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In September, Democratic Congress members Frank Pallone, Jr. and Jared Huffman sent a letter to Obama urging him to exercise that authority. The letter was signed by 74 lawmakers, almost all Democrats, and contained quotes from representatives from some of the groups that produced the fact sheet in May. Environmentalists say drilling in the Arctic…
Art by Jim Cooke There’s a reason why Crabs Adjust Humidity, Humanity Hates Trump and Cards & Punishment might sound familiar. Their cards might look familiar, too—so familiar that the popular card game Cards Against Humanity has been forced to buckle down on those and several other lookalikes. Cards Against Humanity doesn’t own the rights…
Start of Brightcove Player End of Brightcove Player Lena Dunham stirred up controversy during a recent episode of her podcast by saying she wishes she’d had an abortion. While hosting Women of the Hour, the Girls creator recalled a visit to a Texas Planned Parenthood years ago, during which a girl asked her to share her experience…
When they were first announced in September, it was obvious that AirPods were Apple’s attempt to distract everyone from the iPhone’s lack of a headphone jack. At $160, AirPods are Apple’s version of truly wireless earphones, a gadget lots of companies have been trying to perfect with varying degrees of success. No one disagrees that…
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly argued Tuesday that calls to abolish the Electoral College were a cover for the liberal agenda of taking power “away from the white establishment.” “The left sees white privilege in America as an oppressive force that must be done away with,” the Fox pundit told his “The O’Reilly Factor” audience….
Microsoft Studios cache hit 142:single/related:fcbf5aa2a6e774466b09485e0c49181b empty Nearly eight years ago, Halo Wars landed on Xbox 360 consoles with designs on making an RTS game that truly works with gamepad control. To celebrate the series’ impending sequel, currently scheduled to launch in February, Microsoft has come up with an odd promotional move. Finally, you can play Halo‘s console-minded RTS…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Book readings, interviews, and news radio are coming to Facebook thanks to its new Live Audio feature launching today with a few publishers and authors before opening up next year. A complement to its Facebook Live video streaming, it could bring audio-first content like podcasts to the News Feed, and provide…
Bill O’Reilly’s “white establishment” comments ignite firestorm over his bald-faced racism Fox News host Bill O’Reilly went on a white supremacism-laden rant Tuesday night, saying that the effort to abolish the Electoral College is an attempt by “the left” to take away power from the “white establishment.” O’Reilly went on to denounce Democrats for being…
Harry Winston, eat your heart out. Getting your loved one a diamond ring for the holidays used to be the baller move. Now, it’s looking like chic Taco Bell jewelry is the way to go. Cheetos’ $20,000 diamond and orange sapphire jewelryhttp://mashable.com/2016/11/21/cheetos-holiday-jewelry/#XAaThSMfxmqo set has already sold out, but if your pockets didn’t go quite that…
.entry-header December 20, 2016, 6:35 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Linkedin Share icons In what appears to be the largest digital advertising scam in history, a group of Russian hackers reportedly built a click-fraud machine that stole up to $5 million daily from top advertisers and publishers. But even that is just the tip of…