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Bess Levin

Bess Levin is a politics correspondent at Vanity Fair. An essential voice of our current tragicomedy, she is an incisive, hilarious daily narrator of the horrors that never seem to stop. If you need catharsis in these terrifying times—or even if you don’t!—she is a must-read. You can follow her on Twitter.
Politics

Nearly 20% of Americans Believe Taylor Swift Is Part of “a Covert Government Effort” to Reelect Joe Biden

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of those people also think the 2020 election was stolen.
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SCOTUS May Keep Donald Trump on the Ballot, But He Could Still Face Trial for Jan. 6

The Court’s judges seemed to indicate Thursday they would overturn the Colorado ruling. But he might not get so lucky with his “immunity” claims.
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Indiana Lawmaker Responds to Student Pleas for Firearm Safety by Telling Them He’s Armed and Flashing His Gun at Them

One student present said she felt “almost petrified with fear.”
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Mike Johnson Says He Has to “Blur” Some of the Faces of People in January 6 Footage

So much for those “legitimate political discourse” claims.
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George Santos Is Apparently Still Telling Tall Tales, This Time About Kidnapping

Even as he faces 23 criminal counts and possible expulsion from Congress, the man cannot stop telling the most absurd lies.
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George Santos Said He’s “Pretty Much” Denying Wild New Criminal Charges

Meanwhile, a group of New York Republicans is introducing a resolution to boot him from Congress.
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Trump’s 'Border Wall' Caused ‘Significant’ Cultural and Environmental Damage

One site important to a number of Indigenous communities, was “irreparably damaged."
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Donald Trump Was Just Indicted for Trying to Overturn the Election in Georgia

This is the ex-president’s fourth indictment since March!
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Donald Trump Was Indicted in the 2020 Election Interference Case

The former president has now been indicted for an astonishing third time.
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A Grand Jury Voted to Indict Donald Trump

Trump will become the first former president charged with a crime.