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A Human (Brandon Stanton, via Twitter) emerges from the mouth of Trump (Getty Images) Whatever you think about uplifting content producer Humans Of New York, there’s no doubt that it is a very popular, very influential tool for learning more about the colorful humans who live in NY. And head Human Brandon Stanton has…
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A new anti-Trump ad is just things that candidate has said about women, read aloud by women. “A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a ten,” a brunette actress with glasses says thoughtfully. Trump, a sentient wig possessed by an ancient evil, is also a veritable repository of vile thoughts about…
Hulk Hogan. Getty Images Not long after taking the stand in the Hogan v. Gawker lawsuit, Jezebel editor Emma Carmichael faced the exact kind of sexist BS her website covers. After fielding questions from both Gawker and Hogan’s legal teams about her role in the publishing of the Hogan sex…
Photo Senator Marco Rubio awaiting a television interview at his South Carolina campaign headquarters in Columbia, S.C., on Feb. 20. Credit Philip Montgomery for The New York Times The last time I saw Marco Rubio in person, he seemed to be on the verge of inheriting the charred Republican earth. It was Feb. 22, the…
/quality/90/?url=http://static.politico.com/c3/dd/97bddc4c48ad9da1b921050fdc1d/corey-lewandowski-getty.jpg” data-size=”promo_xsmall_rectangle” /> Though Breitbart has released statements saying they stood by Fields, the site seemed to waver at first and at one point published an article questioning whether the situation was a case of mistaken identity (the post was updated once video evidence surfaced showing a clearer link between Fields and Lewandowski). Fields said…
To the unassuming eye, Harvard Law School’s 80-year-old shield is just three sheaves of wheat. But the image is actually based on the crest of the Royalls, a slave-owning US family that helped establish the school’s first professorship in the 18th century. Due to its historic association with racism, Harvard Law students—amid a national debate…
Turmoil and recriminations seemingly spread to almost everything the Trump campaign touches lately. That now includes one of the political news websites most closely associated with the controversial Republican presidential candidate. Several senior staffers at the conservative-leaning Breitbart News site resigned on Monday, declaring they have lost confidence in management following the Trump campaign’s manhandling…
ST. PETERSBURG — Publishing a sex tape of the former wrestler Hulk Hogan embroiled Gawker Media in an expensive legal battle, but it also was a boon to the media company. On Friday, an expert witness hired by Hogan testified that when Gawker.com posted a one minute and 41-second edit of the video on Oct….
We thought we were the honorable ones In surprising news Sunday night, Breitbart “News” (that still cracks us up) reporter Michelle Fields and sphincter-at-large Ben Shapiro said they are leaving the august bastion of rightwing journalism. Following the alleged assault of Fields by Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Cory Lewandowski last week, Fields and Shapiro say…