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Does Kris Kobach Have White Nationalists On His Campaign Payroll?

Kansas Secretary of State and candidate for the Republican nomination for Kansas Governor Kris Kobach addresses supporters during a campaign stop Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, in Pittsburg, Kan. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Friday that two GOP political consultants had accused controversial Kansas…

Hot Weather Strains the Grid. Here’s How We Could Fix That.

Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Electricity crackled and arced between wires as Los Angeles residents watched, filming with their phones. And then the power died. As temperatures have soared this summer,…

Trump’s Tweets Don’t Really Mean Anything

This is even better than the orginal G7 picture that made the rounds in August. Check out Shinzo Abe. This is an all-time classic eye roll.Pignatelli/Euc/Ropi via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember when Donald Trump got pissed off and decided to pull out of the G7 communique? Well,…

Are We No Longer Allowed to Mock White Men?

Welcome to the New York Times, Sarah! Now, instead of random fuckwits on Twitter, you have to put up with smarmy, extremely well-paid fuckwits on Fox News. Life is such a bowl of cherries, isn’t it?Fox News Channel Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The latest identity politics micro outrage is…