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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Facebook to Counter Gov’t ‘Propaganda’
To attack “information campaigns” aimed at ”geopolitical goals.”
LINE OF FIRE
2 U.S. Special Ops Killed in Afghanistan
In a raid targeting ISIS.
SURGE
U.S. Sending 1,500 Troops to Afghanistan
To further support the war effort.
MEDIA CONSULTING
Trump ‘Huddles’ With Drudge at WH
Previously unreported visits likely about media coverage of Trump administration.
REVOLUTIONARY
Earthlings Get Pics From Saturn’s Rings
NASA re-establishes signal with Cassini spacecraft.
BILLY SHEARS!
Beatles Release Rare ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Cut
Bare-bones version of the classic album’s title song.
JUST GO AWAY
Fox Host Takes ‘Vacation’ After Outcry
Jesse Watters yet again draws outrage for seemingly lewd commentary.
UPPING THEIR GAME
United Raises Seat Bump Limit to $10K
From $1,350 limit now.
ENDLESS WAR
Syria: Israeli Strike Hits Near Airport
Rebels tell BBC that Israel targeted Hezbollah arms depot.
AGGRESSIVE
Delta Removes Flier for Using Restroom
During wait on tarmac.
Keep ReadingWhile her sister Kim is out promoting body positivity, the youngest Kardashian-Jenner stands accused of digitally shrinking her hips.
Kylie Jenner’s Photoshop Controversy
Keep Reading“A lot of people felt defeated and hopeless by Trump’s election,” Fairey tells the Daily Beast. “But I feel his election should energize people to resist apathy, ignorance, sexism, x...
Shepard Fairey & Ai Weiwei Take On Trump
Keep ReadingThe new Netflix documentary ‘Casting JonBenét’ examines the 1996 murder of the 6-year-old pageant queen in a new light.
JonBenét Ramsey’s Murder Mystery
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Politics
Trump Tantrums Sink Him in Court Again
Trump Tantrums Sink Him in Court Again
President Donald Trump is the worst client in the world.Yet again, this time in a case involving his threat to withhold funding from so-called “sanctuary cities,” Trump’s careless out-of-court statements have come to bite him in the behind, just a...
A federal court has placed an injunction on the White House’s plan to withhold money from “sanctuary cities” because the president’s own statements contradict the government’s lawyer...
President Sessions’s First 100 Days
President Sessions’s First 100 Days
Over the last 100 days, one thing has become indisputably clear: More than any other member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the keeper of the flame.He unflinchingly advances the president’s ideological priori...
Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office may have disappointed the base, but the attorney general has been keeping Trump’s campaign promises for him.
Mark Cuban: ‘Trump Is an Idiot’
Mark Cuban: ‘Trump Is an Idiot’
Mark Cuban, Shark Tank billionaire, investor in 150 companies, impresario, and dedicated tech-aficionado, hates it when people tell him he toes an ideological line. Sometimes he just laughs, sometimes he rolls his eyes—and he almost always correct...
The ‘Shark Tank’ impresario thinks Trump’s a total loser and Hillary would have been better—but the predictability ends there.
Red-Pill Right Swaps Chivalry for Hate
Red-Pill Right Swaps Chivalry for Hate
An investigation by The Daily Beast about the New Hampshire state representative who was secretly behind The Red Pill (“the web’s most popular online destination for pickup artistry and men’s rights activists”) got me thinking about how desperate ...
This ‘men’s rights’ movement isn’t just a departure from traditional conservatism; it’s a departure from what we used to call being a gentleman.
GOP Lawmaker Created Reddit’s ‘Red Pill’
GOP Lawmaker Created Reddit’s ‘Red Pill’
Last November, voters in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region re-elected to the state house of representatives a man who appears to be one of the secret architects of the internet’s misogynistic “Manosphere.”The homegrown son of a preacher, 31-year-old Ro...
A web of secret online identities connects the creator of the misogynistic Red Pill forum to a New Hampshire state representative.
Entertainment
Colbert: Trump Acting Like ‘8-Year-Old’
Colbert: Trump Acting Like ‘8-Year-Old’
One detail in a recent Associated Press story about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office really stood out to Stephen Colbert. “With the push of a red button placed on the Resolute Desk that presidents have used for decades, a White Ho...
The ‘Late Show’ host felt a lot better when he found out what Trump’s red button does.
The Cure to Your ‘Girls’ Withdrawal
The Cure to Your ‘Girls’ Withdrawal
The first coping mechanism when a long-running TV series ends its run—particularly one as news-making and adored as Girls—is to seek solace in finding out what each of the parties involved have going on next.Creators Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner w...
