January 14, 2016 Archive January 2016

I hear he's "cool as f*uck": After "threatening" Trump in song, Rick Ross has shocking change of tune

The Oregon militia asked supporters for survival supplies — and instead they got dildos, lots of them

Inside the right wing's epic Obama meltdown: How their SOTU response showed the bankruptcy of their ideas

Hey, Quran critics, the Good Book isn't all sunshine and rainbows: See how the Bible callously promotes brutal violence

"Police Lives Matter," "All Lives Matter," "Cat Lives Matter": The relentless co-opting of "Black Lives Matter" by ignorant groups is shamefully diluting the message

The 12-year low oil price plunge explained

"Pop off ... like the rest of the hood rats": More social media racism from the NYPD

Taunting now off-limits in school sports: Mild jeers like "air ball!" deemed "unacceptable" in Wisconsin

David Bowie, Elvis and "Blade Runner": A fan theory to end all fan theories

Good news, workaholics: Your job doesn't have to kill your love life

"He doesn’t have a problem": NBC exec fires back at rumors Jimmy Fallon parties and boozes too much

Denial, paranoia and bigotry: Obama warns against Republican ugliness and they immediately prove him right

Profiting from colonization: Airbnb rents illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land; REMAX sells them

Obama's America vs. Trump's armageddon: Why the GOP's feverish doomsaying makes literally zero sense

Obama's State of the Union optimism: "The difference between Reagan and Obama is that Reagan believed it in his bones"

The Razzies aren't fun anymore: The snarky answer to the Oscars has become a pointless, tone-deaf, self-important sham

No, really, you don't want to win the Powerball lottery -- no matter how big the prize

5 blows against the testocracy in 2015. Hope for 2016?

David Bowie's magic dance: His explosive cinematic sexuality, from the Goblin King to "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"

May the Powerball odds be ever in your favor: Poverty, greed, exploitation and the lottery lessons we refuse to learn

Requiem for a middleweight: Barack Obama's witty, eloquent and upbeat speech -- about failure

Charlie Hebdo adds to its long history of racist cartoons by portraying dead refugee babies as future monkey rapists

Obama Derangement Syndrome is terminal: The GOP is going to make the next year a living hell

Bernie has corporate democrats sweating: The Democratic race is suddenly wide open

A pariah in his own party: Republican insiders want Jeb to drop out for the sake of the GOP

Terrorism is Americans' No. 1 concern. We have bigger problems

Jimmy Kimmel just solved the State of the Union's biggest problem

"Sometimes you gotta tell the haters what time it is": Trevor Noah's post-State of the Union smackdown

Larry Wilmore: No, that was not me sitting behind Michelle Obama at the State of the Union

They make Cheney look like Chomsky: Cruz, Trump, Rubio and the frightening bellicosity of today's GOP

The violent contradictions of the Obama doctrine: How to plead for peace while bombing your enemies to hell

Alan Rickman, star of stage and "Harry Potter" franchise, dies at 69

Twitter reacts to death of Alan Rickman -- greatest screen villain of our time -- truly, madly, and deeply

Yet another #OscarsSoWhite — once again, the Academy rewards white people for their great accomplishments in film

Hillary Clinton's attacks spur a massive Sanders fundraising surge

Watch Adele take a karaoke car ride with James Corden, the most charming man in late night

Hillary Clinton's absurd Bernie smear: Why attacking him from the right on healthcare makes literally no sense at all

Patton Oswalt's hilarious "Star Wars" analogy will redefine how you watch these movies: “Let’s do a line of coke off of the light saber”

The Christian right vs. the founding fathers: How conservatives are skewering history to serve their theocratic ends

After calling President Obama a "liar," NRA's Wayne La Pierre challenges him to a debate on gun control: "Let America decide who to trust"

Alan Rickman's unique charm: How he brought irresistibly charismatic villains and heroes with a twist of menace to life

Oscar snubs that hurt: The Academy Awards still aren’t designed for anyone who isn’t white, straight, and male

Chris Rock's Oscar night is coming: Let's hope he tells the Academy exactly what he thinks

They're a perfect fit! It's no shock that Ted Cruz is "thrilled" to have the support of "Duck Dynasty" bigot Phil Robertson

Alabama cop paralyzed Indian grandfather; judge throws out case after two racially charged trials

Paul Ryan "didn't even applaud for the troops! That's like booing apple pie!": Stephen Colbert's perfect takedown of the House speaker

Rubio's desperate Iran spin: In his twisted neocon logic, dodging an international crisis is somehow a bad thing

Myth of the middle class: Most Americans don't even have $1,000 in savings