That’s my fucking son you’re talking about, bud. Read more
Emma Roller
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Senior politics reporter at Splinter.
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Stuff like this just convinces me I really need to restart my website. Not a lot of people read it and it’s just a small drop in a sea of bad information, but at least I can do my part. I never expected to make any money from it and since I’m chronically ill I’m not losing money from missed opportunities. If only Wix… Read more
I skipped the article looking to find exactly this in the comments. It IS sad. Best of luck, Emma. And best of luck, newly-understaffed GMG. Read more
I come to Splinter News to get the truth without the side of BS. I come here to chat with like minded folx who care as deeply as I do about fighting the Nazis. I come to Splinter because it feels like home. It’s safe here. Read more
I know the number of staffers that took the buyout is a matter of public record (as The Tao that can be spoken pointed out earlier), but taken piecemeal, it really does feel like someone opened GMG’s guts, and some of the best writers and editors are now spilling out.
Those that remain are still talented, and are still… Read more
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I knew you were going to do that as soon as I saw the piece’s title. *sob* Please take this with you, to follow up on at your next gig; consider it my last tip. ♥ https://backtalk.kinja.com/alert-kb-other-oligarchs-dark-money-being-quietly-1827319676 Read more
hi i just came here to say that The Dame Jo is a reader of multiple GMG sites, here is one of her and my conversations and reading this really brought a tear to my eye
Ellie, I had lunch with Linc Chaffee on an island when I was a child. He was exactly as memorable as you would imagine; which is to say, I had to ask my dad a couple weeks ago whether or not Linc Chaffee was actually at that lunch or not. Read more
actually, the review is good Read more
Amazon made $1.6 billion in profit in the first three months of 2018 alone. $11 million is 0.68% of $1.6 billion.) Read more
I strongly believe this question is generational, especially if you’re in possession of a vagina: When you’re, say, 18, the city is AWESOME and sex is pretttttttyyyy shitty, but as you get older, those things start to reverse, so that by the time you’re in your mid-thirties, you’re approaching your sexual prime just… Read more
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Every article posted on the gizmedia sites about Arpaio vastly understates just how utterly vile this man is. Every damn one. Even if trump had only pardoned him, that is totally unforgivable and a massive indictment of this administration. Arpaio is fucking evil - so much so that it takes a little searching to dig up… Read more
“Democrats should not rationalize @ZephyrTeachout’s behavior - what if the NY AG was a Republican who ran on investigating President Hillary Clinton? We must not go down this road. The powers of prosecutors are vast and easily abused.”
Oh fuck right off. This already did happen. I’m not even a Clinton fan and even I… Read more
Imagine being older than 15 and describing yourself as a “stoolie” unironically. It’s breathtaking. Read more