Cheat Sheet
ESCALATION
U.S. Denies Russia Combat Coordination
Russia’s defense ministry said they conducted an operation with the U.S. in Syria.
EXEC ORDER
Trump Signs TPP Withdrawal
“Great thing for the American worker what we just did.”
CROWD CONTROL
CBS: Trump Brought Cheerers to CIA Visit
CIA officials reportedly “uncomfortable” with the speech.
PRAYERS
George H.W. Bush Released from ICU
Barbara Bush discharged.
GIVING IN
Rubio Caves, Will Vote for Tillerson
Says he still has reservations about SecState nominee.
COMING SOON
‘Star Wars’ Episode 8 Title Revealed
Set for release on Dec. 15, 2017.
THE TRUMP SHOW
Alec Baldwin to Host SNL
On February 11th.
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Cervical Cancer Deadlier Than Thought
Mortality for black Americans on par with that in sub-Saharan Africa.
SHADY
Report: Flynn’s Russia Ties Being Probed
“Repeated contacts” with Russian ambassador have raised red flags.
DIVISIVE
WH Begins Talks on Moving Israel Embassy
“At the very beginning stages” of discussing potential move to Jerusalem.
Keep ReadingA convent of nuns are having a hard time keeping their vow of celibacy in ‘The Little Hours.’ Molly Shannon, Alison Brie, and Kate Micucci talk their wild Sundance sex comedy.
Three Horny Nuns Storm Sundance
Keep ReadingFor the past 24 years, Bill Maher has been making politics funny on television. The Trump era marks his biggest challenge yet.
The Godfather of Political Late-Night
Keep ReadingThe Oscar-nominated actor opens up about his fine new film ‘I Am Michael,’ the ‘outing’ of Hollywood actors, and the constant speculation about his own sexuality.
James Franco Talks Trump and Gay Rights
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Politics
Fact-Checking Sean Spicer
Fact-Checking Sean Spicer
By Linda QiuAt the first press conference of the new administration, White House press secretary Sean Spicer blasted the media, saying they deliberately misled the public about the size of President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd.“Photographs o...
The new White House press secretary ripped into the press for inaccuracies, but Spicer’s own words earn him a pants on fire.
Conway: Spicer Gave ‘Alternative Facts’
Conway: Spicer Gave ‘Alternative Facts’
Senior Trump administration officials pushed back on Sunday against the media amid incorrect claims about crowd sizes at Friday’s presidential inauguration that were made by President Donald Trump and his spokesman.“There is an obsession by the me...
While defending President Trump and Press Secretary Sean Spicer's bizarre falsehoods about inauguration crowds, Kellyanne Conway claimed her team was using "alternative fact...
Anti-Abortion and on the Women’s March
Anti-Abortion and on the Women’s March
As president of New Wave Feminists, a pro-life group based in Texas, Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa didn’t know what to expect when she arrived at the site of the Women’s March on Washington at 7:30 AM on Saturday--but she was prepared for the worst. ...
Organizers of the march said its platform was emphatically pro-choice, but that didn’t stop representatives from anti-abortion groups wanting to participate.
Nixon Aides’ Plot to Kill a Journalist
Nixon Aides’ Plot to Kill a Journalist
What happens when America’s president is insecure, touchy, prickly, vengeful, narcissistic, and paranoid, more obsessed with crushing his enemies than leading the people? If history is a crystal ball—we survive. Richard Nixon’s White House was a p...
For those who think the future of press freedom is facing unprecedented challenges, a reminder of the time Nixon aides hatched a plot to kill a troublesome journalist.
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
After saying goodbye to President Obama as his “conservative pundit” alter ego the night before, Stephen Colbert was back to being himself Friday night. And the Late Show host seemed genuinely terrified about the dark vision President Donald Trump...
The ‘Late Show’ host shared his feelings about Donald Trump’s doomsday inauguration speech on Friday night.
Entertainment
Broad City’s Abbi Storms Sundance
Broad City’s Abbi Storms Sundance
Donald Trump is president, and Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer are ready for the world to end.Rather their Broad City counterparts are, in a short released minutes before last week’s swearing-in ceremony titled “Inauguration Uncensored.”“People are...
It’s a luxury to have a platform to use your voice, ‘Broad City’ star Abbi Jacobson tells The Daily Beast at the Sundance Film Festival. “I’m so happy we’re on TV right now.”
