politics JD Vance doubles down on his blood libel against Haitians Jason Weisberger

blood libel GQP candidate for Michigan's Secretary of State Kristina Karamo spreads blood libel Jason Weisberger

media Newsmax cans Lara Logan, former CBS presenter lost to QAnon, after on-air remarks about elites "dining on the blood of children" Rob Beschizza

donald trump "Trump makes people I care about afraid — I find him reprehensible" — JD Vance's tweet resurfaces after 8 years Mark Frauenfelder

JD Vance is on a crusade to make divorce impossible Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump and Vance's Haitian rhetoric causing real harm Jason Weisberger

donald trump JD Vance says Trump's fake electors should choose the President Ellsworth Toohey

vladimir putin New Age conspiracy theorist praises Putin and Tucker Carlson's charge against the Satanic Cabal Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Hollywood's "most hated woman" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

A 1920s UK woman frames her neighbor by writing filthy, abusive letters Clive Thompson

web theory 50 million people in Myanmar can now get Facebook, and they're spreading a trumpian ethnic cleansing movement Cory Doctorow

uk Would-be Ukip leader hospitalised following "altercation" ("punched by a colleague") Cory Doctorow

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cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery