Second State, a restaurant opening on Tuesday in Washington D.C., is going to charge one dollar for a single artisanal ice cube to be plunked into your drink. No, that is not a dumb joke made by a dumb blogger trying to think of a dumb thing that dumb young...
Hate wins again Mississippi governor signs bill allowing businesses to deny service to gay customers
Mississippi governor Phil Bryant signed a “Religious Freedom” bill on Tuesday, allowing state businesses to refuse services to gay couples, AP reports. The bill, which will allow state employees to refuse issuing same-sex-marriage licenses, comes a week after lawmakers approved a draft, stating that the law protects those who believe marriage...
36 years after murder, Erik Menendez denied parole
The California Parole Board denied parole for Erik Menendez, rejecting his first bid for release nearly 36 years after he and his brother Lyle shot and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home. Following a nearly 10-hour hearing Thursday, commissioners concluded that despite support from family and advocates, Erik...
NYC gunman targeted NFL over alleged brain injury, mayor says
The gunman who killed four people and then himself at a Manhattan office building on Monday was targeting NFL offices, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said. Adams, speaking Tuesday, said authorities “have reason to believe that he was focused on the NFL,” which has offices in the building where the shooting...
The people’s beef with McDonald’s: Why activists are calling for a nationwide boycott
It’s been a turbulent stretch for McDonald’s, with public health scandals, policy reversals — and now, a boycott. Last fall, the fast-food giant landed in hot water after a deadly E. coli outbreak was traced back to fresh, slivered onions served on its Quarter Pounder hamburgers. As a result, McDonald’s...
Jake Tapper burns Bill O’Reilly to ash, reminds him he was “humiliated in front of the world”
Wednesday, disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly took shots at CNN’s Jake Tapper via Twitter, saying that the ratings of his former colleague are “as low as you can go.” This turned out to be a mistake, as Tapper spun right around and reminded O’Reilly what going low really looks like. “Sean Hannity kicking serious...
Not getting married is the new getting married
According to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics, unmarried couples who live together are staying together longer and having more babies than at any other time in the past. (Cue moral panic about: the Gays; the rise of feminism; the "wussification" of American men; other conservative garbage...
President Obama pushes back against Bernie’s definition of a progressive and sorta-kinda-almost endorses Hillary
One day after Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, President Obama pushed back against the Vermont Independent's assertion that one cannot be both a moderate and a progressive. "Some of my best friends are moderates, but you can’t be a progressive and a moderate at the same...
FBI investigating alleged effort to impersonate White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
The FBI is investigating claims that someone is pretending to be the White House chief of staff
“We cover both sides”: Fox News host reacts to Donald Trump’s gripes about Bernie Sanders town hall
President Donald Trump offered rare criticism of his favorite cable network after Fox News hosted a town hall event Monday night with one of his 2020 rivals, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. “So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on @FoxNews. Not surprisingly, @BretBaier and the “audience” was so smiley and nice....