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Meet the Woman Training Parents How to Get Books Banned
CHIEF PUPPETEERKaren England is successfully teaching people how to remove books from school libraries, even outside of their school districts, starting with refusing to use the term âbook ban.â

MAGA Influencers Are Sold on This Grifty Wellness Company
GOOP FOR THE GOPThe Wellness Company has helped underwrite the online programming of Kari Lake, Laura Loomer, Naomi Wolf, and others. But critics say the Goop-like firm is a âprolific grift.â

Far-Right Board Now Feels $4M Resignation Offer Is Excessive
NO RETURN POLICYMichigan's Ottawa County made its Health Department boss an offer she couldnât refuse to quit. Now, it appears the ultraconservative group thinks it may have overdone it.

Study: Muskâs X Is an Antisemitic, Islamophobic âHell-Scapeâ
HATE-FILLEDResearchers found that 98 percent of hateful posts flagged via Xâs internal reporting system were still up after a week.

Far-Right Board Offers Health Boss $4 Million to Quit
AN OFFER SHE CANâT REFUSEThe offer is equivalent to roughly 30 yearsâ worth of Adeline Hambleyâs salary as Ottawa Countyâs public health officer.

Steve Martin Has Perfect Response to His Book Getting Banned
CLAPBACKThis is the only murder in the building today.

School Board Candidate Pursued Porn Lawsuit Over LGBT Books
âOBSCENEâTeri Patrick, a school board applicant in West Des Moines, Iowa, was part of a group of parents who attempted to get criminal obscenity charges brought against the school district

Murder Plot Charge Against Hiltonâs Ex Biz Partner Dropped
SHOCK TWISTFred Khalilian is now being held on a separate witness tampering charge and will remain detained.

Paris Hiltonâs Ex Biz Partner Accused of Bribing Witness
SILENCE IS GOLDENFred Khalilian allegedly offered his former bodyguard $400,000 to change his testimony in a bizarre murder-for-hire plot, according to new court documents.

NYT Bestseller Banned By North Carolina School Library Board
âDONâT CENSOR THE QUEENâAn advisory board for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district told The Daily Beast while it was banning the Sarah J. Maas book from libraries it would still be available online.
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