Caity Weaver · 06/02/14 04:24PM

"It tastes like dirt," she said, interrupting herself. "But I like the taste of dirt." - Shailene Woodley drinks mushroom mint iced tea in the new issue of New York Magazine.

Angry White Man Demands Right to Call Lena Dunham a "Slut"

Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/14 04:15PM

Quin Hillyer is a white male conservative who writes for National Review. So? Does he not have the same rights as anyone else? The right to call a woman a slut, and to deploy racial slurs as he deems necessary?

Texas Gun Nuts Are So Crazy Even The NRA's Gun Nuts Hate Them

Adam Weinstein · 06/02/14 03:45PM

The toughest thing about being a paranoid armed misogynist bully with a smug sense of self-satisfaction is, it's hard to make friends. Even the gun lobby now hates the heroes of Texas Open Carry, having realized that it's hurting the cause of universal free gun love with its guns.

Sarah Hedgecock · 06/02/14 03:10PM

Close to midnight on Sunday, people celebrate the formation of India's 29th state, Telangana, in Hyderabad, India. The state was officially created Monday, marking the formal division of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Image via Mahesh Kumar A./AP.

Americans Are Big Believers In Science, If You Ignore the Tea Partiers

Adam Weinstein · 06/02/14 03:00PM

You know all that fuss about how liberals love science and conservatives hate it? Well, it turns out that a sizable majority of all Americans have faith in the quantifiable, reproducible conclusions of empirical observation. As long as you leave self-identified Tea Partiers out of the equation.

Puppy Accidentally Drives Car Into Pond

Aleksander Chan · 06/02/14 02:40PM

Twelve-week-old German shepherd puppy Rosie is clumsy and not entirely in control of her faculties: She accidentally "drove" her owner's car into a pond near Boston this weekend.

Bill De Blasio Leaving Mad Garbage on His Curb

Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/14 01:54PM

Tall socialist and New York City mayor "Bill" de Blasio is in the process of moving from his "regular guy" Brooklyn home into the "fancy guy" mayoral residence. He left some free crap on the curb, just like you did when you moved.

J.K. Trotter · 06/02/14 01:36PM

Tom Scocca · 06/02/14 01:01PM

It's Jefferson Davis Day in Alabama, but the Wall Street Journal reports not everyone wants a holiday for a slave-owning traitor: "There are so many more worthy people to honor—like Waldo Semon, the inventor of vinyl," one Alabamian says. Maybe y'all can just skip the day off and work harder?

Patton Oswalt Has Taken A Vow of Temporary Internet Silence

Aleksander Chan · 06/02/14 12:45PM

Human troll and inexplicably popular King of Queens alum Patton Oswalt has vowed to not use Twitter and Facebook from June 1 to September 2. With any hope, his "comedy," "jokes," and invective rhetoric will never be thrust into our line of vision ever again.

Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/14 11:50AM

Bidding on a single lunch with Warren Buffett currently stands at $350,300, and will go much higher—two years ago, the price was $3.46 million (which goes to charity). Here, we'll save you $3.46 million: "Buy index funds."

The Treason Case Against the Last U.S. Taliban Hostage, Explained

Adam Weinstein · 06/02/14 11:45AM

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only prisoner of war held by the enemy in Afghanistan, was freed last week after a deal by the U.S. to exchange him for five Taliban fighters at Guantanamo. But is he a turncoat? And did the White House sell out America to secure him? Here's what we know.

J.K. Trotter · 06/02/14 11:38AM

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed by New York Times reporter James Risen in which he argued that he should not be forced to testify in a case against former C.I.A. operative Jeffrey Sterling, who is suspected of leaking classified information to Risen. It it not yet clear, Risen’s lawyer said, whether federal prosecutors still intend to seek Risen’s testimony.