‘The Big Sick’: Sundance’s First Big Hit
‘The Big Sick’: Sundance’s First Big Hit
The Big Sick is an indie romantic comedy. It’s a Pakistani-American comedy, a coma comedy, a race relations comedy, and has a scene in which Holly Hunter gets into a bar fight.With a little something for everyone—especially for Holly Hunter fans—i...
‘Silicon Valley’ star Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily Gordon’s romcom about their unusual love story took Sundance crowds by storm. But how much of it is festival hype?
Oklahoma’s Warning to Trump’s America
Oklahoma’s Warning to Trump’s America
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove a Ryder rental truck filled with bombs of his own creation into Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which housed offices for (among others) HUD, ATF, USMC, DEA, and Social Security. The ensui...
Barak Goodman’s gripping new documentary, Oklahoma City, has all-too-relevant insights to impart—and warnings to scream—about Trump’s America.
President Trump’s Porn Star Accuser
President Trump’s Porn Star Accuser
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Jessica Drake is everything you’d expect a classic porn star to be: a statuesque blonde bombshell outfitted in a see-through, skintight one-piece with black pasties obscuring her nipples. As such, she boasts one of the longest ...
Back in October of last year, adult actress Jessica Drake—flanked by her attorney, Gloria Allred—publicly accused the Republican presidential candidate of sexual assault. Now he’s PO...
The Incredible Jessica Williams
The Incredible Jessica Williams
When Jessica Williams and I meet up in Park City, where her breakout new film The Incredible Jessica James will close the Sundance Film Festival, we give each other that look. The heavy sigh. The sad shoulder slump.“I know,” she says. At the same ...
The former ‘Daily Show’ correspondent on her star turn in the Sundance hit ‘The Incredible Jessica James,’ learning to find her voice, and why diversity matters now more than ever.
Maher Slams Trump’s ‘Joyless’ Inaugural
Maher Slams Trump’s ‘Joyless’ Inaugural
As Bill Maher joked earlier in the week, this year he got Donald Trump for his birthday. Yes, Friday, January 20th marked both the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States and the Real Time host’s 61st birthday. He was not exactly i...
In the first ‘Real Time’ of the Donald Trump presidency, Bill Maher told us how he really felt about the inauguration.
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
Colbert on Trump’s Speech: ‘We Get It!’
After saying goodbye to President Obama as his “conservative pundit” alter ego the night before, Stephen Colbert was back to being himself Friday night. And the Late Show host seemed genuinely terrified about the dark vision President Donald Trump...
The ‘Late Show’ host shared his feelings about Donald Trump’s doomsday inauguration speech on Friday night.
World News
Israel’s Messiah Really Coming in 2022?
Israel’s Messiah Really Coming in 2022?
In 2022, approximately five years from now, a new star will appear in the night sky. Scientifically speaking, the appearance of this nova is the product of the collision of two other astral bodies. And for six months this new star will—to the nake...
Humans across the world will get to see a star born in 2022, and one rabbi says it’s a sign from the Bible of a new military leader for Israel.
She Met Trump at the Ritz (Not That Way)
She Met Trump at the Ritz (Not That Way)
The revolving door of the Ritz-Carlton hotel swished open and Yulia Alferova entered the luxurious lobby, used for important meetings both by the Russian elite and foreign guests. And there he was, Donald Trump, walking toward her in the morning l...
Yulia Alferova, asked to organize Trump’s Miss Universe contest in Russia, talks about meeting the future president—and why all the wild allegations are false.
China Will Test Trump With Korean Nukes
China Will Test Trump With Korean Nukes
Donald Trump, on his first day in office, is facing an impeachment crisis. It’s not targeting him, but it affects his presidency deeply by further straining testy relations with Beijing.On Monday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry announced a delay i...
China is demanding South Korea not defend itself from North Korean missiles and nuclear weapons, which Beijing has helped Pyongyang develop.
Live: Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Live: Donald Trump’s Inauguration
On Friday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.The “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration Concert” will have wrapped, the cabinet appointments will have paused, President Obama will have made h...
On Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Here’s the full schedule and how to watch live.
Italy’s Hotel Avalanche Horror Story
Italy’s Hotel Avalanche Horror Story
PENNE, Italy—Freezing to death must surely be among the worst ways to die. But imagine what it would be like to be stuck in a luxury resort spa that was buried by an avalanche.Imagine those first few long hours trying to find a way out, blocked by...
A day after the upscale Hotel Rigopiano was buried in an earthquake-induced avalanche, 30 guests and staff are still missing, and rescuers are working short shifts in the bitter cold.
