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Jack Crosbie
jscros
Contributing Writer, Splinter

Yeah, I can’t imagine what your stress levels were like there, but I totally get it. One of my first nights back in Kyiv after a 2-day frontline reporting trip that summer turned out to be Ukrainian Independence day. My apartment was right next to the main Maidan Square, and they started test-firing the ceremonial Read more

I definitely don’t have all the answers to this but I think treating them as a symptom of a larger public health problem could lead to some solutions. Off the top of my head: Read more

This is a gateway post for my next and even hotter take, “actually, beer sucks” Read more

That situation sounds atrocious, but on the other hand I think the only thing you can do is either leave, or just ironically/ non-ironically embrace it, order up a White Claw or four, slam ‘em back (they’re sure drinkable!) and just go all in with the terrible people. Read more

Schiff screaming “notice me senpai” at the DNC, desperately hoping for a 2020 convention speaking slot Read more

GOP really just throwing as many bad faith arguments into the record as possible so they can play them over and over again to rally the base for weeks after this Read more

Democrats don’t need some “groundswelling of public support” for impeachment. They literally control the House!  Read more

Mueller, like me, is having a very hard time making heads or tails of what the thickly-accented words coming rapid-fire out of Collins’ mouth actually mean Read more

Nadler that kid in class asking the teacher questions he knows the answers to already just to show everyone he did the homework Read more

“former special counsel” lol wow what a has-been, get another job  Read more

starring this because out of all the “no, U shut the fuck up” comments this is the best one Read more

that’s me in the winter when it gets snowy but not when the snow gets all dirty from the cars Read more

We have literally dozens of laws aimed at keeping kids away from pools and stopping them from dying in motor vehicle deaths. Many jurisdictions have laws about private pools being fenced and several states have enacted provisional licensing laws (the ones that mean you can’t drive other teens in your car and can’t Read more

Lol as I typed that sentence I knew someone was going to try to pull that shit, you really had me going there for a second Read more

Nah, I had gotten a missed call from them the day before and have the Oscar number saved in caller ID, so I was pretty sure that this guy was legit, it wasn’t just a random cold-call. I thought it was a reminder to pay for a bill I’ve been procrastinating on though so was very surprised to hear “we saw your blog...” Read more

Lol Chuck Todd now saying “thank you all, it takes guts” to the candidates who are openly seeking to become the most powerful person in the world, shut the fuck up dude Read more