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Shamed Greg Bovino resurfaces with praise for Hitler-loving racist X account

Shamed Greg Bovino resurfaces with praise for Hitler-loving racist X account

One of the key figures in President Donald Trump's mass deportation plan openly cheered a blog post by a known anti-Semitic and racist social media account Monday, according to a report.

The Daily Beast reported that former Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shared an April 9 article from the blog American Greatness that argued "mass arrests are the only way forward to mass deportations."

in a post on X on April 20, Bovino linked to the blog post and commented "vindication for mass deportations" and "hard to ignore facts," accompanied by American flag and flexing arm emojis. He also tagged right-wing influencers Nick Sortor, Benny Johnson and Lauren Witzke. ...

What the ‘Kids Guide to President Trump’ does not tell your children

What the ‘Kids Guide to President Trump’ does not tell your children

To understand what’s inside the Kids Guide to Donald Trump, 2024 Edition — a new, nationally marketed booklet aimed at pre-teens — one must first appreciate what isn’t.

The guide makes no mention of Trump’s 88 felony charges across four separate criminal cases.

Nor does it devote a word to recent civil court judgments that found Trump liable for sexual abuse, defamation and business fraud, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in fines....

My Daily Beast column: "Dear Israel, This Is Why I Left"

My Daily Beast column: "Dear Israel, This Is Why I Left"

I'm one of the regular columnists at the newly formed Daily Beast blog group "Open Zion," edited by Peter Beinart. I post there every other Friday, and will regularly shill that post here. It's the way of the internet!

The $3.8 million prank

The $3.8 million prank

Man, today is a weird one for a feminist, because it's a "stuff going right" day. Lilly Ledbetter Act passes the Senate, the global gag rule was rescinded, and I discovered that I can crap diamonds. (Just checking to see if you were paying attention.) I had to revise my podcast at the last minute to reflect how quickly the changes are coming. Which is why I'm reading about this woman who is selling her virginity for $3.8 million, and my first inclination is to generously assume that she's pulling one awesome prank on some patriarchy-addled man and just on the world at large. Someone who doesn't realize that when you "take" someone's virginity, you end up empty handed.