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Since Michigan Republican lawmaker Josh Schriver shared a racist conspiracy theory online last week, he’s wasted no time doubling down on his rhetoric—even after losing his state House committee and staff as a result.

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Welcome to Trail Mix, your 2024 election sanity guide. See something interesting on the trail? Email me at jake.lahut@thedailybeast.com.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to public view was always going to be dramatic—if there is one thing their supporters and detractors can agree on, it is their innate talent to cause a stir. On Thursday, during their second day attending the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025’s One Year to Go celebrations, Harry reportedly hit 99 km/h on a skeleton sled on one of the world’s fastest bobsled tracks.

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Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.

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Two-time The Traitors alum Kate Chastain knows better than anyone that veterans of the Peacock show tend to inflate their achievements on the show. “A lot of people like to say, ‘I was calling those Traitors from Day One,’” the Below Deck star told The Daily Beast’s Obsessed during a recent (spoiler-filled) interview. Her general response? “Sure.”

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As the title implied, the first season of Amy Schumer’s semi-autobiographical Hulu dramedy series Life & Beth began with a death and ended with a spiritual rebirth. Following the sudden loss of her mother, Beth (Schumer)—an aimless wine merchant in her late thirties stuck in a committed relationship with a dopey co-worker—reevaluates her seemingly ideal urban life. She breaks up with her partner, moves out of Manhattan and back to her hometown of Long Island... Читать дальше...

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More than 24 hours after gunfire erupted during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade on Wednesday—killing one person and injuring at least 22 others—we still know very little about exactly what led to the tragic events or who is responsible for them. “The good news is we do know one of the heroes that helped stopped the shooting,” said The Daily Show correspondent/this week’s guest host Jordan Klepper on Thursday.

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Utah’s governor on Thursday put his signature to legislation censuring State Board of Education member Natalie Cline, who appeared to question a teenage girl’s sexual orientation.

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Tucker Carlson’s trip to a Russian grocery store—something he said “radicalized” him against U.S. leaders—drew critics from across the political spectrum, including a Republican senator and an MSNBC anchor.

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Outer Banks star Austin North said on Thursday night he has “very little memory” of an alleged incident in a Las Vegas emergency room earlier this week that ended in his arrest for gross misdemeanor battery.

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The “magenta pink” powdered tempera paint scattered by two climate-change activists on Wednesday posed no threat as it fell upon the helium-filled glass encasements that protect the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill or Rights on display in the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

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Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) has dropped his U.S. Senate bid less than a week after he officially announced it, citing Donald Trump’s endorsement of another candidate for the sudden decision.

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Former President Donald Trump made a last-ditch effort to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that it should delay his federal election subversion case while he appeals the question of whether he is immune from prosecution over any alleged crimes he committed while in office.

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(Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Traitors Season 2, Episode 8.)

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Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA women’s scoring record just two minutes into Thursday night’s matchup against Michigan with a long three-pointer, surpassing ex-Washington player—and current WNBA standout—Kelsey Plum’s record of 3,527 career points.

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The body of a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who disappeared while he was taking a woman to jail was found late Thursday, local authorities said.

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A “troubling” U.S. national security warning has stirred chaos on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue this week, with the Biden administration confirming on Thursday that it believes Russia is developing weapons that threaten American infrastructure from space. Although the anti-satellite capability in question is not a weapon that can be used to attack humans on Earth—it could disrupt services on Earth, Kirby said.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is, by her own admission, a bullshit artist.

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New York magazine’s financial columnist Charlotte Cowles has written about everything from how people could get their bills lowered to managing their credit card debt. Her Thursday report, however, highlights how even the smartest financial minds can be deceived.

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The Pennsylvania man accused of killing his father, posting the decapitated remains to YouTube, and attempting to raise a rebellion against the federal workforce was charged with three new counts of terrorism on Thursday, court records show.

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Last month, Big Bird flew into a bit of an existential crisis: A humorously edited photo revealed that the usually sizable squawker was suddenly small. (How appropriate that Big Bird shared his dilemma on X, which, much like the yellow muppet himself, is no longer the big, beautiful bird it used to be.) Big Bird tweeted through it, and then, after seven days and seven nights, came a triumph of biblical proportions. He rose (in stature) again. Читать дальше...

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Failed Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis insisted on Thursday that Florida is not banning books—while conceding that some school districts have been too liberal in accepting challenges to remove titles on their shelves.

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A once rising star running back for Louisiana State University was arrested Thursday in connection to a shooting that critically injured a woman and injured a man in Farmerville, four hours north of the university.

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Nearly two weeks after closing up shop on The Messenger and suddenly leaving hundreds of employees out in the cold, the “centrist” news site’s CEO Jimmy Finkelstein finally sat down for a lengthy interview with Axios to discuss his startup’s spectacular flameout.