Hardline Anti-Immigration Reform Senator Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump

Brendan O'Connor · 02/28/16 06:12PM

On Sunday, Senator Jefferson (“Jeff”) Sessions endorsed Donald Trump during a campaign event in his home state of Alabama. Sessions is the upper chamber’s most strident opponent of immigration reform, and the first senator to endorse the billionaire real estate developer.

Marco Rubio Endorsed by Famous Arts-And-Crafts Lover

Melissa Cronin · 02/28/16 04:55PM

David Green, founder and CEO of the arts-and-crafts chain store Hobby Lobby, has turned his brilliant political mind to the presidential campaign, and leveled his mammoth influence onto the head of a Republican who, now, will surely win. That blessed head belongs to none other than Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.

Melissa Cronin · 02/28/16 02:54PM

“She’s a brilliant, intelligent but challenging and unpredictable personality,” an unnamed MSNBC executive told The Washington Post, referring to the network’s decision to cut ties with host Melissa Harris-Perry, who sent an email to the staff of her show in the midst of her battle with the network. Harris Perry, according to The Post, is not coming back to MSNBC.

A Portrait Of Mass Murderers As Toothless Old Men

Maria Bustillos · 02/28/16 01:35PM

“Luckily, I drank blood. If not, I’d be crazy, calling to prayer from the trees,” says Inong, a thin, old man in a knitted skull cap. “If you drink blood, you can do anything! Salty and sweet. Human blood.”

How We Fooled Donald Trump Into Retweeting Benito Mussolini

Alex Pareene · 02/28/16 11:03AM

Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one. That’s why, last year, Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg created a Twitter bot that would post quotes from the writings and speeches of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, but with all of them attributed to businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This morning, he retweeted that account.