Books
Review of A Very Stable Genius
It sheds new light on how the 45th president tests the boundaries of the office while trying the patience and dignity of those who work for or with him. It is not just another Trump MORE
Month: January 2020
Race Relations
Virginia Union University denies group’s plan to honor Trump on MLK Day
RichmondTimesDispatch A flyer distributed Tuesday listed Trump, along with son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, as honorees at Urban Revitalization Coalition’s planned Jan. 20 event at the Richmond university. (There was no indication that Trump was MORE
News
Thousands gather for Women’s March rallies across the US
In Manhattan on Saturday, hundreds of people gathered as part of a “Rise and Roar” rally at separate events in Foley Square and Columbus Circle.
“Today, we will be the change that is needed in this world! Today, we rise into our power!” activist Donna Hylton told a cheering crowd in Foley Square. MORE
News
Last Call: 1-18-20
Pull up a seat, pour a drink, pass around some snacks, and welcome to another night at Club Zero. I heard that allegedly Disqus is really, really, really addressing our missing upvotes and Low Rep MORE
Editorials
A Partisan Impeachment, a Profile in Courage, by Mike Pence
Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. As the U.S. Senate takes up a purely MORE
Nutter Watch
Woman Drives Into Oncoming Vehicle, Because God
A Luzerne County (Pennsylvania) woman drove into the path of an oncoming vehicle as a way to test her faith, then exhibited no concern about the people who were injured in the crash, state police MORE
Local
Georgia’s new highway signs…a lighter side to the news
“Georgia held a contest for better highway safety signs. The winners are hilarious.” A few examples of the winners: “Drive like your momma is watchin’” “If you miss your exit, it’s okay, we made more MORE
Politics
WATCH: CNN Plays Recording of Trump Telling Donors He Killed Soleimani Because He ‘Said Bad Things’
CNN has released audio of a private fundraiser during which President Donald Trump said he ordered the killing of Iranian Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani because “he said bad things” about the United States, and went on to provide MORE
Gun Violence
GUNZ! Gun Owner Shoots His Scrotum While Sitting on the Bed!
DATELINE PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND Providence Police responded to a call Thursday night about shooting. They found Edward Martinez, 22, with no pants on and a gunshot to his scrotum. Edward’s mom told the police that MORE
Impeachment
New impeachment evidence links Nunes aide to Parnas
A set of text messages released Friday evening by the Intelligence Committee show a top Nunes aide, Derek Harvey, in frequent contact with Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani who has become a key figure MORE
Impeachment
Dershowitz tries to down play his role on Trump impeachment team
High-profile attorney Alan Dershowitz on Friday repeatedly sought to clarify his role on President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, insisting he was not a “full-fledged” member. “I will present the history of the constitutional impeachment MORE
Business
Schlumberger, the Largest Oil Field Services Provider in the World, Lays Off 1,400 US Jobs and Posts $10.1b Domestic Loss
Schlumberger lays off 1,400 amid surgical cuts to restore profitability in U.S. shale Source: Schlumberger, the largest oil field services company, said Friday it lost $10.1 billion in 2019, laid off 1,400 workers in the MORE
Science
Space Force Uniforms
The United States Space Force unveiled its first picture of the branch’s new service utility uniforms. The Twitter account for the Space Force, which was founded as a branch only a month ago, tweeted out MORE
Editorials
National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump
A National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of women’s suffrage is raising controversy. A placard that proclaims “God Hates Trump” has “Trump” blotted out so that it reads “God Hates.” A sign that reads “Trump & MORE
Politics
‘Only the best people:’ Another Trump sycophant sentenced to prison
Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., the congressman who was once the first to stand up and endorse then-candidate Trump during the 2016 election, was sentenced to two years and two months in federal prison on Friday. MORE
Health
Milwaukee Woman Dies After Waiting Hours for Emergency Medical Care
Milwaukee woman dies after hours-long emergency room wait forced her to seek care elsewhere Source: According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner, Tashonna arrived at Froedert Hospital’s emergency room with her sister around 4:58 MORE
Hate Watch
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Implores Zuckerberg to Take On Violent, Hateful Speech
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) posted to Twitter on Friday a letter she wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, citing posts from a Facebook group that called for violence against Muslims and Michigan Democrats. She asked Zuckerberg to MORE
Entertainment
The Netflix series the Goop Lab is so much worse than expected
Disclaimer: This review contains detailed information about the Netflix series the goop lab with Gwyneth Paltrow. If you plan to watch the show (please, don’t) and do not wish to know details in advance, this is not MORE
Civil Rights
Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captions
Yaroslav Suris, a New York resident, tried to watch videos on Pornhub entitled “Hot Step Aunt Babysits Disobedient Nephew,” “Sexy Cop Gets Witness To Talk” and others in October 2019 and January 2020, but was MORE
Hate Watch
Three More Members Of Hate Group ‘The Base’ Arrested by FBI, This Time In Georgia
Police have arrested three men in northern Georgia who are suspected of belonging to a violent white supremacist group called The Base, saying that they were plotting to commit murder and that they belonged to MORE
Politics
Kansas City radio station can now broadcast Russian-owned ‘propaganda’ program
A Kansas City area radio station can broadcast Russian state-owned media programming, the type that U.S. intelligence called a “propaganda machine,” for six hours a day through a lease agreement struck by a local radio operator. The MORE
Health
Trump administration announces changes to Michelle Obama’s school lunch program on her birthday
In another punitive and petty move that targets the Obamas, Michelle Obama specifically, the Trump administration announced it will “roll back school nutrition standards championed by her, an effort long sought by food manufacturers and MORE
Sports
Trump’s visit with the LSU football team: “They’re trying to impeach the son of a bitch.”
Trump met with the LSU football team on Friday at the White House. Besides going off about the Stock Market and clicking off his usual rally rhetoric, he told the team they had good president MORE
News
Michigan State Senator Investigated For Sexual Harrassment
While touring the state capitol with a group of high school boys from his own alma mater, Sen. Peter Lucido (R) of Shelby Township, Michigan, made comments to a 22-year-old female reporter which have ignited MORE
Editorials
NPR’s sanitizing of Trump’s Milwaukee rally shows how he’s broken the media
I tried to capture some of the speech’s disconcerting oddness in my write-up of the event. In many ways, the remarks the president made were typical of him. And that provides the media with a challenge: Describing Trump as he really is can make it seem as if a report is “anti-Trump” and that the reporter is trying to make the president look foolish.
But for media outlets that view themselves as above taking sides, attempts to provide a sober, “balanced” look at presidential speeches often end up normalizing things that are decidedly not normal. MORE