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The Best of the Beast, August 16-22

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From a scandal at Angie's List to a mob don's funeral fit for a king, the best from The Daily Beast this week.

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Why Evangelicals Worship Trump

Betsy Woodruff

With his brash demeanor, rough language, womanizing, and general Trump-ness, you’d think evangelicals would would loathe Trump. You’d be wrong.

The Online Mob Masquerades as a Social Justice Movement

Lizzie Crocker

The truth is hard to deduce when a couple’s relationship breaks down, violently, with both sides relating their sides online.

A Mafia Funeral Rome Couldn’t Refuse

Barbie Latza Nadeau

Police blocked streets for the crime boss’s cortège as helicopters dropped rose petals on crowds tearing up at the procession—and a government crackdown looked as futile as ever.

Pay for Play Scandal at Angie’s List?

Abby Haglage

Angie’s List built its reputation on being a grassroots, trustworthy review site. But some business owners and former employees claim it’s anything but.

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