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Republicans Are Falling All Over Themselves to Embrace Kyle Rittenhouse

Some GOP candidates aren't just defending Rittenhouse as a victim—they're celebrating him as a hero.
Cameron Joseph
11.18.21
Geico Q4 Simply Put
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Cryptocurrency Explained in a Way that Won’t Confuse You

Is crypto the future? Probably, but first we need to understand what it is. Thankfully we’re here to break it down so even a kid can understand it, because our host is in fact a kid. This is Cryptocurrency, Simply Put.
schools

School Removes Student Project About Fascism After Cops Complain

Students at an Indiana high school are on their third day of virtual learning because they protested the school’s decision to remove a class project about ‘V for Vendetta’ which addressed police brutality.
Samantha Cole
11.18.21
Politics

Trump Coup Memo Author’s Think Tank Buddies Launch Shadowy Super PAC

“The country we love is slipping away,” the super PAC's website declares. It doesn't mention who's behind the effort.
Cameron Joseph
11.18.21
cuba

Cuba Is Strip-Searching Protesters, Jailing Artists, and Stifling Dissent

Dissidents were arrested and harassed when they called for protests this week.
Paola Ramos
Maeva Bambuck
11.18.21
immigration

Dutch Journalist Who Questioned Greek Prime Minister Flees Home Over Death Threats

Ingeborg Beugel said she has been forced to leave her home of 40 years as part of a wave of intimidation of media and NGOs over pushbacks of migrants.
Mitchell Prothero
11.18.21
NFT

NFT Collector Sells People's Fursonas for $100K In Right-Click Mindset War

“Right Click Save This” is a very intentional fuck-you to right-clickers and to furries in particular.
Edward Ongweso Jr
11.18.21
News

BC Flooding Sees Thousands of Animals Dead, Panic-Buying, Troops Sent In

Several forecasts in B.C. predict ongoing rainfall, even as floods subside and people embark on a "mammoth cleanup."
Anya Zoledziowski
11.18.21
sexual assault

This School District Has Allegedly Threatened Girls for Reporting Rape

“I blamed myself for a long time,” one survivor told VICE News. “I think a lot of that was because of the way that the school handled it.”
Carter Sherman
11.18.21
News

Whatever Kyle Rittenhouse's Verdict Is, the Far-Right Wins

Neo-Nazis and other far-right groups are using the Rittenhouse trial for recruitment and will agitate for violence no matter the verdict, experts say.
Mack Lamoureux
11.18.21
Afghanistan

Afghan Girls’ Football Team Arrives in UK On Flight Paid for By Kim Kardashian

A rabbi, a football chairman, and Kim Kardashian West walk into a Zoom meeting, and help evacuate 30 girls and young women and their families to safety.
Matthew Champion
11.18.21
matt gaetz

Matt Gaetz Wants Kyle Rittenhouse to Intern for Him

“We may reach out to him and see if he'd be interested in helping the country in additional ways,” Gaetz said on Wednesday.
Paul Blest
11.18.21
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