Alleged Sex Abuse Victim Sues Former House Speaker for $1.8 Million in Unpaid Hush Money
Hudson Hongo · 04/25/16 07:31PMUse the Tamir Rice Money to Teach Kids Not to Get Killed by Us, Cleveland Police Union Says
Tom Scocca · 04/25/16 05:08PM
The president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association, Steve Loomis, released a statement today saying that the family of Tamir Rice should spend part of their $6 million wrongful-death settlement to “educate the youth of Cleveland in the dangers associated with the mishandling of both real and facsimile firearms.”
Update: Oklahoma DA Will Return Seized Cash to Burmese Christian Rock Band Manager
Andy Cush · 04/25/16 04:55PM
Muskogee County, Ok. district attorney Orvil Loge told Gawker this afternoon that prosecutors will return $53,234 in seized assets to Eh Wah, a man who was pulled over in February while carrying the cash for a Burmese Christian rock band. Loge said his office also dropped a felony criminal charge against Eh Wah, who had been accused of “acquiring proceeds from drug activity.”
Attention Ted Cruz Campaign: We Have Vetted Carly Fiorina, Your Potential Running Mate, For You
Alex Pareene · 04/25/16 04:00PMYour Pay Is About to Go Up
Hamilton Nolan · 04/25/16 02:30PMPutin Annexes Sky, Exiles Dissident Clouds
Marina Galperina · 04/25/16 02:20PM
There will be no clouds over Moscow on May Day—because military planes will spray them with liquid nitrogen, granulated carbon dioxide and special cement, miles before they ever get to the city. The chemically perforated sky pests will then either immediately disperse or void themselves first, deluging premature rainwater on whatever villages or suburbs they’re over at the time.
Oklahoma Sheriff's Deputies Took $53,000 from a Christian Rock Band and an Orphanage in Thailand
Andy Cush · 04/25/16 02:05PM
The Washington Post has a report out today that on February 27, a sheriff’s deputy in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, seized $53,000 in cash from Eh Wah, the tour manager for a Burmese Christian rock band. Eh Wah had been driving with a broken tail light, and the deputy who pulled him over suspected that he was carrying drug money, despite having found no drugs or paraphernalia in his car. Eh Wah’s attorneys claim that the cash was from concert-ticket sales and donations, some of it set aside for an orphanage in Thailand, and some for a school in Burma. Now they are fighting in court to get the money back.
Trump: John Kasich Is a "Disgusting" Human Being
Brendan O'Connor · 04/25/16 01:45PMActually
Rich Juzwiak · 04/25/16 01:30PM"Trumpettes" Founder Donated $150 to Her "Dear Friend" Hillary Clinton's Campaign in December
Brendan O'Connor · 04/25/16 01:15PM
Toni Holt Kramer, a former talk-show host and society columnist, is the founder of the Trumpettes, a Palm Beach, Florida-based women’s group supporting Donald Trump—not to be confused with Trumpette, which is a company that makes baby clothes. Kramer is also, by her own account, a long-time friend and campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton.
Hamilton Nolan · 04/25/16 01:14PM
Donald Trump Scoops Up Chris Christie's Sloppy Seconds
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/25/16 12:15PMDo You Have This Video of Ted Cruz in a Pink Boa and Underwear? We'll Pay You For It
Ashley Feinberg · 04/25/16 12:00PM
A little over a week ago, Ted Cruz’s daughters managed to tolerate their father’s presence for an entire hour while being interviewed on CNN. But being rendered temporarily blind and deaf by Ted’s soup admission, we seem to have missed the night’s (other) big reveal: Multiple copies exist of a video of Ted Cruz dressed as, I guess, a princess, maybe? And friends, readers, countrymen, we want that video.
Delirious Mom's Insane Post-Prom Email Leaves Area Parent Demanding Better Wine
Hamilton Nolan · 04/25/16 11:45AMCharles Koch, Who Has Spent His Entire Adult Life Working to Reshape American Politics, Declares Himself Uninterested in Politics
Brendan O'Connor · 04/25/16 09:35AMCleveland Will Pay $6 Million to the Family of Tamir Rice
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/25/16 09:10AMJ.K. Trotter · 04/25/16 09:02AM
Lin-Manuel Miranda Pleads for Economic Relief of Puerto Rico on John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight
J.K. Trotter · 04/25/16 08:25AMLin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, appeared on yesterday’s edition of Last Week Tonight to address Puerto Rico’s crippling debt crisis. Following host John Oliver’s lengthy introduction about the situation’s manifold origins, Miranda, who was born to Puerto Rican parents in New York City, deployed his prodigious rapping skills to directly implore U.S. officials to grant the American territory immediate economic relief by allowing its government to restructure its debt.