Richard Shepard, the director responsible for so many of your favorite ‘Girls’ episodes, debuts a new film at Tribeca that’s like a ‘Girls’ family reunion.
Remembering Jonathan Demme
Remembering Jonathan Demme
Hollywood lost a great one today. Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme succumbed to his battle with esophageal cancer Wednesday morning. He was 73. Demme is best known for The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and The Manchurian Candidate.As Hol...
The Academy Award winning director passed away today at 73.
Erin Moran’s Brother Slams Baio
Erin Moran’s Brother Slams Baio
Erin Moran’s brother Tony has launched a withering attack on Scott Baio, Erin’s former co-star on Happy Days, after Baio speculated on-air that Moran died due to drug and alcohol abuse, when in fact she died from cancer complications.Tony called o...
Will Scott Baio ever apologize? It doesn't seem likely—but his wife has been making apologetic phone calls on his behalf, Erin Moran’s outraged brother now alleges.
‘Aliens’ Cast Remembers Bill Paxton
‘Aliens’ Cast Remembers Bill Paxton
He was so much more than “game over, man!” As Marine combat technician Private Hudson in James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi blockbuster Aliens, Bill Paxton spun scene-stealing cinematic gold out of comically masculine bravado and wild-eyed panic—the la...
‘Everyone he met became an instant friend. There were no strangers in Bill Paxton’s life.’
Trump Impersonator: Baldwin Blocked Me
Trump Impersonator: Baldwin Blocked Me
All of a sudden, comedian Anthony Atamanuik is a very busy man. So busy, in fact, that during our phone conversation Tuesday morning, he asks to call me back so he can duck into the writer’s room meeting for The Daily Show, where he will be making...
The star of Comedy Central’s ‘The President Show’ says he doesn’t know what he did to piss off Alec Baldwin, and explains why his version of Trump is more satire than parroting.
Colbert Mocks ‘Born Rich’ Ivanka Trump
Colbert Mocks ‘Born Rich’ Ivanka Trump
In the nearly 100 days since President Donald Trump took office, he hasn’t left the country. In fact, as Stephen Colbert joked Tuesday night, “He’s barely left the country club.”Instead, the president sent his daughter Ivanka Trump to Berlin this ...
After Ivanka Trump was booed in Berlin, Stephen Colbert added insult to injury.
World News
Will Kony Make a Murderous Comeback?
Will Kony Make a Murderous Comeback?
GULU, Uganda — Peter Kidega didn’t know the man at the end of his rifle. Only that someone had to die. “The rebels told me I was to kill this man,” Kidega says. “If I refused, they would kill me.” At the time, Kidega was 19 years old.Both Kidega a...
Lord’s Resistance Army defectors say infamous warlord Joseph Kony will revive his gruesome campaign to impose his rule based on a warped version of the Ten Commandments.
Russia’s Social Media Suicides
Russia’s Social Media Suicides
MOSCOW—The Russian ninth-graders, Katia Vlasova and Denis Muravyov liked to post a daily documentary about their lives. The two skinny teens shared their selfies and videos with friends on Russia’s most popular social media network VKontakte, as w...
As the United States worries about sensational online murders, there’s an epidemic of deadly online challenges taking the lives of vulnerable young Russians.
Fighting Back Against Putin’s Hackers
Fighting Back Against Putin’s Hackers
PARIS—Looking back on the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton last year, one sees an appalling passivity and helplessness as online attackers stole her campaign secrets and now-President Donald Trump exploited that information without shame o...
Emmanuel Macron isn’t just fighting a neo-fascist in his race for the French presidency. He’s battling some of Vladimir Putin’s most savvy hackers, too.
Ivanka’s Global Debut Met With Jeers
Ivanka’s Global Debut Met With Jeers
BERLIN—Does German Chancellor Angela Merkel consider herself a feminist? When asked at a women’s event with Ivanka Trump Tuesday, she hesitated. Merkel doesn’t want to just give herself a label, which others have fought so hard for: “If you think ...
Germany’s top leader may not consider herself a feminist, but America’s first daughter proved Tuesday that she definitely isn’t one—and neither is her father.
Feds: Sexy Cyber Scammer Stole a Million
Feds: Sexy Cyber Scammer Stole a Million
Prison scrubs are the new swimsuit for an accused cyberscammer plucked off the beaches of Thailand to face justice in a Brooklyn court. But her attorney and prosecutors said Wednesday that they’re in talks about a plea deal.Feds say alluring hotel...
Alluring hotel hostess Olga Komova is working toward a plea deal after allegedly using malware to siphon more than $1.2 million from victims’ accounts.
