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NFL Week 2 Picks, ‘Can Instagram Model Taylor Laffey Beat Brent Scher?’ Edition
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Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School Announces Additional Visiting Fellows
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Horror is King, Stephen King’s It, and a Sweater Ranking (New Substandard)
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Frank Vincent, 1939-2017
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Hillary Clinton’s Pie Chart of Blame
UC Berkeley Faculty Calls for Campus-Wide Boycott of Class
Over 200 University of California, Berkeley professors and faculty are calling for the shutdown of classes and activities during “free speech week,” an event scheduled for Sept. 24 to 27 that features some “alt-right” speakers.
ISIS Claims Responsibility for London Subway Attack
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the explosion on a London subway train Friday morning that injured 29 people.
Actress Busy Philipps Freaks Out After Getting Mistaken for Huckabee Sanders
Actress Busy Philipps was not pleased on Thursday when someone mistook her for White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a picture sent out on Twitter.
Chelsea Clinton Spreads False Story Claiming Michigan Passed Bill Allowing EMTs to Deny Gay Patients Treatment
Chelsea Clinton falsely tweeted Friday that the Michigan House of Representatives had voted to allow emergency medical providers choice in treating patients, specifically giving EMTs the option to deny treatment to gay patients.
Waters Takes Shot at Sessions After Report of Being ‘Humiliated’ by Trump
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) on Friday tweeted at Attorney General Jeff Sessions that now he knows “how the African Americans you disrespected feel” after reports emerged he was humiliated in the Oval Office by President Donald Trump.
Bono to Receive Bush Presidential Center Award for ‘Distinguished Leadership’
George W. Bush announced Friday that Irish rock star Bono will receive the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Medal for Distinguished Leadership.
FEC Seeks Answers From Baldwin’s Campaign Over Possible Excess Contributions
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (Wis.) campaign was hit with a Federal Election Commission (FEC) inquiry over possible excess campaign contributions, Media Trackers reports.
Meghan McCain to Leave Fox News to Focus on ‘Other Things’
Fox News contributor Meghan McCain, the eldest daughter of Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), announced that she is leaving the network to focus on “other things.”
Venezuela’s Socialist Government Urges Citizens to Eat Rabbits to Avoid Starvation
The Venezuelan government on Wednesday urged its citizens to eat rabbits to avoid starvation in the midst of a severe food crisis.
Fallen Soldier’s Son Gets His Father’s Car Back After 15 Years
The son of a soldier who lost his life in Iraq has gotten his father’s old car back, with help from some patriotic Utahns.
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff
How rudderless is the Democratic Party? Its membership is so bereft of leadership and policy direction that 16 of its senators have signed on to a health care bill sponsored by a self-avowed independent democratic socialist from Vermont.
‘mother!’ Review
Darren Aronofsky is one of the few directors willing to let “the bad guy win,” so long as we expand our notion of characters beyond mere flesh and into the realm of the conceptual.
She Doesn’t Understand How Bad She Was, And Still Won’t Go Away
Almost no commentator, no reviewer, has mentioned the most newsworthy fact about Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir—which is the near total lack of anything actually newsworthy in the book. With What Happened, Clinton would at last “let down her hair,” Simon & Schuster’s publicists loudly proclaimed before the book’s publication. And that was the line dutifully repeated by reporter after reporter, as though it were a fact. As though, coming from Clinton’s people, it didn’t need to be checked or reported with even the slight distancing of “Hillary Clinton says she’s let down her hair in her new book.”
Feinstein’s ‘Anti-Catholic Bigotry’ Takes Center Stage
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D., Calif.) attack on the faith of a Catholic judicial nominee has stoked opposition from conservative activists.
GOP Senators Urge Trump to Expel Cuban Diplomats From U.S., Threaten to Shutter Embassy
Five prominent GOP senators are calling on the Trump administration to expel Cuban diplomats from Washington immediately and even close the U.S. embassy in Havana if the Cuban government is not more forthcoming about mysterious “acoustic” attacks that have seriously harmed U.S. diplomats.
