Friday, August 28, 2026

Stop making Lindsay Clancy a martyr

Yes, social media is susceptible to groupthink. But if the TikTok moms posting 'Same, Lindsay' really mean it, they should log off and seek help. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Fri Aug 28 2026

 
Lindsay Clancy is on trial in Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts on Aug. 26, 2026.

Yes, social media is susceptible to groupthink. But if the TikTok moms posting 'Same, Lindsay' really mean it, they should log off and seek help.

Lindsay Clancy and defense attorney Kevin Reddington listen to testimony at her murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Aug. 11, 2026.
 

Lindsay Clancy's cries for help weren't heard. Neither were mine.

Like Lindsay Clancy, I knew something was wrong, but my words weren't enough to receive the health care I so desperately needed.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Aug. 19, 2026, about the helipad being constructed on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.
 

Trump is already hanging Republicans out to dry

Sure as day follows night, President Donald Trump will turn on his own Republican Party before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

TACOMA, WA - FEBRUARY 08: An Eagle Scout Award is seen pinned to a female Scouts uniform during a ceremony recognizing the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts at the Creighton Scouting Center, home of the Pacific Harbors Council of the Boy Scouts of America, on February 8, 2021 in Tacoma, Washington. Nine young women from the region were recognized at the ceremony, which was held on the 111th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty
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I didn't trust Hegseth, so I filed FOIA request. You can, too.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he forced Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts, to purge 'an insidious, radical, woke ideology.' I sued.

The Target logo is displayed at a Target store in Pasadena, California, on Aug. 20, 2025.
 

Target Halloween costume is a natural result of the war on DEI

Target pulled a Halloween costume after people pointed out it evoked images of minstrel shows. It shouldn't have happened in the first place.

People walk by a Target store in midtown Manhattan in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2025.
 

DEI wouldn't have stopped Target's offensive costume. This would.

The way toward a society in which ignorant people don't unwittingly attempt to make money off of racist imagery is not through more DEI. It's simpler.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a news conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Taking notes behind him is his speechwriter, Clarence B. Jones.
 

He was MLK's secret weapon. I had the honor of calling him friend.

Clarence B. Jones helped Martin Luther King write his 'I Have a Dream' speech. On this 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington, I'm honoring him.

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses a Michigan Democratic unity rally in Detroit on Aug. 7, 2026.
 

Fear is all Republicans have, and they want you afraid of Muslims

President Donald Trump has made anti-Muslim prejudice a major part of his campaigning since he ran for president in 2016. Now we're getting a retread.

Second lady Usha Vance listens to her husband, Vice President JD Vance, speak in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on March 18, 2026.
 

Usha Vance is just fine. Why can't progressives leave her alone?

Yale Law grad. Supreme Court clerk. Devoted wife. Progressives still can't handle second lady Usha Vance – and their latest attacks prove it.

Police line tape in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2019.
 

Police-involved domestic violence has a solution. We aren't using it.

I was a police officer. Tools to prevent domestic violence involving law enforcement already exist. But we've let them fall apart.

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