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NOT HOLDING BACK
Brennan: ‘Trump Should Be Ashamed’
For talking about crowd sizes in front of CIA memorial.
DISCLOSURE
Conway: Trump Won’t Release Tax Returns
“People didn’t care. They voted for him.”
CONFIRMATION
McCain, Graham Voting for Tillerson
Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee.
CHANGING THEIR TUNE?
WikiLeaks Berates Trump over Taxes
After Kellyanne Conway said Trump wouldn’t release tax returns.
R.I.P.
Royals Pitcher Killed in Car Crash
Yordano Ventura was a star pitcher.
COMPETING NARRATIVES
Women’s March 3x Size of Inauguration
According to crowd analysts from the U.K.
FIRST BILATERAL
Trump to Meet U.K. PM Next Week
Theresa May says she’s not afraid to challenge Trump.
STAFFING UP
Kushner Cleared for Trump WH Role
Despite federal laws about nepotism.
HAVOC
Multiple Dead After Tornado in Georgia
At least 11 people were killed and 23 others were injured.
MAMA DO PREACH
Madonna to March Detractors: 'F*ck You'
Speaking at Women's March in Washington, D.C.
Keep Reading‘Saturday Night Live’ host Aziz Ansari opened his monologue this week with a denunciation of Donald Trump and a call to action for those who oppose him.
Aziz Ansari Lays Into Trump on SNL
Keep ReadingJefferson set an impossibly high standard for subsequent presidents in many areas, including memoir. No one matched him until Grant, and since then it’s been spotty.
The Best and Worst Presidential Memoirs
Keep ReadingThe Sundance documentary ‘Nobody Speak’ chronicles how an angry billionaire was able to take down the news site Gawker out of spite, providing a disturbing window into our future.
A Prelude to Trump’s War on the Media
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Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
After saying goodbye to President Obama as his “conservative pundit” alter ego the night before, Stephen Colbert was back to being himself Friday night. And the Late Show host seemed genuinely terrified about the dark vision President Donald Trump...
The ‘Late Show’ host shared his feelings about Donald Trump’s doomsday inauguration speech on Friday night.
Trump’s Dark Forecast for America
Trump’s Dark Forecast for America
As he approached the lectern, the sky creaked open. Raindrops began to fall, lightly at first, a mere suggestion of a shower, and then, as he unhinged his jaw to speak, a mild storm.If it had been written as satire, it would’ve been bad, but it wa...
Donald Trump predicted dark times for the “shining city on a hill.”
‘Antifascists’ Hate Trump, Vandalize DC
‘Antifascists’ Hate Trump, Vandalize DC
Early Friday afternoon, thousands flooded the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., to peacefully resist the nascent Trump administration. A small group of others wanted to riot.And they sure did try—breakings windows, and burning a trash can, new...
‘Antifascists’ used Donald Trump’s inauguration as an opportunity to riot, as thousands protested peacefully.
Protesters v. Police on Inauguration Day
Protesters v. Police on Inauguration Day
In the wake of a new political era, protesters gathered in the nation's capital.
In the wake of a new political era, protesters gathered in the nation's capital.
Trump’s ‘American Carnage’ Inaugural
Trump’s ‘American Carnage’ Inaugural
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It started to rain right as President Donald J. Trump started speaking. And with the rain came the darkest inaugural address Americans have ever heard from a new president.Inaugural addresses usually are written with an eye toward...
President Trump’s inaugural address—negative and nationalistic, populist and protectionist—departed from unifying traditions.
Entertainment
Oklahoma’s Warning to Trump’s America
Oklahoma’s Warning to Trump’s America
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove a Ryder rental truck filled with bombs of his own creation into Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which housed offices for (among others) HUD, ATF, USMC, DEA, and Social Security. The ensui...
Barak Goodman’s gripping new documentary, Oklahoma City, has all-too-relevant insights to impart—and warnings to scream—about Trump’s America.
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
After saying goodbye to President Obama as his “conservative pundit” alter ego the night before, Stephen Colbert was back to being himself Friday night. And the Late Show host seemed genuinely terrified about the dark vision President Donald Trump...
The ‘Late Show’ host shared his feelings about Donald Trump’s doomsday inauguration speech on Friday night.
Rap’s Biggest Star Yet Comes Out
Rap’s Biggest Star Yet Comes Out
Mainstream rap has its first openly gay male artist, after Makonnen, the artist who’s woozy, wobbly paean to the midweek, “Tuesday,” hit the bigtime after it was remixed by Drake, came out on Twitter in the early hours of Friday morning.Makonnen, ...
