Jul 26 2019
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Today is my last day at Gawker Media/Gizmodo Media/G/O/M/e/d/i/a. I am not typically one to be at a loss for words,…
Jul 26 2019
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Today is Friday and two fish at the bottom of the barrel have decided to starting smacking their fins at one…
Jul 26 2019
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Indigenous people have long been asking for United States politicians to simply listen; now, it looks like one is…
Jul 25 2019
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Three dipshit mayo frat boys at the University of Mississippi were booted from their fraternity for posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign memorializing where 14-year-old Emmett Till’s body was dumped by his murderers. Somehow, the students have not been expelled from Ole Miss, yet.
Jul 25 2019
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Attorney General Bill Barr announced on Thursday that after a two-decade hiatus, the federal government will get…
Jul 24 2019
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In a last-minute save, the Associated Press reported a federal judge blocked a trio of GOP-championed anti-abortion restrictions that were set to take effect today in Arkansas. The judge issued the ruling late Tuesday night, giving pro-choice groups 14 days to mount a defense to the inevitable appeal.
Jul 24 2019
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CNN is reporting that embattled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló will resign today. That comes after a week of mass protests stemming from a report by the Center for Investigative Justice that revealed Rosselló and other leaders used homophobic language and joked about Hurricane Maria victims.
Jul 23 2019
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Last night, Charlotte’s City Council passed a resolution denouncing President Donald Trump’s recent “racist and xenophobic social media tweets and comments.” RNC 2020 should be fun!
Jul 23 2019
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The limits of the law are tested not by the easy subjects, but by the difficult ones.
Jul 22 2019
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President Donald Trump is ever the humanitarian, at least if you’re going by the standards of, say, Henry Kissinger.
Jul 19 2019
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On Thursday, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem sued the United States government for $38 million in…
Jul 18 2019
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The New Hampshire Union Leader reported on Wednesday on a local dimension of Racist Week, which, of course, happened…
Jul 18 2019
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I was standing in a bar in downtown Greenville—Grumpy’s, I’m pretty sure it was—off East 5th Street. This was about…
Jul 17 2019
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Vice News is reporting that Sen. Bernie Sanders said he and Cardi B recently spoke on the phone about history and politics, presumably sparking yesterday’s very good tweets.
Jul 16 2019
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Jul 15 2019
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On Friday, IndieWire dropped an enlightening behind-the-scenes report that detailed the disarray in the director’s…
Jul 15 2019
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On Sunday, Axios’ Mike Allen published a post highlighting an “exclusive poll” that claimed to show Rep. Alexandria…
Jul 12 2019
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Nathan Bedford Forrest was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and every July 13, Tennessee’s governor honors the…
Jul 11 2019
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There’s no time like the present to shit on Paul Ryan.
Jul 10 2019
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