Man Pleads Guilty to Celebrity "Fappening" Hacks

Sam Biddle · 03/15/16 04:33PM

Ryan Collins of Pennsylvania will plead guilty to violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act as part of the celebrity iCloud breach known as “The Fappening” or “Celebgate” by the brave men of Reddit and 4chan who masturbated throughout. He faces up to five years in prison.

Why Break Up the Banks? A Smart Man Explains

Hamilton Nolan · 03/15/16 02:51PM

From the 2008 recession all the way through to the current presidential campaign, reformers of all types have been advocating for a breakup of the world’s biggest banks. Why? And how? We have just the right author to explain.

Look at This Moron Ranting About a High School's Gay-Straight Alliance

Rich Juzwiak · 03/15/16 01:11PM

It’s depressing and telling that the man in the video above carries an ideology that has serious heft in the ongoing struggle over the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance Club at Franklin County High School in Winchester, Tennessee. But the world we live in is one in which someone can babble, “You know, when you have clubs, usually it’s a science club, uh, uh, different clubs, health club or Rotary Club or different clubs, but their schools have their clubs, uh, but a club that’s just to decide about sex that falls out of the realm of the education,” earnestly, without forfeiting his standing in an issue that has precisely nothing to do with him.

Hamilton Nolan · 03/15/16 11:15AM

New study results “show that women [at law firms] have a much harder time making partner when they work under male bosses who donate to Republicans.” Search for your boss here!

Donald Trump Realizes Paying Legal Fees For Violent Fanatics is Probably a Bad Idea

Jordan Sargent · 03/15/16 10:45AM

One thing you can say about Donald Trump is that he has a knack for coming up with very bad ideas, such as his failed businesses selling steaks, vodka, air travel, the delights of Atlantic City, etc. His latest very bad idea was his unprovoked pledge to pay legal fees for the attendees of his rallies who beat up protestors. But today on Good Morning America, your home for the very best political news, Trump backtracked on that promise.

Watch Day Seven of the Hulk Hogan v. Gawker Trial 

Gabrielle Bluestone · 03/15/16 08:15AM

Day seven of the Bollea v. Gawker Media jury trial in St. Petersburg, Fla. starts right now. Watch the livestream here—don’t watch the livestream here—that’s really your call, man, and no one else can make it for you.