Hamilton Nolan · 11/07/12 09:45AM
New Hampshire at Center of Big Night for Women in Government, Elects First Ever All-Female Congressional Delegation
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/07/12 09:38AMTime To Sew Another Star?: Referendum Results Suggest Puerto Ricans Want Statehood
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/07/12 09:02AMHere's Video Evidence of Why Everyone Thought Diane Sawyer Was Shitfaced On Air Last Night
Kate Bennert · 11/07/12 03:35AMDiane Sawyer was definitely probably drunk tonight during ABC's election coverage. Would you agree? Not convinced yet? She slurred every other word, rambled about the lack of music, and asked a correspondent if the exclamation point in the Obama slogan represented the direction he truly wanted to go with his presidency. What more proof do you need?
America's Chief Wizard Nate Silver Had the Best Election Night of Anybody and Here's Why: a Guide
Max Read · 11/07/12 02:56AM
Did you know President Obama was going to win last night? If you read Nate Silver, the New York Times political blogger and statistical geek, you did. If you don't read Silver, though, you're probably wondering who the hell he is and why everyone is talking about him. Don't worry. We're here to help.
Taylor Berman · 11/07/12 02:27AM
Mitt Romney Is Not the 45th President of the United States and Here's Why
Taylor Berman · 11/07/12 01:53AMMitt Romney's concession speech was surprisingly gracious, at least compared to other parts of his campaign, but, like the man himself, it was also incredibly boring. He covered all the standard points: he began by congratulating the Obamas (and this time, thankfully, there was no booing), and then thanked Paul Ryan, his wife Ann ("She would have been a wonderful first lady," which, no, but still a sweet gesture), his creepy sons, and his campaign. Teachers, professors, rabbis, pastors and parents all got shout outs as did, of course, "job creators." And he ended it with: "I believe in America. I believe in the people of America." He forgot to add, "Except for 47% of them. Those people, I really don't believe in at all."
'I can't stop crying. America died': Donald Trump and Victoria Jackson Melt Down on Twitter
Max Read · 11/07/12 12:47AM
While most of us are celebrating Mitt Romney's defeat in the streets by legally smoking marijuana and gay-marrying randomly-chosen passers-by, not everyone is quite so happy. And thanks to Twitter, we know about it. Vibrating bologna loaf Donald Trump, mistakenly believing that Romney won the popular vote, is calling for "revolution," — revolution! — while former SNL actress Victoria Jackson is sobbing and telling Christians that they "disgust" her. We've saved all of their most embarrassing (some already deleted) Tweets here:
Now What?
John Cook · 11/07/12 12:46AMMaine, Maryland Become First States to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage by Popular Vote
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/07/12 12:25AMGawker Does Election Day 2012
Emma Carmichael · 11/07/12 12:13AMLet's All Drink to Obama's Win
Cord Jefferson · 11/07/12 12:10AM
It's true: President Obama has been reelected, winning both the electoral college and maybe the popular vote, and destroying the hopes of millions and millions of rabid conservative Americans in the span of a few hours. Over the next several days and years and months everyone is going to offer their complaints and arguments and suspicions about why Obama won and Mitt Romney lost. Many of those opinions will be wrong, and some of them will be right, but for now let's forget about them and celebrate.
Watch Fox News Chew Its Own Leg Off in a Fury of Recrimination
John Cook · 11/07/12 12:03AMAfter Fox News—like everyone else—called Ohio for Obama, Karl Rove challenged the decision on-air, causing what can only be described as a kernel panic. Fox News' decision desk, its institutional center of authority for making sound election calls, had issued its decision. And Fox News, in its capacity as a newsgathering operation, had called the election for Obama. But Karl Rove, Fox News' ideological paymaster, challenged the decision. So Megyn Kelly got out of her anchor chair, walked down the hall, and interrogated her own highly trained election analysts on Rove's behalf. You are actually watching what happens when reality intrudes on a dying fever-dream.
Forget Everything Else: Colorado Has Just Become the First State to Legalize Marijuana (UPDATE: Washington Follows Suit)
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/06/12 11:26PMFox News Election Night Coverage: Their Words May Say 'Romney,' But Their Faces Say 'Obama'
Kate Bennert · 11/06/12 11:19PMTammy Baldwin & Elizabeth Warren Elected to Senate, Richard 'Rape Is God's Gift' Mourdock and Todd 'Legitimate Rape' Akin Lose
Taylor Berman · 11/06/12 10:49PM
Bad night to be an old white Republican man with a terrible understanding of science and rape: both Richard "Rape Pregnancies Are God's Gifts" Mourdock and Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin lost their races; Mourdock was defeated by Joe Donnelly in the Indiana Senate race, and Claire McCaskill easily beat Akin to retain her Missouri Senate spot.
Emma Carmichael · 11/06/12 10:15PM
Welcome to the Coming Race War
John Cook · 11/06/12 08:46PMThe results aren't in yet, but it's becoming increasingly clear from the exit poll data and the glum mood on Fox News that Barack Obama is probably going to win re-election tonight. And the excuse-making from Red America has begun, and it basically comes down to: The Whites lost.
Dude Takes Pregnancy Test as Joke, Finds Out He Has Testicular Cancer via Rage Comic on Reddit
Taylor Berman · 11/06/12 08:37PM
A man rooting around his medicine cabinet found one of his ex-girlfriend's old pregnancy tests. Because he was bored or felt like peeing on something, he took one of the tests, and much to his surprise, it came back positive. "Lol," he thought, probably. He told his friend about the ordeal, who then turned the humorous tale into a rage comic and posted it on Reddit.







