“The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties,” according to a new research analysis. Don’t spank your kids unless they really deserve it.

Last night, a number of Facebook groups organized by Bernie Sanders supporters were briefly (and somewhat mysteriously) suspended, prompting suspicion that the Hillary Clinton-allied super PAC Correct the Record, which last week announced a $1 million anti-troll effort called “Barrier Breakers” had gone on the offensive. Facebook attributed the suspension to an automated policy gone awry.

Disgraced former Congressman Dennis Hastert spent millions of dollars trying to cover up allegedly molesting at least five students during his time as a high school teacher and wrestling coach. Hastert, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud, will never be tried for the sex crimes—the Illinois statute of limitations expired long ago—but both the FBI and the Chicago Tribune say they’ve verified most of the claims.

Ted Cruz and John Kasich share more than just antipathy for Donald Trump. According to the Associated Press, a report issued by the software company Symantec found that phone apps released by both campaigns are not only incredibly invasive but also vulnerable to hackers.

The surprise successes of the insurgency campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have sent a powerful message to Washington insiders: This election year, Americans are hungry for something different. They want a different kind of leader—one who can cut through the red tape and actually get things done.

Poor Chris Christie. Can’t even enjoy the music of a singer who hates him in public without a thousand other attendees jostling him for handshakes, taking selfies, and capturing his “Purple Rain” singalongs and exquisitely well-timed Max Weinberg air drumming on camera for all eternity.

Another day, another cop being racist in public. Today’s star is Jacksonville sheriff’s lieutenant Trudy Callahan, who was suspended from her job for 10 days over a series of Instagram posts, including an image of a black man lying on a broken fence captioned “get your Hood Hammock.”

Security guards have a bad reputation for wanton enforcement of arbitrary rules. Is it deserved? Watch this video of a guard at Ground Zero silence a bunch of North Carolina school kids while they’re singing the National Anthem and decide for yourself.

In 2013, disgraced former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner decided to run for mayor in an attempt to rehabilitate his image after a sexting scandal drove him from office. Instead he got caught up in a new sexting scandal—and this time a documentary film crew was there to record the whole thing. This week the first trailer dropped, and damn does it look good.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Kevin Boyle is up for reelection today, and according to a casting call email forwarded to Gawker, he needs some extra friends at Philadelphia polling stations.

Earlier this month, the Washington Post was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its project on police violence, “Fatal Force.” The Pulitzer Prize Board singled out the paper “For its revelatory initiative in creating and using a national database to illustrate how often and why the police shoot to kill and who the victims are most likely to be.”

Confronted with the implications of Lena Dunham moving to Canada should he become president, Donald Trump took a reflective pause before delivering a measured answer. Just kidding—he said something totally rude and moved on.

A report released yesterday by the White House Council of Economic Advisers offers up an unconventional idea for reducing crime in America: Raise the national minimum wage to $12.

A federal judge in North Carolina handed a major victory to local Republicans Monday, upholding a swathe of changes to election rules in the swing state. Activists say the changes disproportionately affect people of color, denying tens or even hundreds of thousands of people their right to vote.

Billionaire son of a bitch Vinod Khosla, who wants to charge the public $30 million to use a beach in California just because he’s a greedhead, rudely blew off an LA Times columnist who he’d agreed to speak to about his greedy-ass position. It is now even more acceptable to dislike Vinod Khosla.

Fist-pumpin’ Jersey boy Chris Christie took time last night to relax, unwind, and forget all about the existential dread that comes with publicly supporting Donald Trump, at a concert given in Brooklyn by his favorite musician, Bruce Springsteen.

Little more than a day after it was announced, Politico reports, the union between Ted Cruz and John Kasich is already showing signs of wear.

Joseph Meek, Jr., the childhood friend Dylann Roof briefly lived with before allegedly killing nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church last year, has accepted a plea agreement over charges he lied to federal investigators and failed to report a crime, The New York Times reports.

Responding to criticism after his officers handcuffed and arrested school children as young as 6 for failing to stop a fight, a police chief in Tennessee said on Sunday he was “so sorry this incident happened,” Mediaite reports.