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Donald Trump Doesn't Care About Republicans' "Family Values"

The party of family values has chosen a candidate without family values.

Donald Trump in 2003 with Victoria Silvstedt, 1997 playmate of the year, left, and his future wife, Melania Knauss, at a Playboy event.

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The Republican party has always been the party of strong family values.

Republicans have long championed the idea that families must be built with a strong moral compass at their heart. They must be built on strong marriages and good parenting. They must be built on trust. Donald Trump is an embarrassment to the party of traditional family values. Here's why.

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Claudia Conway and How Teenagers are Reforming Politics

The 15-year-old (anti-Trump) daughter of Kellyanne Conway has spoken out about wanting emancipation from her family.

Kellyanne Conway and her daughter Claudia take their seats at the Women's Empowerment Panel, at the White House in Washington

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President Trump might have the luxury of employing a number of his children and in-laws, but not everyone on his team has been able to pass down their political beliefs in their families.

The latest child of someone from the Trump camp to make headlines isn't Ivanka—rather, it's 15-year-old Claudia Conway, whose mother, Kellyanne Conway, just announced that she will be stepping down from her role as Trump's counselor. Across her multiple social media accounts, each boasting tens of thousands of followers, Claudia has been broadcasting her disdain for her mother's affiliation with Trump.

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For years, you've probably been reading headlines comparing Trump's rise and the spread of alt-right ideology in America to the rise of Adolph Hitler and Nazism in Germany.

You might have even rolled your eyes, thinking to yourself that terms like "Nazi" and "fascism" are so overused at this point that they've practically become meaningless. But there's an alternative reading to some of these headlines, and that reading is that leading Holocaust historians might actually know what they're talking about when they draw similarities between historical events.

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Sarah Palin Was on "The Masked Singer" and America Is Doomed

The former vice presidential candidate sang "Baby Got Back," because she's #relatable.

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The Masked Singer is simultaneously a mysteriously popular reality show and a furry's wet dream.

The singing competition series combines the celebrity appeal of Dancing With the Stars with the good old-fashioned talent contest of American Idol or The Voice. Notable public figures sport particularly frightening head-to-toe ensembles and take turns singing songs, and the judges must guess who is in the suit. And, as is the case with any reality show, things get cringey—especially when a costumed Sarah Palin gives a rendition of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back."

That's correct: The one-time vice presidential candidate (and Most Famous Alaskan Probably Ever) removed a monstrous bear head (as the entire crowd yelled "take it off," which isn't at all creepy) to reveal her identity before diving into the 1992 hit. She made sure to note that she tweaked the lyrics to be about men's butts instead. Because we can excuse a former governor for opposing same-sex marriage and being a life member of the NRA if they're funny and relatable, right? Right?

Before host Nick Cannon signed off, Palin assured the crowd: "This is something that our country needs right now, too." I can't say I agree, considering I'm typing this through an anxiety-ridden self-quarantine, but to each their own. Funny and relatable! We are in hell!

Watch the haunting performance below: