Jesus Christ, There's More Anti-Trans Bathroom Bullshit
Rich Juzwiak · 05/25/16 04:45PM
It’s the right’s turn to top in the flip-fucking session that is the struggle for LGBT rights in the United States. The New York Times reports that officials in 11 states—Maine, Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin—have sued the federal government over guidance issued by President Obama to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity, regardless of what’s printed on their birth certificates.
Bernie Really Fucked Up This Time
Ashley Feinberg · 05/25/16 04:30PM
At 3:28 p.m. today, in the year of our Lord 2016, Bernie Sanders retweeted a song called “Superdelegate” by a one Mr. Lukas Autry Nelson. After several listens, I can say with total confidence that the song is very, very bad. Demonstrably bad. Why-is-blood-streaming-from-my-ears bad. Senator Sanders, no man who makes this sort of judgment call should ever have his finger on the trigger. I’m sorry, but it’s time to step down.
New Yorkers Are Giving Bullshit Names to Their Dogs
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/16 04:10PMThe Best Times Reporters Were Accidentally Emailed Inside Information
Brendan O'Connor · 05/25/16 03:50PMDonald Trump to Keep Warring Factions of His Campaign on Separate Floors of Trump Tower
Brendan O'Connor · 05/25/16 03:35PM
According to New York magazine, Donald Trump, in preparation for the general election, is giving campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski plenty of room to avoid each other: These two spoiled brats will each get their own office space on different floors of Trump Tower.
What Are the Chances That the Trump Campaign Accidentally Sent That Whitewater Email to Politico On Purpose?
Jordan Sargent · 05/25/16 03:03PM
It may look as if Donald Trump’s renegade presidential campaign is run primarily by inexperienced loose cannons who could at any moment help torpedo the candidate’s chances at securing the most unlikely election victory in modern American history, and a new report this afternoon from The Politico seems to confirm that.
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/16 02:12PM
Buzzkill NYPD Cops Pull Sting Operation on Teens Skipping School to Hit the Beach
Andy Cush · 05/25/16 12:54PMHedge Fund Guy Announces Hilarious Fee Cut to "Still Wildly Extortionate" Level
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/16 12:10PMFinally, CNN Asks a Hard Question: Does Donald Trump's Cock Match His Skin Color?
Andy Cush · 05/25/16 11:36AMLate-night CNN viewers were treated to a brief moment of Cinemax-style steaminess during a segment that aired at about 1:30 a.m. Eastern time today. While on-air personalities were discussing protests at a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico last night, the screen behind them displayed a tweet from the Donald about the event. “Does your cock match your skin color?” read the first reply, which was also displayed. “Like, is it orange?”
The American Sniper Was an American Liar
Brendan O'Connor · 05/25/16 10:15AM
Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in American military history, whose bestselling memoir American Sniper was adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster of the same name, claimed to have been awarded two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars for valor during his time as a Navy SEAL. This claim, it turns out, was a false one.
If You Like Hunting Animals You'll Love Our Low-Quality Roast Beef That's Already Dead
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/16 09:50AMTexas Finally Did Something Good
Ashley Feinberg · 05/25/16 09:20AM
Mary Lou Bruner believes that Noah kept baby dinosaurs on his ark, that President Obama is a former drug-addled gay prostitute, and that the New World Order is secretly working to reduce the world’s population by roughly two-thirds. Mary Lou Bruner also believes that she would make a great representative on the Texas State Board of Education. Somehow, Texas disagreed, and last night, Mary Lou Bruner lost.
Reports: Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Secretly Bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s Lawsuit Against Gawker
J.K. Trotter · 05/25/16 08:50AM
On Monday, the New York Times reported that Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton had come to believe that a wealthy individual has been funding a steady stream of lawsuits, including three different ones filed by Hulk Hogan alone, against his company. Two journalists at Forbes magazine, Ryan Mac and Matt Drange, are lending credence to Denton’s theory. On Tuesday evening, the pair revealed that the powerful Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been secretly underwriting Hulk Hogan’s litigation against Gawker:
Planet Aid's Yellow Clothing Donation Bins Are Part of a Global Cultlike Scam
Andy Cush · 05/25/16 08:35AM
Those yellow clothing-collection bins behind your local gas station or convenience store aren’t actually particularly charitable, according to a Reveal investigation. Not only will your donations likely not be helping hungry kids in Africa, they may be directly supporting a Danish international fugitive named Mogens Amdi Petersen.