Do People in DC Know House of Cards Is a TV Show?
Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/01/16 12:04PM
After a weekend of people yelling, “Oh my god it’s Doug Stamper,” Michael Kelly, an actor on a TV show about a fake president, finally asked a group clamoring to take selfies with him at the Thomson/Reuters White House Correspondents Dinner pre-party if any of them knew his real name. One man, after checking his phone—probably for something unrelated—said yes.
Melissa Cronin · 05/01/16 11:58AM
“When you use the phrase ‘I feel like,’ it gives you an out. You’re not stating a fact so much as giving an opinion,” Williams College senior Natasha Pangarkar told The New York Times for a piece on that linguistic curse-hedge, “I feel like.” I feel like 1,400 words is a lot to spend on the phrase, “I feel like.”
In Major Plot Twist, Malia Obama Will Take a Gap Year Before Attending Harvard University
Melissa Cronin · 05/01/16 10:31AMSomeone Tell President Obama To Stop Dropping the Mic
Melissa Cronin · 05/01/16 09:26AMTwo Reporters Got Into an Actual Fight at a White House Correspondents Dinner Party
Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/01/16 08:23AMGovernor Who Championed Bipartisan 'No Labels' Campaign Slaps His Label on Donald Trump
Melissa Cronin · 04/30/16 04:02PMBeing Trump's Running Mate Is 'Like Buying a Ticket on the Titanic,' Say Marginally Intelligent Republicans
Melissa Cronin · 04/30/16 02:15PMThe Inside of the Iraqi Parliament Is an Insane Mob Scene Right Now
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First U.S. Death Related to Zika Virus Reported
Melissa Cronin · 04/30/16 09:04AMThere Is No Smart Bush
Jordan Sargent · 04/29/16 10:03PM
Tonight in the first round of the NBA playoffs, the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade made several remarkable shots to force a Game 7 against the Charlotte Hornets. Jeb Bush, who has nothing better to do than tweet about basketball like the rest of us, celebrated the heroic performance by mangling the spelling of Wade’s first name in the exact way a small child might.
Ted Cruz's Indiana Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Involves Prodding Republicans' Fear of Transgender Bathroom Child Rape
Brendan O'Connor · 04/29/16 05:40PMMaybe Donald Trump Would Like to Buy This Solid-Gold Toilet at the Guggenheim?
Marina Galperina · 04/29/16 05:26PM
Top-tier Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan came out of self-imposed retirement to bring you a unique chance to experience his newest sculpture in a personal and tactile manner, with your butt. Starting May 4th, the Guggenheim will have a fully functional replica of the museum’s standard Kohler toilet in solid 18-karat-gold that you can use.
What Are the Boston Transit Police Trying to Hide About Mr. Spaghetti?
Andy Cush · 04/29/16 04:17PM
Last we checked in with the MBTA Transit Police Department, they were telling a humble, concerned citizen there had been no shady dealings in the Mr. Spaghetti dog-naming debacle. Now, the department’s response to Gawker’s public-records request directly contradicts the reassurance they’d previously given. What are they trying to hide?
Blog Drama: Anonymous Zero Hedge Writers Exposed As Traffic-Hungry Capitalists
J.K. Trotter · 04/29/16 02:50PM
The popular Wall Street blog Zero Hedge, whose motto is a quote from Fight Club and whose editorial output is entertainingly prone to populist conspiracy theorizing, is unique among financial news outlets in that its contributors publish under a single alias, “Tyler Durden,” the name of one of Fight Club’s main characters. The real world identities behind the blog have inspired speculation for years, but today Bloomberg News seems to have finally nailed them down:
I Can't "Deal" With This
Kelly Stout · 04/29/16 02:24PMOrange You Glad Glenn Beck Coated Himself in Cheeto Dust
Andy Cush · 04/29/16 01:34PM
Sitting in a harshly lit anteroom, you watch a doomsday prophet don a pair of dark goggles. He leads three sycophants in some vulgar ceremony, dipping his face into a vessel of synthetic orange powder and instructing the servants to do the same. Is that Cheeto dust? You pinch yourself and flail, desperate to wake up, but this is no nightmare. This is yesterday’s episode of The Glenn Beck Program, hosted by Glenn Beck.
U.S. Military Attributes Doctors Without Borders Hospital Bombing to "Fog of War"
Brendan O'Connor · 04/29/16 12:50PM
The Defense Department released today the findings of a investigation into the deadly U.S. airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that left 42 dead—including 30 civilians—this past October. The investigation concluded that the bombing was the result of the “fog of war.”
Russian Robber Ring Targets Gay Men Online Because They Can't Go to the Cops
Marina Galperina · 04/29/16 12:35PM
This week, Latvian-based website Meduza reported on a string of violent robberies and blackmail schemes in St. Petersburg targeting gay men who use dating sites and hookup apps. Gay victims of crimes rarely go to the Russian police for fear of being outed or humiliated, and according to the report, this allows the culprits continue to act with impunity.