The Over-The-Hill-Gang That Robbed Kim K
The Over-The-Hill-Gang That Robbed Kim K
PARIS — It was a shockingly bold crime if only for its target. A home-invasion-style robbery in Paris of one of America’s most well-known women: reality-television star Kim Kardashian. The haul was nothing to sneer at either. The armed assailants ...
As more details come in about the bumbling band of silver-haired criminals accused in the Kim Kardashian heist, it’s safe to say that sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
Dead Terrorist Tries to Clear His Pal
Dead Terrorist Tries to Clear His Pal
An ISIS terrorist who died 15 months ago said in a video played in a federal courtroom Wednesday that the man on trial for helping him to get to Syria did not recruit him.Samy El-Goarany of Middletown, New York said in the September 2015 video tha...
Samy El-Goarany died fighting in Syria 15 months ago. But on Wednesday, he appeared in a federal courtroom, thanks to a video he made claiming the man accused of recruiting him is in...
U.S.
Watch: 2017 AFC & NFC Championships
Watch: 2017 AFC & NFC Championships
Four teams remain– who will face off in the 2017 Super Bowl? Catch the Championship Round of the 2017 NFL playoffs this weekend on Sunday, January 22, beginning at 3:05 p.m. EST to find out. A brief playoffs recap: The Wild Card Round of the NFL p...
NFL playoffs continue this weekend with the AFC and NFC Championship games. Here’s how to watch live online.
Why Wayne Barrett is Irreplaceable
Why Wayne Barrett is Irreplaceable
My most Wayne memory of Wayne Barrett is a conversation he had with an intern of his in what was probably the early 1990s. Wayne’s interns at The Village Voice were this parade of young strivers, many of whom today are great investigative journali...
He was one of the greatest investigative journalists, and knew more about Donald Trump than anybody alive.
El Chapo Finally Brought Down to Size
El Chapo Finally Brought Down to Size
El Chapo has finally been brought down to size.Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, whose Spanish nickname means “Shorty,” once ran a drug cartel as big as a country. On Friday, he reduced to standing in a federal courtroom. The Brooklyn chamber was p...
The man who once ran a cartel as big as a country was confined to a federal courtroom to face charges stemming from the sale of 200,000 kilos of cocaine in the U.S.
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‘Why We March’
We asked women from across the nation why they’re marching on D.C. this weekend. Here are their voices.
She Met Trump at the Ritz (Not That Way)
She Met Trump at the Ritz (Not That Way)
The revolving door of the Ritz-Carlton hotel swished open and Yulia Alferova entered the luxurious lobby, used for important meetings both by the Russian elite and foreign guests. And there he was, Donald Trump, walking toward her in the morning l...
Yulia Alferova, asked to organize Trump’s Miss Universe contest in Russia, talks about meeting the future president—and why all the wild allegations are false.
Live: Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Live: Donald Trump’s Inauguration
On Friday, Jan. 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.The “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration Concert” will have wrapped, the cabinet appointments will have paused, President Obama will have made h...
On Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Here’s the full schedule and how to watch live.
Tech
No Civil Rights on Trump WhiteHouse.Gov
No Civil Rights on Trump WhiteHouse.Gov
WhiteHouse.gov immediately wiped pages on LGBT rights, civil rights, climate change, and health care from its “issues” section after Donald Trump took the oath of office. The page on climate change was replaced with a page entitled “An America Fir...
The minute Donald Trump was sworn into office, the White House’s web site changed—dramatically.
All The People Who Betrayed Manning
All The People Who Betrayed Manning
I first heard the name Bradley Manning at a cheap Japanese restaurant near Sacramento, California, sitting across from the ex-hacker who’d just turned the soldier in.It was May 2010, and I was following up on a remarkable story I’d heard in crypti...
Over and over, the young private who exposed so much of the U.S. government’s inner workings trusted people—only to get knifed.
Missile Launchers Now at Dakota Pipeline
Missile Launchers Now at Dakota Pipeline
The North Dakota Army National Guard has deployed two surface-to-air missile-launchers near a critical work site for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL.Protestors spotted one of the Avenger missile systems on Jan. 16 and posted phot...
The Avenger missile launcher is foremost a weapon of war. What is it doing at the site of a peaceful protest?
Russians ‘Hack Sherlock’ in War on BBC
Russians ‘Hack Sherlock’ in War on BBC
In a mystery worthy of the master detective himself, the BBC is investigating the possibility that the final episode of its hit sleuth series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, was illegally leaked online by a state-sponso...
