of President Trump’s marquee legislation.
nyti.ms
August 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Republicans’ domestic policy legislation will most likely raise after-tax incomes of the richest Americans while its cuts to social spending will leave the poorest at a substantial disadvantage, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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"Really wish McCloskey had stuck to writing about ducks."
Sal from Blueberries for Sal Breaks Her Silence
Thank you for coming to my press conference. Many people describe the Caldecott Honor–winning tome by Robert McCloskey, which recounts my harrowing...
buff.ly
July 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Really wish McCloskey had stuck to writing about ducks."
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Jamelle Bouie is one of the best writers in the country. Period. At anything. The things people say to him, usually with a huff of self-satisfied indignation, are *unbelievable*.
Believing your cause to be just is not a ticket to treat other people however you want.
Believing your cause to be just is not a ticket to treat other people however you want.
July 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Jamelle Bouie is one of the best writers in the country. Period. At anything. The things people say to him, usually with a huff of self-satisfied indignation, are *unbelievable*.
Believing your cause to be just is not a ticket to treat other people however you want.
Believing your cause to be just is not a ticket to treat other people however you want.
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almost a year of becoming a mother amid an endless onslaught of global suffering. i wrote about how soft it's all made me. somehardfeelings.substack.com/p/softening
Softening
Motherhood has made me soft.
somehardfeelings.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
almost a year of becoming a mother amid an endless onslaught of global suffering. i wrote about how soft it's all made me. somehardfeelings.substack.com/p/softening
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
June 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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On the evening of his 32nd birthday, Zohran Mamdani returned home, pleasantly drunk, to find a single levitating rose floating in the entryway of his apartment.
“You will die in 52 years, 10 months, and one day,” the rose said in a somber baritone. “Before that eventuality you must become mayor.”
“You will die in 52 years, 10 months, and one day,” the rose said in a somber baritone. “Before that eventuality you must become mayor.”
so I have a lot of complicated thoughts about the specific issue at hand, but I have to point out that’s not what “magical realism” is
June 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On the evening of his 32nd birthday, Zohran Mamdani returned home, pleasantly drunk, to find a single levitating rose floating in the entryway of his apartment.
“You will die in 52 years, 10 months, and one day,” the rose said in a somber baritone. “Before that eventuality you must become mayor.”
“You will die in 52 years, 10 months, and one day,” the rose said in a somber baritone. “Before that eventuality you must become mayor.”
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
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Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
May 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
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Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump fires Librarian of Congress and Baltimorean Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, according to statements from House Democrats.
www.baltimoresun.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
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Dr. Hayden is a consummate professional, career librarian, and public servant. I cannot think of anyone in the Trump administration who is fit to address the Librarian of Congress in this way:
May 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Dr. Hayden is a consummate professional, career librarian, and public servant. I cannot think of anyone in the Trump administration who is fit to address the Librarian of Congress in this way:
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while re...
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know