Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is the type of billionaire who will quote long passages from Pink Floyd‘s The Wall to you when you answer the phone. And even if you don’t pick up, he’ll still leave a voicemail parroting the monumental double-album’s whole “collect call to Mrs. Floyd from …
Read More »New Footage Shows Jussie Smollett With Noose Tied Around Neck
Police officers in Chicago have released body cam footage from the investigation of Jussie Smollett, theEmpireactor accused of staging a hate crime against himself. In one of the tapes released from the nearly 70 hours of footage, Smollett appears to greet police officers with a noose around his neck. In …
Read More »Our 'Space Force' President Does Not Believe in UFOs?
During a wide-ranging interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos this week, portions of which have since gone viral, President Donald Trump was asked if he’d been briefed on recent reports where Navy pilots have claimed to see unidentified flying objects. “I’ve seen, and I’ve read, and I’ve heard. And I …
Read More »They Know That America Isn't Great
The president may be a fool, but that doesn’t make him an ineffective racist. That would presuppose that it takes great talent to be good at hating people and furthering that hatred through policy. Donald Trump is quite adept at finding America’s weaknesses, a trait he shares with the Russians …
Read More »Read Robert Mueller's Statement on Concluding the Trump/Russia Investigation
On Wednesday morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller read a 10-minute statement clarifying the findings of his investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election, as well as the Trump campaign’s intersections with the Russians and the president’s efforts to stymie the investigation. Below, read Mueller’s first — and if the …
Read More »The Right's Latest Tactic on Gun Laws? Just Don't Enforce Them
In early 2018, while survivors of the deadly Parkland school shooting in Florida were leading a renewed push for gun control across the country, a counter-movement was brewing in Illinois. Officials in rural Effingham County, a few hours downstate from Chicago, were looking to protest a spate of proposed firearm …
Read More »Morrissey's Covers LP 'California Son' Shows Off His Golden Voice, Perplexing Politics
Morrissey has always worn his influences on his black-on-the-outside sleeves. For as much as he crowed about the New York Dolls and the Cramps in his youth, his music both with and without the Smiths has reflected more erudite lyricists with an overall lighter musical touch. For California Son, the …
Read More »They're Getting Rid of Sonic the Hedgehog's Teeth After All
The motto of Stan Twitter isn’t so much “ask and ye shall receive” as it is “yell and scream and you’ll force some animators to turn around a new character design in under six months.” That’s apparently what’s happening with the newSonic the Hedgehog movie, which released a trailer this …
Read More »This Is Working for William Barr
The look on Sen. Cory Booker’s face told us what the next five minutes were going to be like for William Barr. After just one question from the colleague and presidential primary rival sitting to his immediate left, it seemed the New Jersey Democrat had to muster every bit of …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Reveals Joe Biden's Catchy New MAGA Slogan
Stephen Colbert dug into Joe Biden‘s first few days on the campaign, highlighting the ways he’s already getting under President Donald Trump‘s skin and his new Obama-heavy ad on The Late Show Tuesday. After officially announcing last week, Biden jumped to a commanding lead in the Democratic primary polls. During …
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