Makonnen, the artist behind the dreamy hit, ‘Tuesday,’ has become the biggest star yet in the rap world to come out.
Sundance 2017’s Buzziest Movies
Sundance 2017’s Buzziest Movies
It is, without question, the world’s premier showcase for independent cinema—one that’s hosted the feature filmmaking debuts of the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Darren Aronofsky, and many more of America’s best and brightes...
This year’s edition of the world’s premier indie film fest, running Jan. 19-29, boasts everything from intriguing sci-fi flicks to several eye-opening documentaries.
Bill Maher: Trump’s Not ‘Legitimate’
Bill Maher: Trump’s Not ‘Legitimate’
January 20th is a big day for Bill Maher. Not only is it Donald Trump’s inauguration, but it’s also the premiere of his HBO show Real Time’s 15th season. Oh, and it’s his 61st birthday.“I’m getting Donald Trump for my birthday,” Maher told The Dai...
The host of HBO’s ‘Real Time’ cannot wait to get back to hammering Trump on Inauguration Day.
Madonna: Trump Was Elected for a Reason
Madonna: Trump Was Elected for a Reason
On Thursday night, the dulcet tones of 3 Doors Down ushered in a new era of American politics. Meanwhile, in a liberal bubble far, far away—Prospect Heights—a far more famous pop star sat down with a visual artist for a frank conversation about fe...
The music icon sat down with artist Marilyn Minter at the Brooklyn Museum for a rousing discussion on the election, misogyny, Trump, and more.
‘Daily Show’ on Trump: ‘We’re So F*cked’
‘Daily Show’ on Trump: ‘We’re So F*cked’
Trevor Noah began the last Daily Show before Donald Trump becomes president of the United States by examining a photo the president-elect posted on Instagram this week in which he claimed to be writing the first draft of his inaugural address by h...
‘The Daily Show’ host is seriously concerned about just how bad Donald Trump is going to be at his new job.
World News
Why Mexico Sent ‘El Chapo’ Now
Why Mexico Sent ‘El Chapo’ Now
TIJUANA, Mexico — Notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera will finally appear before a U.S. judge this Friday, as Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.Guzmán was extradited Thursday “to face criminal c...
Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is set to face a New York judge as Donald Trump is sworn in as 45th president of the United States.
Live: Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Live: Donald Trump’s Inauguration
On Friday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.The “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration Concert” will have wrapped, the cabinet appointments will have paused, President Obama will have made h...
On Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Here’s the full schedule and how to watch live.
Italy’s Hotel Avalanche Horror Story
Italy’s Hotel Avalanche Horror Story
PENNE, Italy—Freezing to death must surely be among the worst ways to die. But imagine what it would be like to be stuck in a luxury resort spa that was buried by an avalanche.Imagine those first few long hours trying to find a way out, blocked by...
A day after the upscale Hotel Rigopiano was buried in an earthquake-induced avalanche, 30 guests and staff are still missing, and rescuers are working short shifts in the bitter cold.
The Over-The-Hill-Gang That Robbed Kim K
The Over-The-Hill-Gang That Robbed Kim K
PARIS — It was a shockingly bold crime if only for its target. A home-invasion-style robbery in Paris of one of America’s most well-known women: reality-television star Kim Kardashian. The haul was nothing to sneer at either. The armed assailants ...
As more details come in about the bumbling band of silver-haired criminals accused in the Kim Kardashian heist, it’s safe to say that sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
Dead Terrorist Tries to Clear His Pal
Dead Terrorist Tries to Clear His Pal
An ISIS terrorist who died 15 months ago said in a video played in a federal courtroom Wednesday that the man on trial for helping him to get to Syria did not recruit him.Samy El-Goarany of Middletown, New York said in the September 2015 video tha...
Samy El-Goarany died fighting in Syria 15 months ago. But on Wednesday, he appeared in a federal courtroom, thanks to a video he made claiming the man accused of recruiting him is in...
Russia Celebrates the Trump Inauguration
Russia Celebrates the Trump Inauguration
MOSCOW—Preparations for the Donald Trump inauguration party are well under way at the newly opened restaurant and nightclub Arbat 13 in the very heart of Moscow.For what must be the first time in history, Russians are treating the day an American ...
