Virginia can resume purging its voter rolls

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to reinstate the purge of suspected noncitizens from the voter rolls. Over the objections of the three liberal justices, the court accepted an emergency request from state officials to intervene after lower courts halted a state program that had removed more than 1,600 names since Aug. 7. While Virginia’s governor praised it all the more, voting rights advocates are calling it “a last-minute purge involving many known eligible citizens.” Read more

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Have a hyper-specific costume you need to explain?

You’re not alone. In a gay world, Halloween is the one night a year where “chronically online” people can dress like probably the most niche Internet reference imaginable. People use the phrase “I hate gay Halloween” when posting hyper-specific Halloween costumes from the furthest reaches of pop culture on their social media feeds. Read more