Oliver Bateman

Tomorrow, Republicans in Kentucky's 4th congressional district will decide whether to return seven-term libertarian Thomas Massie to Congress or replace him with retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein. As of 16 May, the race had drawn an absurd $32 million in outside ad spending, of which pro-Israel groups accounted for at least $9 million. Late polling had Gallrein leading by 5.2 percentage points among likely Republican voters.

Today, Right-wing commentator Matt Walsh tore into the organisers of Donald Trump's “Freedom 250” concerts after the rock star Bret Michaels became the fifth of nine announced acts to walk away.

Sean Strickland, the two-time and current UFC middleweight champion, says he has been banned from the Freedom 250 card on the White House lawn on 14 June, Donald Trump's 80th birthday. Asked why, he said he had made fun of Israel and Jeffrey Epstein, and that he was the only male American champion kept off the guest list. He claimed he had earned the snub by saying the US President is owned by Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sean Strickland, the two-time and current UFC middleweight champion, says he has been banned from the Freedom 250 card on the White House lawn on 14 June, Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. Asked why, he said he had made fun of Israel and Jeffrey Epstein, and that he was the only male American champion kept off [...]Read More...

On a December afternoon at Ford Field, with the Steelers' season hanging on every snap, the oldest player in the NFL hustled to the sideline and beat All-Pro Detroit linebacker Jack Campbell to the boundary by a step. Aaron Rodgers, 42, offered the 25-year-old a hand up, got it refused, and

At a gas station just off Interstate 70, I watch as a cousin of mine in Bentleyville drops a twenty into a Pace-O-Matic console wedged between the lottery counter and

At a gas station just off Interstate 70, I watch as a cousin of mine in Bentleyville drops a twenty into a Pace-O-Matic console wedged between the lottery counter and single-stall restroom.

At a gas station off Interstate 70, I watch as a cousin of mine in Bentleyville drops a twenty into a Pace-O-Matic console. This slightly bedraggled PennDOT worker, fresh off a long and tedious shift, barely pays attention to the little puzzle the screen flashes before it pays (or doesn’t). Such puzzles and other challenges constitute the whole legal justification for the existence of these machines, and nobody I know...

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Last week, on the podcast Can’t Be Censored, Tucker Carlson said there was no chance he would ever support the Republican Party again. The clip went viral on Monday. He would not back the Democrats either, he added, and “did not know what he would do” when the next American election came along. After 35 [...]Read More...