Is the cockatoo the most radical bird in the animal kingdom? A new(ish) data point suggests so:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign raked in $19.1 million in the second quarter of 2019, the New York Times reported, more than three times what she did in the first quarter. That’s likely to put her at third among the Dems behind Biden and Buttigieg but ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more
John McCain’s daughter has not had an easy time hosting our favorite morning show, The View. Now, feeling…
Donald Trump’s all-new, rebranded American Fourth of July in our nation’s capital promises to be a horrifying…
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Donald Trump sat for an EXCLUSIVE interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson during his visit to Japan, published…
Don’t miss this illuminating piece of reporting from The Guardian today, wherein the class of wealthy tech workers who’ve drastically transformed San Francisco bemoan becoming its victims. Among them: a woman saying “we all suffer” after a homeless man made her fall off her scooter. Abject hell.
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I’m finally up to date on Big Little Lies, the best soap opera on television, which means I’m qualified to write a…
One of the best streaming comedies of the year—Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave—has been renewed for a second season. If this doesn’t make any sense or is actively bad news to you, you probably LOVE your mother-in-law. Read more
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Things are tense on Splinter’s fave gab-fest, The View. After reports of behind-the-scenes bickering, the drama…
The famed conservative pollster Frank Luntz is back, and he’s carrying on with the conservative pastime of warring…
Another insane entry today in the Guardian’s always insane, forever iconic “Experience” series: child manslaughter. TGIF!!! Read more
We have our first round of 2020 Dem losers: According to the New York Times and MSNBC, Gov. Steve Bullock, Rep. Seth Moulton, Mayor Wayne Messam, and former Sen. Mike Gravel all fell short of the threshold to qualify for the first debates on June 26 and 27 in Miami. Read more
On a straight party-line vote this afternoon, the House voted to take its subpoenas of Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn to court. Both officials—among others—have so far refused to comply with Judiciary Committee subpoenas for documents and testimony. Read more
At a campaign event today, Joe Biden made perhaps the biggest campaign promise of the 2020 presidential election cycle yet, reportedly telling the crowd that if he’s elected, “We’re going to cure cancer.” It’s always interesting what’s deemed to be in the realm of “possible” or “practical” and what is not. Read more
Nancy Pelosi deeply does not want to answer any more questions about Donald Trump, which she made clear while…
As CNN reports, Lindsey Graham got soooooo close to getting it today, saying at a hearing on the border: “What’s odd about this disaster is that people are not trying to avoid being caught. They are looking for the first border patrol agent they can find to turn themselves in. A wall will not fix this problem.” No… Read more
We still don’t know exactly which candidates will be on the stage, but we have our moderators for the first…
Sorry, definitely not this this one. But take victories where you can find them: Alec Baldwin, who launched a whole…
Another good move from Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who’s introduced a bill resembling a Universal Basic Income to Congress. Per the Washington Post, the bill would give $3,000 direct cash to individuals and $6,000 to families who make up the poorest Americans, even those with no income. Read more