Aside from President Trump holding up a D-Day memorial to do a Fox News interview with the abominable Laura Ingraham…
Congrats to the newest content creators on the block, upstarts Barack and Michelle Obama, who signed an exclusive deal with Spotify to produce a series of podcasts for the platform, per Variety. While few other details were available, the couple will produce a “slate” of ‘casts. Watch your back, Crooked Media!!! Read more
After my colleague Nick Martin wrote about the FBI releasing documents that, to the small-minded, would seem to close the book on Bigfoot’s existence, we’ve been talkin’ cryptozoology. What’s your favorite of the mythical (perhaps real) beasts? What’s your local legend? And: Do you think it’s real? Sound off. Read more
A new book by The Intercept’s Ryan Grim provides damning new insight into Senate Democrats’ abject failure to…
NBC News reported that the Broward County Sheriff’s office arrested deputy Scot Peterson on multiple charges, with Peterson and police Sgt. Brian Miller both fired after being “found to have neglected their duties” during the Parkland shooting that left 17 dead. Read more
Incredible: Donald Trump managed to meet with the royals today—including Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles—and create “no news,” per the White House pool, other than this amusing line musing about what marble is made of. Wonders will never cease. Read more
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is still running for president, but you’d be forgiven for forgetting that. A Politi…
Imagine, if you can, becoming the GLOBAL EDITOR IN CHIEF of Business Insider (and INSIDER, a venture I still…
Frankly, I’m shocked it hasn’t happened already. We have a president who regularly shows signs of mental decline: He…
Williamson-mentum!!! After a new Monmouth poll put support for spirituality guru Marianne Williamson at 1 percent, she’s all but assured a spot in the first Democratic debate in June, Politico reported. Also notable: Cory Booker is also at 1 percent, and Kirsten Gillibrand came in below that. Read more
As I always suspected, Lana del Rey is a comrade. Excerpts of Moby’s memoir of owns continue to trickle out, and today’s nugget includes Lana telling Moby he’s “the man,” meaning the establishment, i.e. “the person they guillotine in the revolution.” The revolution will have dark SoCal vibes, hell yeah!! Read more
Rahm Emanuel, fresh off his disastrous tenure as mayor of Chicago, wasn’t left wanting for work long: He’s now a…
In a finale that can best be described as going out with a muffled sigh, Game of Thrones heaved its way across the…
Glenn Beck, his attempted liberal makeover long behind him, is embarking on an exciting new adventure: shilling a…
In a speech on Saturday, Bernie Sanders will call for a ban on for-profit charter schools, with a promise to stop funneling public money to the schools, CNN reported on Friday, citing a senior Sanders campaign official. It will make him the first 2020 Dem to call for such a ban—and serve as an attack on Trump. Read more
The shouty voices of Fox News aren’t known for temperate opinions, so it was only a matter of time before someone…
Chelsea Manning can’t catch a single break. After just a week of freedom—she was jailed for 62 days for refusing to testify to a grand jury about Wikileaks—a federal judge today order her back into custody for contempt. According to BuzzFeed, she told the judge she would rather “starve to death” than cooperate. Read more
Oh look, the space pirates senator had dinner with the virulently anti-LGBTQ Brazilian fascist. I’m sure they had a LOT to talk about! Read more
Congrats to Robert Mnuchin, father of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, for dropping more than $90 million on this work, Jeff Koons’ Rabbit, last night. That set a new record at auction for a work by a living artist. It’s also a very shiny reminder that even with all the money in the world, you can’t buy good taste. Read more