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To the Alt-Right, Everyone’s a Pedophile

Pizzagate Forever

Humorist Vic Berger’s fans sent off-color jokes to alt-right celebrity Mike Cernovich on Twitter. Cernovich’s response? Accuse him of pedophilia.

Luke O’Neil | Published Dec 19, 2016

9 States Can Neuter the War on Drugs

REEFER MADNESS

Marijuana is on the ballot in nine states—and a vote to make it more legal could have a substantial effect on limiting the number of citizens in America’s overcrowded prisons.

Luke O’Neil | Published Nov 07, 2016

Tom Brady’s Big F-You to the NFL

WINNING

The 4-time Super Bowl winner with the model looks—and supermodel wife—has been pictured living his best life in Italy, tanning on yachts and sunbathing in the nude.

Luke O’Neil | Published Oct 02, 2016

The Church That Preaches Child Abuse

NIGHTMARE

According to ex-members of Twelve Tribes who spoke to The Daily Beast, children are regularly beaten and leaders preached “slavery is necessary.”

Luke O’Neil | Published Jul 17, 2016

How The Globe Dreamt Up Trump’s America

Pièce de Résistance

<p><em>The Boston Globe</em> printed a mock first page from the future on Sunday—one that depicted an America in shambles on April 10, 2017, run by Donald Trump. Speculative fiction is not usually in the <em>Globe</em>’s arsenal, so we asked if everybody at the paper was on board.</p>

Luke O’Neil | Published Apr 11, 2016

Steve Martin, The Serious Art Curator

TRANSFORMATION

At Boston’s MFA, the comedian Steve Martin has curated an exhibition of the great Canadian artist Lawren Harris’s work.

Luke O’Neil | Published Mar 12, 2016

Iraq War Vet Bitchslaps the Bigots

Found the Golden Door

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker accused Congressman Seth Moulton of using “partisan talking points” about Syrian immigrants. The problem? Moulton already housed an Iraqi refugee.

Luke O’Neil | Published Nov 20, 2015

The Plagiarist Taking Over the World

COMEUPPANCE

Josh Ostrovsky, aka ‘The Fat Jew,’ rakes in six figures from his joke-sharing Instagram account and just signed with CAA. But his joke-stealing ways have irked the comedy world.

Luke O’Neil | Published Aug 17, 2015

Crime Is Down in My Sanctuary City

‘War on the Vulnerable’

Bobby Jindal says he wants mayors of sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants to be ‘criminally liable.’ One such mayor says Jindal is ‘trying to incite the mob.’

Luke O’Neil | Published Aug 05, 2015

The Idiot Thug Running Maine

Turn LePage

Maine’s ultra-conservative governor might have finally messed with the wrong people: a school for disadvantaged kids. Now, he could get impeached for it.

Luke O’Neil | Published Jul 06, 2015

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