Alpha Male has won. What happens now? Comedian Brent Terhune has for years satirized the angry, working-class white man who rails against libtards and expresses unyielding devotion to Donald Trump. His monologues resound with right-wing rants and epitomize toxic masculinity […]
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After a video went on social media portraying him as a radical groomer endangering children with sexually explicit books, Frank Strong, a Texas teacher, received threats and became a target in a disquieting and toxic culture of rage and retribution
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America is restless, armed, divided and angry. Days away from one of the most defining elections in its history, the nation faces the growing specter of political violence. Donald Trump has survived two assassination attempts since July. Many of his
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SASABE, Ariz. — The men and the boys scanned the Mexican desert from the shade of a tree. They walked down a hill toward the border wall to pick up water, socks and rosaries. The heat hit hard and the men
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The opening lines betray little emotion, yet they startle: “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me. He lied and shattered my reputation and I am here to try and get my life back.” Those words, recited by three Hollywood actresses,
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GRANBURY, Texas — One might wonder how Adrienne Quinn Martin, a hairdresser, former belly dancer, mother of two and long-ago brand girl for a liquor distributor, a woman who celebrated her husband’s birthday on TikTok by swaying against him while listening
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GRANBURY, Texas — An American flag hung on the side of a barn and a country song about a working man played at Warren’s Backyard, a music venue, where on a searing summer evening, the Hood County Republicans met for an
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Heather Thomas arrived at a Santa Monica restaurant and ordered a cheeseburger and a margarita — “top shelf tequila,” she whispered to the waiter. It was days after President Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump, and Thomas, like many liberals
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Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads. Threats against her began two years ago after she spoke out against censorship and was
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