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15 ‘Real’ Headlines The Media’s Too Afraid To Write (2/26) Finding the truth in the news is like following a map to buried treasure, if the “buried treasure” was actually two moldy cookies and one non-moldy one that’s half-eaten. But luckily for you, our readers have taken this week’s popular headlines and stripped them of…
If you build it, will they come? That’s what AOL is hoping, anyway. “Build” is an afternoon talk show, and so far people are coming: It did 80 million views last year. But the company wants more — and the revenue that comes with it — so it is expanding the show’s distribution footprint to make it happen. For…
On Saturday, February 20, Maine governor Paul LePage gave a passionate speech to a group of fellow governors, suggesting they unite against Donald Trump. On Friday, February 26, Maine governor Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump. Seriously. Alexander Burns, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Martin of the New York Times have uncovered some of the increasingly frantic,…
Ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries, a nationwide march has swept across the nation for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. Organizers have reported that at least 40 cities are holding demonstrations, and perhaps as many as 70. #MarchForBernie happening now in over 70 cities across the country. #WeAreBernie #AmericaTogether #NotMeUs #SCforBernie Ad Injection:random — John P….
Despite the extensive online record of Goldberg’s activities, prosecuting him is much less straightforward than it might appear. On one hand, he told the FBI when he was arrested that he believed his “jihadist” contact “did intend to create functioning bombs and would actually attempt to use them to kill and injure persons.” On the…
Aubrey Drake Graham is the man who sends you a drink from across the bar and walks over right as you take the first sip, sidling up next to you to ask for the name of your lipstick shade. He can’t help it, really. The man is a simp of calculated, caricatural proportions. He’ll tell…
With the academy awards coming up, Last Week Tonight asks: Hollywood whitewashing…how is this still a thing? Connect with Last Week Tonight online…Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would:http://Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news…
Hi everyone. Today, while driving past a pizza place, I noticed something: The dude who normally stood at the corner wearing a toga and spinning a giant arrow sign pointing the way to the shop had been replaced by what looked like a cardboard cutout. It was holding the giant arrow, but the sign was hooked to…
Last night I posted a tweet: “Next time you want to post an essay to Medium, do the open web a favor and post it elsewhere. Anywhere. Tumblr. WordPress.com.” If I had more space I would have added Pastebin or Blogger. Really anywhere but Medium. I didn’t have room to explain, but people asked, so…
Dow Chemicals this week settled a billion-dollar lawsuit after determining, essentially, that it had no chance in front of a Supreme Court without Antonin Scalia. Dow was challenging a 2013 order that required it to pay $1.06 billion as part of an antitrust suit concerning the sale of urethanes. (The company was accused of price…