Scott Walker’s Former Chief-of-Staff Sent This Insanely Racist Email

J.K. Trotter · 02/19/14 07:10PM

Wisconsin Governor and potential 2016 GOP contender Scott Walker hit a small snag today: Over 25,000 pages of emails, released by a state court, that were collected during an investigation into whether Walker aides conducted political activity on the government’s dime. One of the emails, first spotted by BuzzFeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro, contains a message titled, appropriately, “THE NIGHTMARE.”

Hamilton Nolan · 02/19/14 05:35PM

"A lot of you do not like me after my latest article 'Congratulations, You've Vaccinated Your Child And Now They're Retarded.'" Thought Catalog discusses public health.

QUIZ: Which Commenter Are You?

Ken Layne · 02/19/14 05:30PM

Everybody who comments is a very specific kind of commenter, but which one are you? Take this weird quiz to find out.

Here's Beyoncé's First Televised Performance of "XO"

Rich Juzwiak · 02/19/14 05:26PM

"Drunk in Love" it ain't — Beyoncé performed her pop-leaning "XO" single at tonight's BRIT Awards in London. Mostly, she stood still and sang, matching the song's energy. Really, the most exciting part of the act was the warning that ran before it: "This performance contains flashing images." Still, she sounded great and looked like a vase, so that's something.

Adam Weinstein · 02/19/14 02:09PM

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Wendy Davis' Republican opponent in the Lone Star State's gubernatorial race, is campaigning with Ted "Obama is a subhuman mongrel" Nugent. So, yeah: Go Wendy Davis, go.

Bobsled Is the Easiest Olympic Sport

Hamilton Nolan · 02/19/14 01:50PM

We would never deign to call an Olympic sport "easy." Eating muffins is easy. Sports at least require some motion. But if you, the average non-Olympic athlete, really needed to make the Olympic team in a pinch, you would clearly choose bobsled as your "sport."

J.K. Trotter · 02/19/14 01:15PM

Did you know that the Washington Post reprints health and science press releases, verbatim? A spokesperson for the paper says the Post will stop doing that, right away.

Adam Weinstein · 02/19/14 01:06PM