Report Finds ‘Unambiguous’ Association Between Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic Views
A groundbreaking report out of the UK has found an “unambiguous” association between anti-Israel and anti-Semitic views.
Conservatives Urge Trump Not to Name Former Top Clinton Aide Ambassador to Colombia
Conservatives are pushing back against the appointment of a prominent career State Department official who served as a top aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and worked closely with her in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attacks as ambassador to Colombia.
‘American Assassin’ Review
I don’t think American Assassin is a good movie, exactly—it’s a bit too long; it’s shot with a workmanlike competence that succinctly relays information without interesting or exciting the viewer; its twists and turns are all a bit too predictable, never a good sign for a would-be thriller—but it does have a pair of my favorite performances of the year.
Dem Rep: Reading a Senator’s Resume is Racist
A Democratic congressman said drawing attention to a colleague’s first job in the fast food industry is racist.
FBI Primarily Sought ‘Consensual Access’ to Clinton’s Blackberry Emails
New information revealed from a lawsuit against the government for its handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails shows that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “primarily” relied on consensual access, or asking Clinton and her aides’ permission to view evidence.
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff
How rudderless is the Democratic Party? Its membership is so bereft of leadership and policy direction that 16 of its senators have signed on to a health care bill sponsored by a self-avowed independent democratic socialist from Vermont.
‘mother!’ Review
Darren Aronofsky is one of the few directors willing to let “the bad guy win,” so long as we expand our notion of characters beyond mere flesh and into the realm of the conceptual.
She Doesn’t Understand How Bad She Was, And Still Won’t Go Away
Almost no commentator, no reviewer, has mentioned the most newsworthy fact about Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir—which is the near total lack of anything actually newsworthy in the book. With What Happened, Clinton would at last “let down her hair,” Simon & Schuster’s publicists loudly proclaimed before the book’s publication. And that was the line dutifully repeated by reporter after reporter, as though it were a fact. As though, coming from Clinton’s people, it didn’t need to be checked or reported with even the slight distancing of “Hillary Clinton says she’s let down her hair in her new book.”
Whoopi Goldberg: ‘Antifa’ Is a ‘Catch Phrase’ Someone ‘Came Up With’
UC Berkeley Faculty Calls for Campus-Wide Boycott of Class
Over 200 University of California, Berkeley professors and faculty are calling for the shutdown of classes and activities during “free speech week,” an event scheduled for Sept. 24 to 27 that features some “alt-right” speakers.
Feinstein’s ‘Anti-Catholic Bigotry’ Takes Center Stage
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D., Calif.) attack on the faith of a Catholic judicial nominee has stoked opposition from conservative activists.
ISIS Claims Responsibility for London Subway Attack
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the explosion on a London subway train Friday morning that injured 29 people.
Actress Busy Philipps Freaks Out After Getting Mistaken for Huckabee Sanders
Actress Busy Philipps was not pleased on Thursday when someone mistook her for White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a picture sent out on Twitter.
ESPN Critic Clay Travis: ‘I Believe in Only Two Things Completely: The First Amendment and Boobs’
Chelsea Clinton Spreads False Story Claiming Michigan Passed Bill Allowing EMTs to Deny Gay Patients Treatment
Chelsea Clinton falsely tweeted Friday that the Michigan House of Representatives had voted to allow emergency medical providers choice in treating patients, specifically giving EMTs the option to deny treatment to gay patients.
Waters Takes Shot at Sessions After Report of Being ‘Humiliated’ by Trump
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) on Friday tweeted at Attorney General Jeff Sessions that now he knows “how the African Americans you disrespected feel” after reports emerged he was humiliated in the Oval Office by President Donald Trump.
Bono to Receive Bush Presidential Center Award for ‘Distinguished Leadership’
George W. Bush announced Friday that Irish rock star Bono will receive the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Medal for Distinguished Leadership.