With Trump parties and souvenirs, and dark tales of Obama conspiracies, Russia readies to welcome Putin’s buddy in the White House.
Was Istanbul’s Terror State-Sponsored?
Was Istanbul’s Terror State-Sponsored?
ISTANBUL — The Uzbek native accused of killing 39 New Year’s revelers at an Istanbul night club was arrested late Monday with three women and a large stash of money, a scene raising the question whether the Islamic State extremists who claimed cre...
Turkey believes the New Year’s Eve nightclub massacrist had help from an “intelligence organization.”
U.S.
Why Wayne Barrett is Irreplaceable
Why Wayne Barrett is Irreplaceable
My most Wayne memory of Wayne Barrett is a conversation he had with an intern of his in what was probably the early 1990s. Wayne’s interns at The Village Voice were this parade of young strivers, many of whom today are great investigative journali...
He was one of the greatest investigative journalists, and knew more about Donald Trump than anybody alive.
El Chapo Finally Brought Down to Size
El Chapo Finally Brought Down to Size
El Chapo has finally been brought down to size.Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, whose Spanish nickname means “Shorty,” once ran a drug cartel as big as a country. On Friday, he reduced to standing in a federal courtroom. The Brooklyn chamber was p...
The man who once ran a cartel as big as a country was confined to a federal courtroom to face charges stemming from the sale of 200,000 kilos of cocaine in the U.S.
She Met Trump at the Ritz (Not That Way)
She Met Trump at the Ritz (Not That Way)
The revolving door of the Ritz-Carlton hotel swished open and Yulia Alferova entered the luxurious lobby, used for important meetings both by the Russian elite and foreign guests. And there he was, Donald Trump, walking toward her in the morning l...
Yulia Alferova, asked to organize Trump’s Miss Universe contest in Russia, talks about meeting the future president—and why all the wild allegations are false.
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‘Why We March’
We asked women from across the nation why they’re marching on D.C. this weekend. Here are their voices.
‘I March for My 13-Year-Old Daughters’
‘I March for My 13-Year-Old Daughters’
On Jan. 21, 2017, women from across the country are descending upon Washington, D.C., to march down to the U.S. Capitol in protest of the incoming administration. What started as a small Facebook post from a grandmother in Hawaii has expanded into...
We asked women to share why they are marching on Jan. 21, and they delivered. Here are some of their amazing stories.
Cop Body-Cams Shut Down for Inauguration
Cop Body-Cams Shut Down for Inauguration
During the presidential inauguration on Friday and during the “Women’s March on Washington” the following day, police body cameras will be off. Outrage!Many activists have expressed vitriol over the blackout. “Civil rights groups are concerned tha...
Trump’s inauguration and the next day’s protest won’t be recorded by police body-cams. The ACLU, maybe surprisingly, is backing the decision, saying it protects protesters.
Tech
Gamergate’s New Army of Bad Bitches
Gamergate’s New Army of Bad Bitches
If change can be described using the vocabulary of earthquakes, Brianna Wu has spent her last 18 months enduring the sort of seismic activity that comes with living over an active fault line. As the center of the phenomenon known as Gamergate (act...
Brianna Wu lived through hell at the center of the online harassment scandal known as Gamergate. She figures that running for office can’t be nearly that bad.
Missile Launchers Now at Dakota Pipeline
Missile Launchers Now at Dakota Pipeline
The North Dakota Army National Guard has deployed two surface-to-air missile-launchers near a critical work site for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL.Protestors spotted one of the Avenger missile systems on Jan. 16 and posted phot...
The Avenger missile launcher is foremost a weapon of war. What is it doing at the site of a peaceful protest?
Russians ‘Hack Sherlock’ in War on BBC
Russians ‘Hack Sherlock’ in War on BBC
In a mystery worthy of the master detective himself, the BBC is investigating the possibility that the final episode of its hit sleuth series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, was illegally leaked online by a state-sponso...
Reports are circulating that state-sponsored agents circulated a Russian-language copy of the finale of the hit BBC series as part of Moscow’s war with the British broadcaster.
Hackers Blow NSA Secrets in Last ‘F-You’
Hackers Blow NSA Secrets in Last ‘F-You’
A mysterious hacking group has been bedeviling the U.S. intelligence community for months, releasing a tranche of secret National Security Agency hacking tools to the public while offering to sell even more for the right price. Now with barely a w...
A gang of elite hackers, believed by many to be Russian, say they’re quitting—just as Donald Trump gets ready to enter the Oval Office.
