NSA Spook-Turned-Twitter-Pundit Goes Dark After Dick Pic Surfaces

Adam Weinstein · 06/23/14 03:05PM

A well-known conservative pundit and secrecy expert who once worked as an NSA officer has deleted all of his social media accounts after screenshots leaked this weekend that appeared to show him sending sexy messages and a shot of his soft penis to a Twitter follower who was not his wife.

Kerry: U.S. May Not Wait to Take Military Action in Iraq

Allie Jones · 06/23/14 02:20PM

After meeting with Iraqi leaders today in Baghdad, Secretary of State John Kerry said that as ISIS grows more powerful in Iraq, the U.S. is less inclined to wait for a political solution to the crisis before taking military action.

Adam Weinstein · 06/23/14 01:10PM

Neo-nazi hipsters. How long before they make the jump from Heidelberg to Williamsburg?

Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Kill Four, Wound Nine

Allie Jones · 06/23/14 01:08PM

The Syrian government claimed Monday that airstrikes launched by Israel last night killed four people and wounded nine. So far Syria has not said if it will retaliate; if it does, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised not to back down.

Take Me to Sanborns: Swiss Enchiladas and Race in Mexico City

Eric Nusbaum · 06/23/14 01:00PM

In the first chapter of D.H. Lawrence's late novel, The Plumed Serpent, an Irishwoman named Kate has a terrible experience at a Mexico City bullfight. The book is set during the Mexican revolution. Kate is overwhelmed by the sights and sounds in the arena and by the murderous event itself. Afterward, she tells a driver:

Allie Jones · 06/23/14 12:52PM

One of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel leaders, Alexander Borodai, announced today that the rebels will honor the cease fire ordered last week by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Over 350 people have been killed in the conflict between Kiev and the eastern rebels since May.

Chelsea Clinton: Money Ain't a Thing

Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/14 12:26PM

Chelsea Clinton, a woman who was paid $600,000 per year by a television network just to be named "Chelsea Clinton," has been doing some soul-searching. "I was curious if I could care about [money] on some fundamental level, and I couldn't," she says. "That wasn't the metric of success I wanted in my life."

Getting Baked at the Situation's Strip Mall Tanning Salon

Jordan Sargent · 06/23/14 11:40AM

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino cut the ribbon on his tanning salon in Middletown, New Jersey on March 1 of this year. He made it 103 days before being accused of bouncing checks and 111—to this past Tuesday—before being arrested there for fighting his brother. Yesterday, I took a drive down to the most heated tanning salon in America.