Melissa Cronin · 01/30/16 03:00PM
“Once dates and cities are locked down, we are looking forward to four additional debates,” a source from the Bernie Sanders campaign told BuzzFeed News, adding to confirmation from the Hillary Clinton camp that there will, indeed, be more Democratic debates in the presidential campaign that knows no end.
Supposed Doctor Who Injected Himself With Charlie Sheen's HIV-Positive Blood: "I've Cured Countries!"
Rich Juzwiak · 01/30/16 02:15PMDick Cheney's Unpopular Daughter To Run for Office in a State Where She's Despised
Melissa Cronin · 01/30/16 01:59PMNew York Times Endorses Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Presidential Nomination
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Melissa Cronin · 01/30/16 10:36AMFacebook Bans Gun Sales, Sort Of
Melissa Cronin · 01/30/16 09:48AM
Facebook, once a safe haven for gun profiteers and those who wanted to, for some undisclosed reason, anonymously obtain a semi-automatic weapon that can take a life with the push of a button, is clamping down. The social media site announced this week that it will no longer allow private gun sales on its site or on that of Instagram, which it owns.
Who’s Going to Keep Paying For This Crap?
Alex Pareene · 01/29/16 06:34PM500 Days of Kristin, Day 370: These Are Not Kristin's Favorite Flowers
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Steven Avery's Defense Attorney and Prosecutor Address Important Information Making A Murderer Left Out
Rich Juzwiak · 01/29/16 05:42PM
Since Making a Murderer debuted late last year on Netflix, the internet has been overrun with amateur sleuths looking for evidence presented in Avery’s trial that the show suspiciously overlooked. Investigation Discovery’s Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty, which premieres tomorrow at 9 pm, features a clip of Murderer co-director Laura Ricciardi explaining, “It would have been impossible for us to include all of the evidence that the state submitted. We chose all of what the state itself was claiming to be its most compelling evidence. We feel that we did a very thorough, a very accurate, and fair job.”
Variety's Important Message About Oscars Diversity Preempted By Even More Important Message
Jordan Sargent · 01/29/16 05:30PMA Big Ol’ Friday News Dump, Courtesy of Hillary Clinton’s Email Server
J.K. Trotter · 01/29/16 04:22PM
Remember how Hillary Clinton used a private homebrew email server to conduct official State Department business? Today—only hours before the agency is expected to release the next batch of Clinton’s emails, and just days before the Iowa caucuses—the sitting administration disclosed that 22 of those emails are now considered top secret, and thus exempt from release:
In Confidential Letter, Ousted Mizzou President Blames Black Lives Matter, Football Team For Resignation
Jordan Sargent · 01/29/16 03:20PM
Ten days ago, Tim Wolfe—the ex-University of Missouri System president who famously stepped down from his position last November after a black student’s hunger strike made the state’s flagship campus in Columbia the focus of a national discussion regarding the treatment of minority college students—sent an email to confidants that he labeled “CONFIDENTIAL.”
All the Dumb Questions You Asked Google About the GOP Debate, Answered
Ashley Feinberg · 01/29/16 02:38PMTennessee Republican Clearly Up to No Good
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Vice's TV Network: High Prices, Low Ratings
Hamilton Nolan · 01/29/16 12:18PMReuters: EgyptAir Mechanic Suspected As Source of Bomb That Brought Down Russian Passenger Jet
Jordan Sargent · 01/29/16 12:00PMWilliamsburg Is Melting Down Over Proposed L Train Closure
J.K. Trotter · 01/29/16 11:30AM
A few weeks ago, officials at New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority announced preliminary plans to repair and fortify the Canarsie subway tunnel beneath the East River, a job that would require temporarily shutting down L train service between Williamsburg and Manhattan (either completely for an entire year, or just on weekends for three years). The announcement was initially greeted as a joke aimed at the neighborhood’s creative residents—the L train? Shut down? Hahaha!—but now those residents have begun to register actual alarm. Gothamist has the details from a recent town hall meeting (bolding ours):