Team Trump’s New ‘Red Line’ on N. Korea?
Team Trump’s New ‘Red Line’ on N. Korea?
The Trump administration launched its week with tough talk aimed at North Korea—barbs all the more remarkable because they caught some senior officials at the Pentagon off guard.The salvos started with U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley announcing what s...
As tensions surrounding North Korea escalated, top Trump officials issued new threats—ones that surprised the U.S. military.
France’s Centrist Candidate Bans RT
France’s Centrist Candidate Bans RT
PARIS — The man who now stands a very good chance of becoming the next president of France, Emmanuel Macron, is trying to shore up his campaign against Russian influence that might favor his opponent, far-right candidate and Vladimir Putin favorit...
The centrist running against Marine Le Pen to become the next president of France has denied credentials to Moscow’s ‘propaganda organ’ as reports of Russia’s efforts to undermine hi...
U.S.
When Is the 2017 NFL Draft?
When Is the 2017 NFL Draft?
Having Super Bowl withdrawals? Don’t worry, the NFL draft is here for your football fix. It’s that time of year again, where your favorite NFL teams pick their newest members. The NFL draft will begin with round 1 on Thursday, April 27, and end wi...
It’s that time of year again. Here’s what you need to know going into this year’s draft.
Feds: Cops Swapped Hookers for Guns
Feds: Cops Swapped Hookers for Guns
Three ex-NYPD cops traded handgun licenses for cash, prostitutes, and expensive trips, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday. And a former assistant district attorney-turned-gun rights lawyer was charged with bribing cops with luxuries i...
Three ex-officers and a former prosecutor were arrested in a scheme that put gun licenses in criminals’ hands.
GOP Lawmaker Created Reddit’s ‘Red Pill’
GOP Lawmaker Created Reddit’s ‘Red Pill’
Last November, voters in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region re-elected to the state house of representatives a man who appears to be one of the secret architects of the internet’s misogynistic “Manosphere.”The homegrown son of a preacher, 31-year-old Ro...
A web of secret online identities connects the creator of the misogynistic Red Pill forum to a New Hampshire state representative.
Suit: College Expelled Me for Being Male
Suit: College Expelled Me for Being Male
An undergraduate student is suing the University of Notre Dame in federal court, alleging the Indiana school launched a discriminatory investigation that found him guilty of stalking, dating violence, and harassment of an ex-girlfriend, then expel...
An undergrad claims Notre Dame kicked him out unfairly after a harassment investigation—and ignored evidence that the girl wanted to ruin his reputation.
Finally, FGM Is on Trial in America
Finally, FGM Is on Trial in America
Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, charged with performing genital mutilation on young girls in Detroit, will be in federal court for a pre-trial hearing Thursday.Last week, the two owners of the medical clinic Dr. Nagarwala used to allegedly inflict the mutil...
Twenty-six states have yet to outlaw female genital mutilation, making the job of law enforcement and prosecutors so much harder.
Tech
GOP Lawmaker Created Reddit’s ‘Red Pill’
GOP Lawmaker Created Reddit’s ‘Red Pill’
Last November, voters in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region re-elected to the state house of representatives a man who appears to be one of the secret architects of the internet’s misogynistic “Manosphere.”The homegrown son of a preacher, 31-year-old Ro...
A web of secret online identities connects the creator of the misogynistic Red Pill forum to a New Hampshire state representative.
‘Fake News’ Blows Up in Trolls’ Faces
‘Fake News’ Blows Up in Trolls’ Faces
It was a startling claim from a YouTube star with 3 million subscribers and 40 million viewers in the last month: “Evidence that WSJ used FAKE screenshots.”That was the title on Ethan Klein’s H3H3Productions YouTube video last week. The video itse...
A YouTube star scored a viral hit claiming The Wall Street Journal faked a story about YouTube. The allegation raced round the world, but it wasn’t true.
Trump’s Space Race Saves NASA—For Now
Trump’s Space Race Saves NASA—For Now
President Donald Trump likes tanks, killer drones, and aircraft carriers, for which he has allocated billions of dollars in his proposed federal budget. What he does not seem to like, however, is research in biomedicine, alternative energy, or the...
The president wants to massively cut most nonmilitary R&D—except for NASA. An interview with ‘How We’ll Live on Mars’ author Stephen Petranek reveals why.
FBI Arrests Hacker Who Hacked No One
FBI Arrests Hacker Who Hacked No One
Taylor Huddleston woke early on December 6th, hours before the Arkansas winter morning would stir to life with the sound of roosters and dogs. Since selling off the last piece of his software business two months earlier, Huddleston had nothing in ...
