Peter O’Rourke, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is finally calling it quits after months of marking time, the Washington Post reports. Since August, O’Rourke has acted as a so-called “senior advisor,” making a salary as high as $161,000 for doing essentially nothing. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie…
Last Friday, Jazmine Headley was arrested after New York Police Department officers attempted to wrestle her one-year-old son out of her hands at a Brooklyn food stamp office. The charges against her—which included resisting arrest, trespassing and acting in a manner injurious to a child, according to the New York…
There’s no shortage of ways to keep charging cables from falling into the abyss behind your desk or nightstand—I’ve been using Quirky Cordies for years, and even a binder clip can do in a pinch—but Silk’s magnetic cable manager is one of the best looking solutions I’ve seen.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, perhaps the least-green Democrat, will be the new ranking Democratic member of the Senate Energy Committee, according to The Hill. Sen. Chuck Shumer announced the appointment today along with ranking members of other committees.
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Andrew Cuomo’s favorite outlet for leaks, the New York Post, reported on Tuesday that the governor plans to roll out a plan to legalize recreational weed, which he called a “gateway drug” just last year. Somewhere in Manhattan, Cynthia Nixon’s eye won’t stop twitching, and she doesn’t know why.
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Stormy Daniels’ ongoing legal fight against President Donald Trump was dealt a potentially fatal blow on Tuesday, when U.S. District Court Judge James Otero ordered that she pay nearly $300,000 in the president’s legal fees for her defamation suit against Trump. That suit was dismissed by Otero this past October.
Usually—and by usually, I mean last time—we don’t begin to see the call for “unity tickets” of a Democrat and a Republican in a presidential election until the year of the actual election. But everything moves faster now, and today, a Republican campaign flack writing in Politico has a bold suggestion: a ticket of two…
A storm of savings is rolling through at Zappos. We’re midway though the shoe retailer’s 21 Days of Deals, and today’s discount du jour is one you’ll want to make it rain on. Hunter Original Short Rain Boots in a variety of colors and finishes are just $81, down from their usual $140 price tag, for today only. For…
Yesterday, a Splinter writer made the extremely unpopular argument that Bernie Sanders should not run for president in 2020. Today, Splinter’s own Libby Watson argues with him about whether or not he is very wrong.
Though it’s always a group effort (misery loves company), The A.V. Club’s list of the year’s worst movies is almost never a true vote of consensus disapproval. Because while we all tend to see the same good movies, we usually watch different bad ones, catching the lousiest dreck on unlucky assignment and learning from…
Being a journalist is a true privilege. In one week alone, you can see the best and worst of a nation, as I did recently during a trip to Guadalajara, Tijuana and Mexico City. What began as a celebration of books ended with a reminder that deep inequality endures in Mexico.
WHOA, so, get this: After that absolute shitshow of an Oval Office shouting match in front of reporters this afternoon between Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and President Donald Trump, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders still bent over backwards to call the meeting “constructive.”
On-sale MacBooks, Jabra wireless earbuds, and a KitchenAid stand mixer and spiralizer discount lead off Tuesday’s best deals.
Last night, the Washington Post published an op-ed signed by 44 former senators. It said... very little, really, but warned the U.S. is entering a “dangerous period,” on the “eve of the conclusion” of Robert Mueller’s investigation and the Democratic House commencing investigations into Trump. The ex-lawmakers…
2018 was a year filled with idiots—including the many denizens of the conspiracy-addled, Trump-worshipping, far-right political swamp. Here are some of the worst.
Not even Dante could have fathomed a depth of hell worse than watching President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader (and likely next House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer arguing in the Oval Office about government spending and “border security,” aka Trump’s long-promised border wall.
REI is making the holidays even happier with a festive clearance sale that is positively jolly. Starting today and continuing through December 16, the outdoor retailer is taking up to 50% off select clearance items (that’s better than their Cyber Monday sale, which only saw up to 40% savings, by the way).
Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway was back on her bullshit Tuesday, appearing on Fox News (where else?) and using her ability to speak with the full authority of the White House in order to an provoke an incomprehensible fight with Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is currently a private citizen with…
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