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Columbia University Sells Its Soul for $200 Million and a Patriotic Pat on the Head
Columbia University has officially agreed to a $200 million settlement that can only be described as “academic integrity, but make it negotiable.” After a long standoff with the federal government over funding cuts tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Ivy League institution has agreed to restore funding—in exchange for agreeing to follow…
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Yelling at the Lifeboat While Your House Sinks: FEMA
In a move that’s as logically airtight as a screen door on a submarine, former President Trump and DHS Secretary Noem have taken aim at FEMA—America’s go-to rescue agency—just as disaster struck in Texas. Their timing? Impeccable. Their strategy? Let’s just say it’s working about as well as a paper umbrella in a flood. Act…
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Texas, But Make It A Theocracy: The Warning Behind Salt and Static
I wrote Salt and Static because I was done whispering. I was born and raised in West Texas, where the gospel is louder than the truth and the heat will peel your skin and your dignity if you let it. I grew up gay in a culture that weaponized silence, shame, and scripture. I survived…
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Courts to Trump: You Can’t Spell ‘Healthcare’ Without ‘Care’”
In a surprising twist that briefly restored Americans’ ability to exhale through both nostrils, a federal judge has halted the portion of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that aimed to defund Planned Parenthood, citing minor technicalities like the Constitution and reality. The move comes after weeks of confusion in which lawmakers insisted the bill would protect…
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Why I Wrote A Queer Kind of Hallelujah
Some books start as whispers. Others, as screams. A Queer Kind of Hallelujah was both—a cry from a part of me that had long been silenced, and a quiet anthem for anyone who’s ever been told that their truth made them unholy. Set in a small Texas town where gossip is gospel and boys who…
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Weather Warnings Were Budget Cuts in Disguise
In a shocking twist that surprises absolutely no one who’s been awake for the last year, the same administration that promised to “streamline government” has now successfully streamlined people right into floodwaters. That’s right: the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—Trump’s golden retriever of a bureaucracy—slashed funding to NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS), and…