The internet melts down over a ‘hate crime’ that likely didn’t happen

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June 03, 2025

The internet melts down over a ‘hate crime’ that likely didn’t happen

A beloved voice actor was just murdered for being gay. At least, that’s the narrative that viral post after viral post across social media is pushing. There’s just one problem: As tragic as it is, this alleged murder likely had nothing to do with homosexuality at all. This past Sunday, Jonathan Joss of King of […]

Biden invited another housing crash. Trump can stop it

Although Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-backed mortgage giants with a taxpayer-funded safety net, helped crash the economy in 2008, the Biden administration in its final days quietly laid the groundwork to set them loose again. The goal? End their conservatorship, the federal leash that keeps their taxpayer-funded gambling in check. Last month, President Donald Trump said he would soon make a decision on […]

Qatar keeps purchasing political influence

Much ethical debate has occurred since Qatar floated the idea of gifting President Donald Trump a Boeing 747 to replace America’s aging fleet of presidential planes. The idea surfaced shortly before Trump’s recent Middle East visit, but it’s certainly not a novel idea hatched by Doha. In 2018, after learning that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was looking to […]

Is FEC deadlock good or not? To partisans, it depends on when you ask

Hypocrisy is so commonplace in politics that it takes a truly brazen example to be noteworthy. Enter Trevor Potter and Adav Noti, two campaign finance crusaders who spent years demanding a more “decisive” Federal Election Commission — right up until the moment President Donald Trump won his second term. Now, these so-called “reformers” have suddenly […]

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