Ousted American Apparel CEO Dov Charney Wants To "Make South Central Cool"
Jeff Ihaza · 04/05/16 08:10PMThe Vaping Congressman Spent $1,302 of His Campaign Funds Last Year on Video Games
Brendan O'Connor · 04/05/16 07:05PMTrump's Plan to Pay for That Very Big Wall Is Very Stupid
Jeff Ihaza · 04/05/16 06:30PM
One of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s main (if not only) defined policy goals is to erect an enormous, very tall, very expensive wall on the border between The United States and Mexico. Today, in a memo, Trump made it clear how he would pay for this wall—by bankrupting Mexico’s poor.
In “Darker Moments,” Former CIA Chief Didn’t Not Want Edward Snowden Assassinated
Ashley Feinberg · 04/05/16 05:40PMAlabama Republicans Are Officially Trying to Impeach Their Governor
Jordan Sargent · 04/05/16 04:32PM
Last week, senior advisor Rebekah Caldwell Mason left the staff of Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, with whom she allegedly had an affair. The circumstances of her resignation—whether she volunteered it, or if it was requested or forced—remain murky but today, Republicans in the state House moved to impeach Bentley.
Trump Campaign Millennial Receives Alarmingly Big Promotion
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/05/16 03:51PM
Last month, Donald Trump fired the head of his data operation and replaced him with an underling with zero (0) years of work experience. Clearly, strategy is really starting to jell and morale is at a high for the Trump campaign, Corey Lewandowski—the campaign manager who was arrested for manhandling a female reporter—explained only semi-believably to Politico.
Bob the Builder’s Favorite Drinking Game and More of the Best Articles Wikipedia Deleted This Week
Ashley Feinberg · 04/05/16 03:00PM
When the faceless editors of Wikipedia decide an article is not fit for public consumption, it’s gone, only accessible to the site’s top editors—at least, it was. But now, we’re back sucking up all the articles Wikipedia doesn’t see fit to print, giving you the very best of what the site’s weirdest and worst. Enjoy.
The New Republic Made a Good Tweet and Then Deleted It
Alex Pareene · 04/05/16 02:50PMRahm Emanuel Secretly Spent Night After Chicago Teachers' Strike Enjoying "Hamilton" on Broadway
Jordan Sargent · 04/05/16 02:40PM
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel has a long list of enemies. Near the top is the Chicago Teachers Union, with which he’s feuded for his entire tenure as mayor. This past Friday, the union staged a one-day strike, closing schools across the city in order to draw attention to their latest round of negotiations with the city, which wants the teachers to accept cuts to pay, staffing, and budgets.
The Myth of the Addictive Personality
Maia Szalavitz · 04/05/16 02:30PM
When people think of someone with an “addictive personality,” the image typically isn’t a pretty one. “When is an addict lying?” goes a joke told by addiction counselors: the snide answer is “when his lips are moving.” Media portrayals of addiction tend to depict people with addictions as “fiends” or “demons” whose debauchery is driven by a ravenous hedonism, not a human or understandable search for safety and comfort. Consequently, the “addictive personality” is seen as a bad one: weak, unreliable, selfish, and out of control.
Judge Rules "Jackie" From the Rolling Stone UVA Rape Story Must Testify Under Oath
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/05/16 02:21PMMississippi Governor Signs Frankly Insane "Religious Liberties" Bill Into Law
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/05/16 01:20PMJust For the Record, Donald Trump's Economic Plan is "Mathematically Impossible"
Hamilton Nolan · 04/05/16 01:05PMIceland's Third-Sexiest Man (2004) Leaves Office "For an Unspecified Amount of Time" Amid Yogurt Crisis [Updated]
Kelly Stout · 04/05/16 12:09PMCollege Kids Not So Into the Free Press. Whatever
Hamilton Nolan · 04/05/16 11:00AMWho's Named in the Panama Papers?
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/05/16 10:40AM
What do heads of state, FIFA execs, billionaires, celebrities, and hundreds of their rich and powerful friends have in common? Quite a few things, I’d wager, but here’s something specific: They’ve all been named in the “Panama Papers,” the trove of 11.5 million records that give insight into how the rich and powerful hide their money abroad.
NYPD's Blowhard Union Boss Is Feeling a Little Scared and a Little Confused
Andy Cush · 04/05/16 10:10AM
Let’s look at a few recent headlines published yesterday and today about crime in New York City. “New York City just recorded its fewest shootings ever,” reads a Fusion article from this morning, which aggregated the Huffington Post’s report, “New York City Murder Rate Drops To Historic Low.” Police magazine, however, took a different approach: “NYPD Union Chief Blames ‘Anti-Police Atmosphere’ for Rise in Shootings, Slashings.”