Crash Course: Lauren Boebert's divorce exposes the dark little secret of red state life

Lauren Boebert's divorce is funny — it also reveals why GOP men are doubling down on the misogyny [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcXBuNnR3Z2ZkYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNDk3NWE3cmQxay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Lauren Boebert's divorce exposes the dark little secret of red state life When so [much Republican behavior these days](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdG1jYjdldmJidS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is [too gross to be funny](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMGdiazYxMHdwOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), there's something downright refreshing about old-fashioned Christian right hypocrisy. This time, it comes from Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a biological human being who nonetheless sounds exactly like ChatGPT channeling a Breitbart comment section. Boebert built her career on sanctimonious, though often incoherent, lectures on the supposed [threats to the family of leftist sexual "depravities](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMDBveHpmNzg4ZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)" [like same-sex marriage or contraception use](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYWUza2wyeGQ4eC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). She also filed for divorce last month, a fact that only got into the press this week. This follows other comical examples of [Boebert's "family values,"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOWVmZ3RqZmdieS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) [such as celebrating teen pregnancy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcXBydGE3NjV3dC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) or standing by her now-to-be ex-husband after [he exposed himself to teen girls in a bowling alley](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdW43YW42NjZ2OC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY2hubzcwcXdlbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazkmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Megyn Kelly pooh-poohs Harry and Meghan’s “near catastrophic” paparazzi car chase On Wednesday's episode of "The Megyn Kelly Show" on SiriusXM, Kelly weighed in on the alleged chain of events as recounted by Harry, Meghan and their representatives — expressing doubt and throwing shade. "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry say that they were in a 'near catastrophic car chase,' . . . what does that mean? Near catastrophic is what we all have every time we look down to change the radio while driving our cars," the conservative journalist jabbed. 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Duped by Durham: Media fall for the spin on report about Trump-Russia probe The long-awaited Durham Report about the "investigation of the investigation" of the origins of the Russia probe was[ finally released on Monday](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYWtzZGdjNjJmYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) after four long years. And just like everything that touches Donald Trump these days, the right insists that it says something completely at odds with reality. But what else is new? 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TikTok says it violates their rights," [ABC News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbTNmMGxxbnE2ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison by May 30," [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcjl0Z3U4bHRyYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Nicolas Cage Is Playing Himself in Dead by Daylight," [IGN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZ29kYTFsaGw2ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Florida teacher under investigation for showing Disney movie with gay character An elementary school teacher in Florida is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) for showing a Disney movie featuring a gay character, an action that a right-wing member of the school board claims is in violation of the state's "Don't Say Gay" law. Jenna Barbee, a fifth-grade teacher in the Hernando County School District, [showed her students the film "Strange World" as part of a science lesson](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSIo9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcmR4bnh0cndwaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTE2ZXp1bjNpazlXA3NwY0IKZGI9BWZkgf5GwlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). The animated action-comedy is about a group of people who travel to the inside of a fictional planet. One of the characters is a gay teenager, whose sexuality is not an important part of the plotline and is only alluded to briefly in the film. 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