Reports are circulating that state-sponsored agents circulated a Russian-language copy of the finale of the hit BBC series as part of Moscow’s war with the British broadcaster.
Hackers Blow NSA Secrets in Last ‘F-You’
Hackers Blow NSA Secrets in Last ‘F-You’
A mysterious hacking group has been bedeviling the U.S. intelligence community for months, releasing a tranche of secret National Security Agency hacking tools to the public while offering to sell even more for the right price. Now with barely a w...
A gang of elite hackers, believed by many to be Russian, say they’re quitting—just as Donald Trump gets ready to enter the Oval Office.
What Could Trump Really Do to Vaccines?
What Could Trump Really Do to Vaccines?
Members of anti-vaccine fringe groups have taken Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as a sign that his promise to “Drain the Swamp” will extend to the country’s immunization policy-makers.But it is unclear jus...
Are the president-elect’s meetings with anti-vaxxers a signal he’s going to change immunization policy? And does he have the power to do so?
Are ‘Golden Showers’ a Medical Risk?
Are ‘Golden Showers’ a Medical Risk?
At Donald Trump’s press conference this morning, the president-elect claimed that the allegations he engaged in urine play– better known as “golden showers”– could not be true because he is “a germaphobe.” As many were quick to note after Trump’s ...
President-elect Trump denied salacious accusations by claiming to be a ‘germaphobe,’ but are golden showers actually unhealthy?
Arts + Culture
Beast Fiction: Dark at the Crossing
Beast Fiction: Dark at the Crossing
Their cab pulled around the curved driveway of Delvet Hospital. Daphne took a fold of lira from her coat pocket. Holding it low, between her knees, she counted out the fare. Haris thanked her as she passed the bills to the driver, mentioning how h...
An excerpt from Elliot Ackerman's latest novel, a love story set along the Turkish-Syrian border amidst the ongoing civil war.
President Trump’s Russian Inauguration
President Trump’s Russian Inauguration
Covering Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States, RT America might as well been a radio show.Much like Trump’s complaint in tweets about Rep. John Lewis for casting doubt on his legitimacy, and in his address at the ...
“We will forge forward! We will make RT great again!” So crowed Larry King, fronting Russia Today’s biased and bizarre coverage of Trump’s inauguration.
Melania Channels More Than Jackie
Melania Channels More Than Jackie
A day of surreal optics, as the phrase goes, where every expression is parsed and gif’d instantaneously is necessarily a day about one wears—because what can speak louder in a day of powerful and symbolic imagery than what one is wearing and how o...
Style is fast becoming a mission for Melania Trump. Hailed for channeling Jackie Kennedy at her husband’s inauguration, the White House website now boasts of her QVC jewelry range.
Obama Is Wrong: LGBT Rights Are Not Safe
Obama Is Wrong: LGBT Rights Are Not Safe
On Wednesday, Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson asked President Obama a question that’s on many LGBT Americans’ minds: What’s going to happen to our rights under President Trump and his cabinet?“How confident are you that progress [on LGBT r...
President Obama, who has done so much to secure LGBT equality, is hopeful that equality is secure. The extreme bigotry of Trump’s senior officials signals the very opposite.
Will Trump’s White House Turn Gold?
Will Trump’s White House Turn Gold?
Truly, politics is showbiz, and showbiz politics—for what should the first big interior décor bulletin of the new Trump White House be but that Melania Trump will apparently have a “glam room,” as recently reported by Us Weekly.This space would ap...
The first Trump White House design plans include a reported ‘glam room’ for Melania. Will the gilt and gold of the couple’s penthouse be heading to D.C.?
CIA Tests Found TV Psychic Was Real
CIA Tests Found TV Psychic Was Real
In the film The Men Who Stare at Goats, George Clooney played a psychic recruited by the CIA as part of its ‘New Earth Army,’ a unit that seeks to employ paranormal powers to thwart America’s enemies around the world.The film was a fictionalized v...
The British TV psychic Uri Geller was much mocked for his claims of paranormal powers. But CIA experiments in 1973 proved his abilities ‘unambiguously.’
The Science of Transgender Brains
The Science of Transgender Brains
What does gender dysphoria feel like?For those who are not transgender themselves—and, in the United States, that’s all but 1.4 million of us—the idea of our actual gender not matching the one we were assigned at birth might seem foreign or, worse...
A study has shown that trans people may sense touch differently than cisgender people according to particular body parts. We should be curious, but also careful, what we extrapolate ...
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