Wood, Citrus, Lattes, Feet, Twine, Repeat: The Kinfolk Kinspiracy Code

Summer Allen · 03/31/15 04:35PM

On the one hand, Kinfolk is a lifestyle magazine founded by a small circle of friends that is designed to help you live your best life, full of warm pie and soft colors. On the other hand, Kinfolk is a constipated manual for minimalist try-hards and mushroom foragers, full of photographs of obsessively staged gatherings and didactic articles on "simple living."

The Private Email Spook Behind Hillary's Secret Spy Network

Sam Biddle · 03/31/15 03:30PM

Over the last week we've been writing about a series of deeply suspicious emails sent by former journalist and Clinton family adviser-fixer-creep Sidney Blumenthal. Blumenthal is well-known in political and media circles—but despite his apparent power, he's unknown outside of D.C. and New York. Let's get to know Hillary's private email spook, and his shadowy under-the-table intelligence operations.

Who Is Dumber, Democrats or Republicans? 

Hamilton Nolan · 03/31/15 03:23PM

Here in the liberal media, we all like to joke, in our little liberal elite cabal, about how dumb Republicans are. And Republicans sure are dumb! But are they dumber than Democrats?

Are You the Shitbag Who Straight Up Axe-Murdered This Tree? 

Dayna Evans · 03/31/15 01:45PM

A crazy thing to do is kill another person. A less crazy thing to do is to take an axe to a tree in the Upper West Side and deplete it of the nutrients it needs to survive. The latter, however, is still a bad and terrible way to release your anger, so if it was you—own up!

Parents of Clemson Frat Pledge Allege He Died Over McDonald's Breakfast

Jordan Sargent · 03/31/15 01:43PM

Nearly six months after Tucker Hipps—a Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge at Clemson University—was found floating under a bridge in a lake near campus after being reported missing by his frat brothers, the circumstances of his death remain cloudy. But in a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit filed yesterday, his parents allege Hipps died after a fight with his brothers over McDonald's breakfast.

Fish Oil Not So Perfect After All

Dayna Evans · 03/31/15 12:10PM

In the American tradition of overdosing on vitamins in pill form instead of eating actual foods packed with the nutrients themselves, fish oil is one of our favorite go-to accompaniments to our disgusting junk food habit. In fact, it's become the third-most ingested supplement in the U.S., presumably because we believe it's doing something. Turns out, it's not.

Woman—I Mean "Kidnappers"—Pissed Cops Accused Her of Gone Girl Scheme

Aleksander Chan · 03/31/15 12:02PM

Vallejo, Ca., police had ruled the kidnapping and ransoming of 29-year-old Denise Huskins last week an "orchestrated event" by the woman and her boyfriend in a supposed Gone Girl-style fakeout. But now people claiming to be her captors have emailed detailed messages to California news outlets demanding credit for the supposed crime and that Huskins' good name be cleared.

Andy Cush · 03/31/15 10:59AM

After the success of our live chat with an anonymous police officer this month, we'll be running a semi-regular mailbag Q&A to give our cop room to answer your in-depth questions at length. Want to know what "probable cause" really means in action? How a taser works? Email me at andy@gawker.com and I'll pass it along.

Hamilton Nolan · 03/31/15 08:58AM

The New York state government, one of the most corrupt bodies in America, has just passed a tax break for purchasers of yachts costing more than a quarter of a million dollars. "It's about job creation," said one of the many Albany indistinguishable leaders who will, god willing, be marched off to jail one day.