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Hamilton Nolan · 06/07/16 09:26AMThe Associated Press Declares Hillary Clinton the Democratic Presumptive Nominee
Brendan O'Connor · 06/07/16 08:55AM
Apropos of nothing, the Associated Press called the Democratic primary race for Hillary Clinton on Monday night, declaring her “the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on the eve of Tuesday’s voting.” The news agency cited a survey of super-delegates, who do not actually vote until the convention.
Who Stole All These Fucking Bees?
Ashley Feinberg · 06/07/16 08:06AMIstanbul Car Bombing Targeting Police Kills 11
Brendan O'Connor · 06/07/16 07:40AMFlorida AG Personally Solicited Donation from Trump Before Dropping Trump University Fraud Investigation
Brendan O'Connor · 06/07/16 07:18AM
Florida’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, has confirmed that she personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump at the time her office was considering prosecuting Trump University for fraud, the Associated Press reports. A Trump family foundation gave a nonprofit controlled by Bondi $25,000, and Bondi dropped the case.
154 Days and a Wake Up
Brendan O'Connor · 06/07/16 06:20AMState Department Claims It Would Take 75 Years to Release Clinton Aide Emails
Hudson Hongo · 06/06/16 11:45PMGawker Count: Martin O'Malley Clinches Nomination If Everyone Dies and Is Replaced With More Martin O'Malleys
Hudson Hongo · 06/06/16 09:16PM
After a new survey of superdelegates, the Associated Press declared the inevitable Monday evening, naming Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic nominee. According to Gawker’s own survey of hypothetical genetic clones of Martin O’Malley, however, the former Maryland Governor will easily win the nomination should all party officials die and be replaced by said clones.
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Hudson Hongo · 06/06/16 06:35PMWhich Long-Shot, Looney-Tunes California Senate Candidate Should You Vote For?
Kelly Stout · 06/06/16 05:30PM
Tuesday is the California primary, wherein Golden State voters will be asked to pick a replacement for long-beloved and mostly normal outgoing Senator Barbara Boxer. With the primary comes the Official Voter Information Guide and Candidate Statements, which is a perennially fun read, since California primary candidates are among our nation’s weirdest. (Starchild is one candidate for public office in California that only mid-aughts kids with an interest in municipal politics will remember.)
Donald Trump Admits to Supporters He Has No Idea What His Campaign Is Doing
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/06/16 05:19PM
Donald Trump, at least two snitches tell Bloomberg, got on a conference call today with his supporters to urge them to attack the judge overseeing two federal lawsuits filed against the entity formally known as Trump University. He also encouraged them to brand any reporters criticizing him for it as “racist.”
Some Highlights From the Insane New Report About the Big-Dicked Murderer's Prison Break
Andy Cush · 06/06/16 04:55PM
It was exactly one year and one day ago that Richard Matt, the big-dicked murderer, may god rest his soul, escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility alongside his friend David Sweat, the murderer whose dick is of indeterminate size, pictured above. According to a scathing report state investigators released to mark the anniversary, Clinton guards made the two men’s escape much easier than it should have been.
Here Is the Mugshot of a Man Who Sexually Assaulted an Unconscious Woman
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/06/16 04:35PMIt Is Frankly Unbelievable That You Ingrates Haven't Thanked the Mayor for Not Being Dead
Brendan O'Connor · 06/06/16 04:15PM
In a meeting last week described by one staffer as “the most depressing pep talk,” Bill de Blasio, New York City’s beleaguered mayor, asked members of his administration to keep the faith amid proliferating controversies. “He told us that no one is going to thank him for ‘not being dead,’” the staffer told Gothamist, “because the homicide rate is down and Vision Zero is working.”
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Hamilton Nolan · 06/06/16 03:55PMDid Kanye West Really Call Mayor Bill de Blasio About His Failed 2 AM Concert?
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/06/16 03:35PMSome Insightful Analysis of the Next Freddie Gray Cop Case to Go to Trial
Andy Cush · 06/06/16 03:14PMDonald Trump Is Still Getting That $304 Middle-Class Tax Break
Brendan O'Connor · 06/06/16 01:20PM
In March, Crain’s New York reported that Donald Trump has, for the past three years, received a tax credit intended for New York City families who have an income under $500,000. Both the city and the Trump campaign agreed that a mistake had been made, although nobody could explain what had actually happened. In any case, whatever the mistake was, it hasn’t yet been rectified, because Trump’s most recent property tax bill shows that he’s still receiving the $304 credit.