Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Keota, Iowa, in 2015. (Charlie Neibergall/AP) Four years before Hillary Clinton became the first woman to mathematically capture a major U.S. political party’s presidential nomination, a staff member on Rick Santorum’s 2012 presidential campaign posed a question in an email that shocked many people: “Is it God’s highest…
If I harvested all the essays I’ve written about plagiarism since the 1980s, there would be enough of them to make a fairly boring and incoherent book. But of all the cases I’ve read about or adjudicated — in a literary sense — none feels more perplexing to me than the case of Melania Trump….
You’ve tossed a few PokéBalls, caught a few Caterpies, and spun your way to a few items at the PokéStop, but it’s time to take things to the next level. These tips and tricks will help you go from novice trainer to unbeatable gym leader faster than you can spit out the PokéRap. Swipe the…
A look at some of Adrian’s product. I first met Adrian* at a dusty bar situated among warehouses, a couple miles from downtown Cleveland, where they keep the doors locked—you have to knock to get in—and the owner’s aging black lab mingles freely with the aging customers. The vaguely illicit nature of the place was…
As if life wasn’t hard enough for Chris Christie, adult errand boy for the Trump campaign reduced to begging for a VP spot he was never even in the running for, the Cruz campaign has joined in on the fun. “That guy turned over his political testicles long ago,” Cruz’s campaign manger, Jeff Roe, said…
All photos: Andy Cush/Gawker About 50 Donald Trump-supporting motorcyclists rolled out of the parking lot of the Rock-n-Roll City Harley-Davidson dealership this morning in Cleveland, headed to a rally where speakers such as the conspiracist radio host Alex Jones and right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos would extoll the virtues of the candidate later in the afternoon….
CLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s noted disdain for members of the press, particularly those of us who happen to be women, has apparently inspired a dress code for woman journalists at the Republican National Convention. Jezebel has learned that at least one woman journalist covering the convention was warned by an RNC official that her slovenly,…
GIF CLEVELAND- Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham bounded onstage Thursday night to urge everyone to vote for Donald Trump. She also did a big ol’ straight-armed wave that, as everyone on the internet pointed out, looked like she was saying an enthused, “Hi” to Hitler. She’s electing not to address that second thing this…
Cleveland police spray a burning American flag with a fire extinguisher. Photo: AP CLEVELAND — Longtime free-speech activistGregory “Joey” Johnson, who took his fight for the right to burn flags all the way to the Supreme Court, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct following a flag burning outside the Republican National Convention on Wednesday….
Photos: Simon Zachary Chetrit/Gawker CLEVELAND — On Wednesday night, as Senator Ted Cruz provided the Republican National Convention with its first true spectacle of the week, Cleveland’s punks gathered at Now That’s Class, a dive bar on the city’s west side, to vent their frustration. Vermin Supreme was in attendance, though he did not throw…