The Comstock Act has remained on the books awaiting the Puritans of our day to revive it.

But who was Anthony Comstock? Letters and diary entries offer a glimpse into the 19th-century dildo-hating moralist.motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

New: The unhinged MAGA “meme team” apparently behind Trump's “unified Reich” video: “I hope everything goes back to the 1950s” mediamatters.org/donald-trump/u…

A completely bananas story about a Tennessee town's QAnon-pilled assistant police chief

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New: AI-generated kids are flooding social media.

In the images, fake little girls are dressed suggestively as nurses, superheroes, ballerinas and french maids—and older men are flocking to them.

On a growing problem that falls into a troubling gray area:forbes.com/sites/alexandr…

The global discourse on AI and deepfakes often focuses on misinformation. But many Indian politicians are using the technology for a different purpose: voter outreach.

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New from 404 Media: FBI arrested man for allegedly using Stable Diffusion, a text to image AI model, to create thousands of images of minors. One of the first known instances of FBI investigating someone for using AI to create child sexual abuse material 404media.co/fbi-arrests-ma…

You should read Radley Balko's chilling piece on Trump's deportation army.radleybalko.substack.com/p/trumps-depor…

Look-back windows can be a lifeline for victims whose claims were previously barred by statutes of limitations, and they have been essential in high-profile cases in the post-MeToo era.

Why did the Louisiana Supreme Court rule them unconstitutional? motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Disturbing story about how violent threats are becoming normal in our politics.

No mention of Garry Tan, who tweeted 'die slow' at SF politicians and recently endorsed a photo of a man aiming a gun at Oakland's mayor.

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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Relatives Remembered

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Navigating the world can be overwhelming for any teen — but especially for those who have aged out of foster care systems.

These photos show the paths of two teens after foster care. propublica.org/article/when-k…

On Friday, right-wing streamer Tim Pool hosted what was ostensibly a discussion about the 'trad wife' lifestyle -- but which was only an excuse for the panelists to call for abolishing women's rights.
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Michael Flynn, who could become a member of a 2nd Trump administration, has really tried to have it both ways with QAnon: He supposedly now denounces parts of it, using certain language to do so, while having a years-long & continuous association with QAnon figures.

Michael Flynn in a Twitter/X Space a few days ago confirmed that this QAnon supporter is on his film promotion tour team, saying he's been doing 'behind the scenes' work for the tour.