Stewart F. House / Getty ImagesPremium Fact Check: Ken Paxton Absolutely Didn't Let a Sex Offender Go Free - Here's What Really Happened Texas AG Ken Paxton is taking heat for a plea deal given to a child abuser. The real story is more complicated. By Samuel Short May 31, 2026
Danielle Villasana / Getty ImagesPremium Texas Deserves Better: 5 Jaw-Droppingly Weird Statements from Democrat James Talarico Think you know just how weird and dangerous James Talarico would be for the state of Texas? You have no idea how bad it is. By C. Douglas Golden May 28, 2026
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesPremium Five Reasons Why Maine's Nazi-Tattooed 'Oyster Farmer' Beating Susan Collins Would Be Hilariously Useful for the GOP If Graham Platner somehow wins, Republicans would lose a coveted Senate seat but gain something else entirely. By Johnathan Jones May 21, 2026
Shannon Stapleton - pool / APPremium How Did the Hateful Mangione Fan Girl 'Journalists' Become So Hateful That Even He Disavowed Them? The Bible Tells Us “It’s not like we don’t understand heroic violence or when violence is good. That’s, like, as American as America gets.” By C. Douglas Golden May 20, 2026
weerapatkiatdumrong - iStock / Getty ImagesPremium Phones and Politics Are Dividing and Isolating Young Men and Women, And It's Painful to Watch The boys and girls and men and women -- broadly speaking -- do not seem to like each other very much right now. By Johnathan Jones May 19, 2026
Paul Morigi / Getty ImagesPremium Watch: Scott Jennings Puts on One of the Best Trump Impersonations We've Ever Seen, While Recalling Hilarious WH Meeting While recalling several charming Oval Office anecdotes, Jennings gave a funnier impression of Trump than all but one or two comedians. By Michael Schwarz May 18, 2026
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Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP PhotoPremium Fact Check: No, Kash Patel Is Not Having Custom Bourbon Made on the FBI's Dime "One thing not for sale is liquor, because liquor is something Patel gives away for free," The Atlantic's piece claimed. By C. Douglas Golden May 9, 2026