In 2008, Jill Abramson, the then-managing editor of the New York Times, had the unfortunate task of responding to accusations that a Times reporter had plagiarized two sentences from a Miami Herald article about the illicit drug ‘paco.’ Save for a few minor differences, the sentences were almost verbatim, and …
Read More »Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Debunks Conservative Conspiracy Theories About Her
Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has never shied away from correcting her detractors, and in a late-night tweetstorm, the congresswoman addressed recent conspiracy theories that she has a poor credit score and history of evictions. “The right has gotten increasingly desperate [with] spreading targeted rumors about me lately,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter …
Read More »Best Movies and TV to Stream in Feb.: Superheroes, Soderbergh, Lorena Bobbit Doc
Netflix has a trio of new features from big name talents, as well as a new puzzle-box series that’s blowing critics’ minds and a comic-adapted fan-favorite-in-the-making. Amazon’s working the true-crime beat with a Lorena Bobbitt docuseries and the fake-crime beat with a new Agatha Christie adaptation. And let’s throw in …
Read More »Mitch McConnell, Enemy of the Vote
Suppressing votes is not merely a racist act, nor it is simply the last resort for a party out of ideas. Voter suppression is traitorous. Intentionally restricting access to the ballot is a violation of the ideals that we have been told are inherently American. The United States government is …
Read More »'Fyre' Review: Doc on Disastrous Music Fest Is One Three-Alarm Autopsy
You probably remember the cheese sandwich. Maybe you had no idea who the young, bro-tastic hustler Billy McFarland was, or hadn’t heard of the Fyre Music Festival before — or god forbid you’d somehow miraculously missed the already deserved roasting that this misbegotten, mismanaged event had inspired on social media. …
Read More »The Cranberries Announce Final Album With Dolores O'Riordan, 'In the End'
One year after the death of Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, her band mates have announced their final album In the End, a collection of songs O’Riordan worked on prior to her January 15th, 2018 death. The Cranberries also shared In the End‘s first single, the catchy “All Over Now.” “I …
Read More »Kamala Harris Teases Presidential Run Announcement on 'Colbert'
California Senator Kamala Harris remained coy about her presidential hopes on Thursday’s Late Show, but the Democrat did tease the possibility of a 2020 run. “Many people who put out books two years before a presidential election do so to introduce themselves in a broad way to the American people,” …
Read More »Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese 'Rolling Thunder Revue' Doc Hits Netflix
Martin Scorsese‘s long-rumored documentary about Bob Dylan‘s legendary “Rolling Thunder Revue” tour is headed to Netflix, Variety reports. An exact release date has yet to be announced, and a source told Variety that such an announcement was still “months away.” However, Netflix did confirm a few details about the film, …
Read More »Why Weed Companies Are Embracing Blockchain
“Hey, look at the stock!” It was a Thursday in late September in the Colorado offices of Leafbuyer technologies, a small tech company focused on cannabis. Like most startups, it’s a little obsessed with its stock price, which it has a staffer assigned to monitor. This day, it was going …
Read More »Incoming House Judiciary Chair Says Trump May Have Committed Impeachable Offenses
Appearing on CNN’sState of the Union Sunday morning, incoming House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who would be in charge of any impeachment hearings, made clear that if the allegations in the Michael Cohen sentencing memo are true,“They would be impeachable offenses.” On Friday, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and …
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