He built a piece of software. That tool was pirated and abused by hackers. Now the feds want him to pay for the computer crooks’ crimes.
Will Trump Donor Use Ties to Beat FDA?
Will Trump Donor Use Ties to Beat FDA?
By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health NewsParker Petit, a GOP-friendly biotech executive, has a new nickname since the presidential election. His critics call him “the Trump of Georgia.”An early supporter of Donald Trump’s, Petit is unfazed by the compa...
Parker Petit says he doesn’t think his ties to the president and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who oversees the FDA, will benefit his wound care company.
Russia’s Info War on US Started in 2014
Russia’s Info War on US Started in 2014
On 26 October 2015, I authored a post at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) entitled “Russia Returns as al Qaeda and the Islamic State’s Far Enemy” noting:“The Russians have used social media-driven information campaigns to discredit the...
Clint Watts is testifying Thursday morning before the Senate’s intelligence committee on Russia’s interference in U.S. politics. Here’s what he told the senators.
She Gave Away Your Data. Now Buy Hers.
She Gave Away Your Data. Now Buy Hers.
House Telecom Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn received $84,000 from telecommunications companies in the 2016 election cycle alone.On Tuesday, she and 264 other members of Congress, all Republicans, then voted to reverse a newly instituted F...
Marsha Blackburn—who got nearly $700K from the telecom industry—voted to make selling private browsing data easier. The guy who raised over $100K to buy hers says he isn't bluffing.
Arts + Culture
Jonathan Demme’s ‘Philadelphia’ Legacy
Jonathan Demme’s ‘Philadelphia’ Legacy
When it was released, Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia was hailed as a landmark movie. That was correct, but it was a totem that came to be both blessing and burden. The movie featured a major straight Hollywood star, Tom Hanks, playing gay. It was t...
In 1993, many criticized the landmark Hollywood movie ‘Philadelphia’ with Tom Hanks as a gay lawyer with AIDS as not radical enough. But time has proved Demme an era-defining film-ma...
Ivanka Trump’s Feminist Failure
Ivanka Trump’s Feminist Failure
The G20 women’s summit in Berlin was a day of firsts for Ivanka Trump: the first time she was asked, on a panel broadcast around the world, what exactly her role as assistant to President Trump entails; the first time she publicly discussed women’...
In Berlin, Ivanka Trump was booed and hissed at when she spoke up for her father. When will her stirring pro-woman statements be matched by action?
The Insanity of Nordstrom’s ‘Muddy’ Jean
The Insanity of Nordstrom’s ‘Muddy’ Jean
There is, as Nordstrom surely hoped, predictable social media snark and outrage that they are selling jeans with fake-mud designed on the front of them for $425.They are not, well, messing around: as you can see at the Nordstrom website the not-mu...
Nordstrom is selling jeans with fake mud-effect for $425. They look horrible, and serve as a reminder of just how hellish jeans look today, and how hellish shopping for them is.
How to Dress Like a ‘Handmaid’
How to Dress Like a ‘Handmaid’
On March 20, 2017, a group of women filed into the Texas State Capitol wearing full-length red gowns and white bonnets with wings that obscured their faces.They were dressed in the uniform of the Handmaids from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Han...
In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ now adapted for TV, all women wear a uniform whose style and color proclaim who they are and what their role in society is. Watch out for the hidden vaginas.
Russia’s JK Rowling Is Putin’s Nemesis
Russia’s JK Rowling Is Putin’s Nemesis
It is difficult to convey the breadth of influence that Boris Akunin has on Russian society. Vladimir Putin likely fears him. In most countries, the bookish and prolific best-selling author, most known for his Erast Fandorin mystery thrillers, wou...
Boris Akunin, Russia’s anti-Putin ‘J.K. Rowling,’ who has sold millions of copies of his books, brings a topical Hamlet to New York City.
Trans and Cis Kids Aren’t So Different
Trans and Cis Kids Aren’t So Different
Transgender children aren’t all that different from other children, a new study published in the journal Child Development suggests. They just have a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth.For the study, University of Washington resea...
Two University of Washington researchers find that ‘in many ways, the basic gender development of socially transgender children is quite similar to that of other children.’
O’Reilly: ‘The Truth Will Come Out’
O’Reilly: ‘The Truth Will Come Out’
In his first direct public statement since he was fired from Fox News last Wednesday amid multiple sexual harassment allegations and the snowballing exodus of advertisers, Bill O’Reilly said he’s “shaken” by his career implosion and plans to tell ...
In his first public statement since he was fired from Fox News, Bill O’Reilly says he is ‘shaken’ and plans to reveal ‘exactly what happened’—just not right now.
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