Remember When Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Were Maybe Forced To Pose Nude In College?

Brendan O'Connor · 08/08/16 12:35PM

Who really cares that Melania Trump posed nude? That the New York Post published the photos last month briefly distracted from her husband’s feud with the family of a dead Muslim veteran, but otherwise mostly served to ignite another scandal: What’s the deal with Melania’s early immigration status? We all moved on from the nudes per se so quickly that we all forgot to remember that thanks to a bizarre (and mercifully discontinued) practice at Ivy League and Seven Sisters schools, there is some chance—slim though it may be—that there exists, somewhere on this globe, a nude or two of Hillary Clinton and of Donald Trump.

Kansas Lawmaker's 10-Year-Old Son Dies on World's Tallest Waterslide

Hudson Hongo · 08/07/16 11:15PM

On Sunday, the 10-year-old son of a Kansas state representative was killed at a water park in Kansas City, Kansas, while riding a 17-story water slide billed as the tallest in the world, CNN reports. At the time, the park was celebrating Elected Officials Day, granting free admission to lawmakers and their families.

Report: BEES!

Hudson Hongo · 08/07/16 07:10PM

According to the Associated Press, three people were hospitalized in Oklahoma City on Saturday after a swarm of “30,000 to 60,000" BEES escaped and stung passersby during a BEE deal done wrong in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

NYT Journalist Wonders Why Politicians Are Putting Their Hands Over Their Hearts All of a Sudden 

Hannah Gold · 08/07/16 03:00PM

Error-prone New York Times reporter Alessandra Stanley has spotted a novel and inscrutable hand gesture where one places their hand over their heart. It is popular in particular amongst politicians, usually the last to become aware of national trends. Stanley has observed Chelsea Clinton doing it, Michelle Obama doing it, but, most of all, Hillary Clinton doing it all the time.

Report: Roger Ailes Used Fox News Money to Spy on Gawker Staffers

J.K. Trotter · 08/07/16 11:00AM

How devious is former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes? Following his July resignation, amid an internal inquiry into his serial sexual harassment (and worse) of female employees, a clearer picture of the infamously vindictive Nixon aide’s tactics has begun to emerge. For instance, according to a report this morning from Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine, he used Fox News resources to secretly spy on reporters critical of him and his network—including two employees of Gawker Media:

Declassified Document Shows White House Staff Make Key Decisions About Drone Strikes 

Hannah Gold · 08/06/16 04:40PM

A redacted version of a 2013 document that designates guidelines for the Obama administration’s counterterrorism operations, including drone strikes, was declassified on Saturday as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU first requested the document be made public in the fall of 2013. The administration refused to comply with their request on the the basis of “presidential communications” privilege, the Washington Post reports.

Chicago Releases Footage From Police Killing of 18-Year-Old Paul O'Neal 

Hannah Gold · 08/06/16 02:40PM

On Friday, the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates Chicago Police Department misconduct, released nine video clips, taken from police body and dashboard cameras, that show the aftermath and events leading up to the fatal shooting an unarmed 18-year-old black man named Paul O’Neal by an officer, according to the New York Times.

Report: No Easy Way to Stop Giving Money to Trump 

Hannah Gold · 08/06/16 12:30PM

Common sense dictates that, if you haven’t done so already, now is a good time to stop giving Trump money. Unfortunately, this conflicts with the good business sense that if people can’t stop giving you money, you will make more of it.