A Close-Up Photo of Donald Trump's Hair
Jordan Sargent · 02/01/16 06:50PM500 Days of Kristin, Day 373: Saylor the Dog
Allie Jones · 02/01/16 06:33PMRumor: Heidi Cruz Is So Repulsed by Iowans She Has to Shower Multiple Times a Day
Ashley Feinberg · 02/01/16 05:24PMI Bet This Guy Did Something Bad
Allie Jones · 02/01/16 04:20PMTrump Encourages Ralliers to "Knock the Crap Out of" Protesters, Promises to Pay Legal Fees
Ashley Feinberg · 02/01/16 03:55PMBen Carson's Campaign Is An ATM For His Advisors
Jordan Sargent · 02/01/16 02:36PM
It is not exactly a secret that one convenient feature of Ben Carson’s political campaign is the amount of money it’s willing to pay its advisors and fundraisers. A few weeks ago, Dean Parker, Carson’s top moneyman, walked the plank after a Politico article detailed frustrations within the campaign regarding the cash funneled to companies owned by Parker and his cohorts. Now the campaign’s new FEC filing details the extent to which senior staffers are plundering the doctor’s war chest.
Hundreds of Uber Drivers Are Striking in New York City
J.K. Trotter · 02/01/16 02:25PM
Several hundred New York City-based Uber drivers are collectively striking against the car-sharing startup today, according to fliers distributed to riders over the past few days and a Facebook event page administered by a driver named Farrukh Khamdamov. According to that page’s description, the strike (and an accompanying demonstration at Uber’s Long Island City headquarters) are intended to protest the company’s recent decision to slash ride fares in the New York area by fifteen percent:
Every Candidate’s Impossible First-Day Agendas, Ranked
Ashley Feinberg · 02/01/16 02:03PM
With the Iowa caucuses officially kicking off primary voting season, it won’t be long before a brand new butt is working a fresh groove into Obama’s old chair. In preparation, our various candidates are already hard at work making wild schedules for their first day on the job. And each one is more impossible than the last.
Jeb Still Maybe Shooting Too High
Ashley Feinberg · 02/01/16 01:50PMIt Sure Sounds Like Clinton Didn’t Want De Blasio Campaigning for Her in Iowa
Andy Cush · 02/01/16 01:35PM
When New York Mayor Bill de Blasio approached his old boss Hillary Clinton about campaigning on her behalf in Iowa, her campaign said no thanks, that won’t be necessary, he told the Times. Rather than accept that snub gracefully, de Blasio went to Iowa anyway and performed what amounted to entry-level volunteer work. Take a hint, my man.
Jeb Bush Wanted It To Look Like He Didn't Have Big Donors and His Wish Came True
Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/01/16 01:01PMHamilton Nolan · 02/01/16 12:40PM
Wall Street's Political Influence Is Growing
Hamilton Nolan · 02/01/16 12:05PMUniversity Issues Mandatory Fitbits to Track Students' Weight, Exercise Habits
Andy Cush · 02/01/16 11:55AMTed Cruz Slams Michelle Obama in Appeal to Middle School Electorate
Allie Jones · 02/01/16 11:40AMThanks to Flint, Gov. Rick Snyder Can't Even Go Out and Enjoy a Glass of Unpoisoned Water in Peace
Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/01/16 11:15AM
Yes, life is hard for the residents of Flint, MI, many of whom have no clean water and toxic levels of lead coursing through their veins. But life is also hard for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who can’t even enjoy a night out anymore without being reminded of the fact that thousands of his constituents were poisoned on his watch.
CIA Employees Are Pretty Positive Their Bosses Aren't Purposefully Feeding Them Bad Information
Andy Cush · 02/01/16 11:00AM
The Washington Post reported today that the CIA deliberately misinforms its own employees about operations—a practice known as “eyewashing”—so that the juiciest intel can be kept more secretly by those who truly need to know it. In interviews, some CIA officials acknowledged the practice as common, while others were like, what, no, that’s definitely never happened to me.