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Hillary Clinton just can’t win: Democrats need to accept that only Bernie Sanders can defeat the GOP

Bernie Sanders will become our next president and it should come as no surprise to people actually paying attention

H.A. Goodman Friday, Feb 19, 2016 3:09 PM UTC 0
Politics Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton

A solosexual’s guide to “me-time”: “A masturbation session should ideally last a minimum of 3 hours or I won’t even bother”

Salon talks to memoirist Jason Armstrong about solosexuality identity and why "a quick wank in the shower won’t do"

Rachel Kramer Bussel Saturday, Feb 20, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0
Life Sex, Masturbation, Books, Memoir

Save yourself! Leave Los Angeles now: TV’s prestige comedies say living in the City of Angels will destroy you

Hip comedies like "Togetherness" and "Love" paint a startlingly bleak picture of life in Los Angeles

Sonia Saraiya Friday, Feb 19, 2016 11:59 PM UTC 0
Entertainment TV, togetherness, Love, HBO, Netflix

A white buddy for Miles Davis: Don Cheadle’s struggle to get “Miles Ahead” financed is absurd — and not surprising

A major star can't get a biopic of a jazz legend funded without inventing a white co-star—Hollywood is a mess

Paula Young Lee Friday, Feb 19, 2016 8:23 PM UTC 0
Entertainment Don Cheadle, Movies, Race, Racism

Don’t do Ronda Rousey any Photoshop “favors”: UFC fighter says altered Instagram shot “goes against everything I believe”

Rousey apologized to fans after circulating a photo altered without her knowledge to make her arms look smaller

Rachel Kramer Bussel Friday, Feb 19, 2016 7:19 PM UTC 0
Entertainment Ronda Rousey, Photoshop, Feminism

Hillary Clinton’s lead is shrinking in Nevada: Why the results of that caucus could shape the entire race

Given the dynamics of the race, Nevada might be a turning point in the campaign

Sean Illing Friday, Feb 19, 2016 7:07 PM UTC 0
Elections Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders

Are we dreaming? Charles Koch endorses Bernie Sanders (kind of)

How ironic: Charles Koch is now worried about our “rigged” political and economic system

Sean Illing Friday, Feb 19, 2016 5:30 PM UTC 0
Elections Charles Koch, Bernie Sanders

Trump’s foggy memory: The Donald wavered on Iraq War more than he’s letting on

Donald Trump's record shows that he publicly supported the Iraq War several months before it began

Michael Garofalo Friday, Feb 19, 2016 5:10 PM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Iraq war

A copy of Karl Marx’s “Capital” signed by Carly Fiorina is being auctioned to raise money for Bernie Sanders

The strange story of how a socialist got a Republican CEO to sign a copy of Marx's iconic book

Ben Norton Friday, Feb 19, 2016 3:30 PM UTC 0
Elections Karl Marx, Bernie Sanders

Stephen Colbert will referee the Pope Francis and Donald Trump feud

"What did he say? If it's good, I like The Pope; if it's bad, I don't like The Pope." VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Feb 19, 2016 1:32 PM UTC 0
Innovation

The GOP machine can’t touch Donald Trump: Why his heretical 9/11 claims won’t even slow him down

Whether taking on GOP sacred cows are being caught in flat-out lies, Trump always manages to survive for a reason

Heather Digby Parton Friday, Feb 19, 2016 1:01 PM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Ted Cruz declares war on gluten-free meals (because we are living through the dumbest election in history)

The 2nd-place candidate for the GOP nomination thinks its *very* important that the military not worry about gluten

Gary Legum Friday, Feb 19, 2016 12:59 PM UTC 0
News Ted Cruz, GOP primary

ExxonMobil claims it supports a carbon tax. Let’s take a look at the track records of the lawmakers it funds

If ExxonMobil really supported climate action, it would stop funding groups that spread lies about climate science

Elliott Negin, Alternet Friday, Feb 19, 2016 12:57 PM UTC 0
Sustainability AlterNet, Climate Change

Paul Krugman is wrong: Why his case against Bernie Sanders misses the point

The New York Times columnist's defenses of wonkery are well-intentioned. But politics and policy are not the same

Elias Isquith Friday, Feb 19, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0
Elections Paul Krugman, Bernie Sanders

Bully victim turned fashion designer: This 10-year-old is taking the world by storm with her clothing line

Egypt Ufele turned heads at New York Fashion Week VIDEO

Patrice Waite Friday, Feb 19, 2016 9:04 PM UTC 0
Social Video, original video

After taking on the Pope, Donald Trump calls for a boycott of Apple

World domination is on his to-do list for next week

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Feb 19, 2016 8:58 PM UTC 0
Elections Apple, Hacking, Donald Trump