What Could Trump Really Do to Vaccines?
What Could Trump Really Do to Vaccines?
Members of anti-vaccine fringe groups have taken Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as a sign that his promise to “Drain the Swamp” will extend to the country’s immunization policy-makers.But it is unclear jus...
Are the president-elect’s meetings with anti-vaxxers a signal he’s going to change immunization policy? And does he have the power to do so?
Are ‘Golden Showers’ a Medical Risk?
Are ‘Golden Showers’ a Medical Risk?
At Donald Trump’s press conference this morning, the president-elect claimed that the allegations he engaged in urine play– better known as “golden showers”– could not be true because he is “a germaphobe.” As many were quick to note after Trump’s ...
President-elect Trump denied salacious accusations by claiming to be a ‘germaphobe,’ but are golden showers actually unhealthy?
Microsoft Anti-Porn Workers Sue for PTSD
Microsoft Anti-Porn Workers Sue for PTSD
When former Microsoft employees complained of the horrific pornography and murder films they had to watch for their jobs, the software giant told them to just take more smoke breaks, a new lawsuit alleges.Members of Microsoft’s Online Safety Team ...
Ex-employees of the company’s online safety team say they had to watch horrific online videos of child abuse, bestiality, and murders—and that Microsoft ignored their PTSD.
Arts + Culture
I’m a Proud Queer in Trump’s U.S.A.
I’m a Proud Queer in Trump’s U.S.A.
My partner and I met in an elevator in Mike Pence’s home state.I had to work fast. The Kinsey Institute is only three stories high. But that first shy conversation—“So, you’re here studying sex, too?”—became dinner which became a wild summer movin...
Samantha Allen and her partner met in Indiana, their relationship unfolding in the heart of what is called Trump’s America. They love it there. And they’re staying.
President Trump’s Russian Inauguration
President Trump’s Russian Inauguration
Covering Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States, RT America might as well been a radio show.Much like Trump’s complaint in tweets about Rep. John Lewis for casting doubt on his legitimacy, and in his address at the ...
“We will forge forward! We will make RT great again!” So crowed Larry King, fronting Russia Today’s biased and bizarre coverage of Trump’s inauguration.
Melania Channels More Than Jackie
Melania Channels More Than Jackie
A day of surreal optics, as the phrase goes, where every expression is parsed and gif’d instantaneously is necessarily a day about one wears—because what can speak louder in a day of powerful and symbolic imagery than what one is wearing and how o...
Style is fast becoming a mission for Melania Trump. Hailed for channeling Jackie Kennedy at her husband’s inauguration, the White House website now boasts of her QVC jewelry range.
Obama Is Wrong: LGBT Rights Are Not Safe
Obama Is Wrong: LGBT Rights Are Not Safe
On Wednesday, Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson asked President Obama a question that’s on many LGBT Americans’ minds: What’s going to happen to our rights under President Trump and his cabinet?“How confident are you that progress [on LGBT r...
President Obama, who has done so much to secure LGBT equality, is hopeful that equality is secure. The extreme bigotry of Trump’s senior officials signals the very opposite.
Will Trump’s White House Turn Gold?
Will Trump’s White House Turn Gold?
Truly, politics is showbiz, and showbiz politics—for what should the first big interior décor bulletin of the new Trump White House be but that Melania Trump will apparently have a “glam room,” as recently reported by Us Weekly.This space would ap...
The first Trump White House design plans include a reported ‘glam room’ for Melania. Will the gilt and gold of the couple’s penthouse be heading to D.C.?
CIA Tests Found TV Psychic Was Real
CIA Tests Found TV Psychic Was Real
In the film The Men Who Stare at Goats, George Clooney played a psychic recruited by the CIA as part of its ‘New Earth Army,’ a unit that seeks to employ paranormal powers to thwart America’s enemies around the world.The film was a fictionalized v...
The British TV psychic Uri Geller was much mocked for his claims of paranormal powers. But CIA experiments in 1973 proved his abilities ‘unambiguously.’
The Science of Transgender Brains
The Science of Transgender Brains
What does gender dysphoria feel like?For those who are not transgender themselves—and, in the United States, that’s all but 1.4 million of us—the idea of our actual gender not matching the one we were assigned at birth might seem foreign or, worse...
A study has shown that trans people may sense touch differently than cisgender people according to particular body parts. We should be curious, but also careful, what we extrapolate ...
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