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Swalwell Caught Sneaking Out as DA Reviews Rape Case
The California congressman was caught leaving his wife's home on their anniversary — as Los Angeles prosecutors review a criminal rape case against him
October 16, 2026
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The fight over American values.
The Culture War beat covers the fight over American values: family, faith, gender ideology, race in institutions, and corporate activism. We name the flashpoint, who started it, and how different outlets are framing the fight.
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Cheerleader Who Suffocated Newborn, Stuffed Body in Trash Bag Gets Just 10 Years
Laken Snelling admitted she killed her living newborn — and got just 10 years. That's what a discarded baby's life is worth to the courts.
October 16, 2026
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Small-Market Brewers Sweep Dodgers, Reach First World Series Since 1982
Small-market Milwaukee ousts the defending champs while the press sells billionaire sports as essential viewing.
October 16, 2026
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Wes Moore Orders Campus Assault Review After Cornell Gang Rape Lawsuit
Gov. Moore admits colleges fail students — the same system that put ideology over safety.
October 16, 2026
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Cornell Faculty Revolt: No-Confidence Vote After Decade of Ignored Assaults
Cornell admins ignored a sexual assault crisis for a decade — until a lawsuit and faculty uprising forced their hand.
October 15, 2026
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Four California Teens, One Photo, One School in Meltdown
Four California teens darkened their skin for a TikTok gag — and an entire school system mobilized to destroy them.
October 15, 2026
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DoorDash Driver Missing After Crash, Platform Offers Nothing
Kimberly McGrath vanished after her car crashed into a tree. The gig giant profiting off her labor has offered nothing.
October 15, 2026
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NBA Star Stoudemire Takes Badge, Joins Miami-Dade Police Force
A prominent Black athlete chose law enforcement. The establishment press has nothing to say.
October 15, 2026
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Michigan Schools Cancel Football for Lack of Players — Press Shrugs
Cheboygan and five other programs scrapped their seasons for lack of players — and the press won't ask why the kids are gone.
October 15, 2026
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$300K Designer Purse Heist in LA — Thieves Will Likely Walk
A Birkin stash worth six years of family groceries — stolen in a city where property crime goes unpunished.
October 15, 2026
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NJ Arrests Child Sex Predators While Feds Probe State Gun Delays
Predators slip through the cracks while law-abiding citizens are denied carry permits.
October 14, 2026
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Diddy Hospitalized After Prison Beating Over Elite Perks
Hollywood's protected mogul learns the hard way that two-tier justice ends when elite privileges anger the general population.
October 14, 2026
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Seven Referrals, Zero Action: How LA County Ignored Arcadia's 'House of Horrors'
21 surrogate kids, seven ignored referrals: LA County let an alleged abuse factory operate for years.
October 14, 2026
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Jury Finds Tyreek Hill Liable for Battery; NFL Still 'Reviewing'
Hill ordered to pay $500K after two battery counts stick — and the league that lectures you on social justice can't decide if beating women warrants a suspension.
October 14, 2026
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Markey Solicits BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Interns With Tax Dollars, Claims Equal Opportunity
Massachusetts senator openly courts identity-group applicants while his own posting promises equal opportunity compliance
October 14, 2026
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Students Walk Out After Board Ends Year-Round Pride Flags
Sonoma Valley board restores equal flag policy; walkout proves the programming runs deep
October 14, 2026
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NYC Horse Carriages Banned: Mamdani Deal Ends Centuries-Old Trade
Another working-class trade falls to political deals while the city crumbles around it.
October 13, 2026
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Cornell Bans All Frat Parties Over Unproven Assault Claims
Cornell suspends every male social organization for the year—collective punishment replacing due process.
October 13, 2026
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Keffe D Sentenced for Tupac Murder—Elites Who Sold Gang Culture Walk Free
The only man ever charged in Tupac's killing faces life—convicted by his own bragging while the industry that profited from gang culture walks away.
October 13, 2026
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Shane Gillis Beats Cancel Mob, Hosts SNL While Media Seethes
Fired in 2019, the comedian returned for his third SNL hosting gig—and the establishment press is melting down over a gym shorts joke.
October 13, 2026
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Breaking Bad Star RJ Mitte Dead at 34 as Hollywood Honors Its Meth Epic
Hollywood eulogizes the show that glamorized meth — while working-class America still buries the consequences.
October 13, 2026
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Big Tech Divided, Democrats Dump Columbus Day
Google and Apple can't agree on your calendar. House Democrats already replaced the federal holiday.
October 13, 2026
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D.C. Flag Football Murder: 13 Shots Over a Touchdown
A D.C. man got 32 years for executing a rival over a game-winning catch. When pickup football ends in a 13-shot barrage, civil society is on the ropes.
October 12, 2026
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Russell Brand on Trial for Decades-Old Charges After Defying Establishment
Six women, charges from 1999–2009, a 12-week trial — and a press corps that only found the allegations intolerable once Brand started asking the wrong questions.
October 12, 2026
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