Police unions across the country are boycotting Beyoncé

Public protest against "Formation" may have been a dud this week but cops in Miami, Tampa & Tennessee are still mad

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Feb 19, 2016 8:33 PM UTC 0
Media Beyonce, police union, formation

“Morning Joe’s pathetic Trump temper tantrum: Joe & Mika pretend to be objective — and fail miserably

MSNBC's morning cohosts were positively indignant this morning at the suggestion that they go easy on the Donald VIDEO

Jack Mirkinson Friday, Feb 19, 2016 6:40 PM UTC 0
News Video, Donald Trump, Morning Joe

Marco Rubio flip-flops on immigration: The GOP’s most “electable” candidate just got even more extreme

The more the GOP establishment commits to Marco Rubio's candidacy, the more unelectable he gets

Elias Isquith Friday, Feb 19, 2016 6:34 PM UTC 0
Elections Marco Rubio, Greg Sargent

There is now a dating site for singles feeling the Bern — and it’s so popular it won’t stop crashing

“The 1% aren't the only ones getting screwed this election season” VIDEO

Asha Parker Friday, Feb 19, 2016 6:31 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Bernie Singles

Jeb! admits he “probably would” nominate a Scalia successor if he were Obama

But, Bush shamelessly argues that the President should forgo his pick because of the "current environment" VIDEO

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Feb 19, 2016 6:20 PM UTC 0
Elections Jeb Bush

Racist newsletter endorses Donald Trump: South Carolina publication cites billionaire’s stands on border, Muslims entering U.S.

The Conservative Action Report's front page also features story titled "Is Barack Obama a Muslim?"

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Feb 19, 2016 6:18 PM UTC 0
Media Donald Trump

In Apple vs. the FBI, the people won’t win: “It’s the world’s biggest corporation versus the world’s most powerful military”

Salon speaks to tech critic Douglas Rushkoff about the complexity of the Apple privacy case

Scott Timberg Friday, Feb 19, 2016 6:11 PM UTC 0
Entertainment Apple, technology

Kesha still works for Dr. Luke: Despite sexual abuse allegations, judge says “my instinct is to do the commercially reasonable thing”

#FreeKesha trends again as judge denies injunction today against record producer Kesha has accused of rape

Rachel Kramer Bussel Friday, Feb 19, 2016 5:49 PM UTC 0
Entertainment kesha, dr. luke, Sony, Sexual abuse

Drinking while pregnant: If “Teen Mom” star Maci Bookout had a beer, it’s none of our business

Social media outrage erupted over a photo taken weeks before Bookout announced her new pregnancy

Rachel Kramer Bussel Friday, Feb 19, 2016 5:35 PM UTC 0
Life Teen Mom, MTV, Pregnancy

“We have lost a great writer, a great friend and a beacon of integrity”: Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” dies at 89

The reclusive novelist published her long-awaited second novel "Go Set a Watchman" last summer

Associated Press Friday, Feb 19, 2016 5:19 PM UTC 0
Entertainment harper lee

Now this is an “outsider candidate”: Zoltan Istvan, a Transhumanist running for president, wants to make you immortal

Zoltan Istvan wants to enliven America’s technological advancement by combining humans with machines

Antoaneta Roussi Friday, Feb 19, 2016 4:41 PM UTC 0
Elections Politics

Joe Biden understands GOP Supreme Court obstruction: “It was never intended for the president to pick whoever he wants and that’s it”

The VP suggests Obama select a "consensus" nominee, not the "most liberal jurist" to replace Scalia VIDEO

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Feb 19, 2016 3:19 PM UTC 0
Elections Joe Biden, President Obama

John Kasich doesn’t “really know how average Americans feel about Wall Street,” but he does know they like money

"People aren't silly about things," says the man who came in second to Donald Trump in the NH GOP primary

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Feb 19, 2016 3:12 PM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016

Bernie Sanders overtakes Hillary Clinton for first time ever in new national poll

It's a Fox News poll

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Feb 19, 2016 1:48 PM UTC 0
Elections poll, Bernie Sanders

Triumph to Colbert: “After I get a good review, I send one critic a nice photo from my personal stash of dog porn”

"The jokes that you're doing are pretty lowbrow, you have to admit," suggests Colbert VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Feb 19, 2016 1:29 PM UTC 0
Innovation

Donald Trump, who last week questioned the sincerity of Ted Cruz’s faith, claims no true leader ever questions another person’s faith

Trump's confession of his lack of fitness as a leader would be telling if we didn't already know he was a hypocrite

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Feb 19, 2016 1:19 PM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, pope francis