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  "path": "/2026/02/24/team-usa-men-women-gold-trump-white-house-invite/",
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    "A White House Invite, a Punchline—and a Choice for the Men of Team USA",
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  "textContent": "Both the U.S. women’s _and_ men’s ice hockey teams won gold at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Yet, within hours of defeating Canada, only the U.S. men’s hockey team received a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump and an invitation to the White House.\n\nWhat should have been a routine celebration of athletic excellence instead became a revealing cultural moment.\n\nAfter extending the invitation, the president joked, “I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team,” adding that he would “probably be impeached” if they were not invited. Laughter followed.\n\nSome have dismissed the comment as harmless—just a joke, just locker room talk, boys being boys. But humor has long been one of the ways inequalities sustains itself. Framed as harmless, softened by laughter and repeated often enough, it teaches audiences what is acceptable and what feels risky to challenge.\n\nWhen women’s inclusion becomes a punchline, the triumph no longer belongs equally to everyone it represents.\n\nThe post A White House Invite, a Punchline—and a Choice for the Men of Team USA appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "A White House Invite, a Punchline—and a Choice for the Men of Team USA"
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