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Here’s what’s going on in Matt Lauer’s neck of the woods…nothing. For part two: https://youtu.be/cVjax8Fb3ag. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new … “Asking” the “Tough” “Questions” (Act 2, Part 1) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: “Asking” the “Tough” “Questions” (Act 2, Part 1) | Full Frontal with…
View this image › Jim Johnson, Baltimore County Police Department chief of police. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call,Inc. ID: 9591600 One day after a BuzzFeed News investigation exposed how the Baltimore County Police Department declares many rape reports “unfounded” after only minimal investigation, the department has promised to “re-examine” three years’ worth of such reports….
Dear Mr. Frank Fahrenkopf and Mr. Michael McCurry: As you gentlemen undoubtedly know, Week 1 of the 2016 NFL season concluded with its usual and unusual fanfare: roaring crowds, jammed parking lots, overserved fans, heartfelt renditions of “The Star Spangled Banner” (with some players kneeling, others raising their fists and an entire team locking arms)…
Gawker is no more, but Gawker Media––including Deadspin, Jezebel, etc.––is now under Univision ownership. And they’re not happy about Univision taking down six old posts. In fact, Mediaite has learned that have been talks among Gawker staffers about a walkout. The deleted posts include “Man Acquitted of Sexual Assault Sues Blog for Calling Him Serial…
Tweet Tumblr Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have decided to step down as the presenters of The Great British Bake Off. Mark Bourdillon / BBC/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon They both issued a joint statement. We were very shocked and saddened to learn yesterday evening that Bake Off will be moving from its home. We made no secret…
In the spring of 2013, a coalition of progressive groups led by the NAACP’s North Carolina chapter united to protest a string of regressive laws enacted by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature. Over just a few months, North Carolina’s legislature rejected Medicaid expansion, cut unemployment benefits, raised taxes on the poor, and enacted a draconian voter…
When airing an interview with former president and would-be First Husband Bill Clinton, CBS News edited out a verbal slip that would have reflected poorly on his wife Hillary Clinton. Clinton sat down with Charlie Rose Monday afternoon in an interview that aired later that evening. As the Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross noticed, this is what the CBS News’s website…
If shooting yourself in the foot qualifies you to be president, then we have the most qualified candidates in years. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all… We’re Back and Everything is Scary Now | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: We’re Back and Everything is Scary Now | Full Frontal…
Photo Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times Hillary Clinton has pneumonia. Did you know she has a body double? She was that blond woman waving at reporters in front of Chelsea Clinton’s apartment a few hours after Mrs. Clinton felt unwell and left the Sept. 11 commemoration at ground zero. Did you also…