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Hacker Aubrey ‘Kirtaner’ Cottle arrested for breaching Texas GOP website

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Russell Brand is interviewing GOP stars at the RNC—Trump used to dunk on him for having ‘major loser’ vibes

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DeSantis fans fume over Amber Rose RNC speaking slot—which was announced before his

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The ‘GOP we need’ meme is calling for ruthless, violent killers to take over the party

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‘Open season on whites’: GOP candidate running in majority Black district has numerous fiery past takes on reverse racism

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‘LOG OFF’: Right-wing divided over X reinstatement of accused underage groomer Ali Alexander

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‘Intentional attack?’ GOP lawmakers including Marjorie Taylor Greene spread Baltimore bridge collapse conspiracies

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Dirty Delete: Oklahoma governor rides the red wave into hot water

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Dirty Delete: Deleting his Twitter account might be the smartest thing Mark Finchem has ever done

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Anonymous releases data on Texas GOP in latest Epik hack dump

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