April 13, 2016 Archive April 2016

U.K. gives cute nicknames to "kill list" targets it blows up with drones, based on cartoons, musicians, porn stars

President Obama is searching for 350,000 permanently disabled Americans to forgive their student loan debt

Not all greenery is good: 10 hazardous houseplants to watch out for

Bugs that taste "like foie gras": Eating insects might not save the world, but it could be a healthy start

Patrick Stewart goes Oregon white supremacist in the devious thriller "Green Room"

Which American dream will win?: Donald Trump as existential hero and the ugliness lurking in the "dream life of our nation"

15 wingnut celebrities who are all in for Donald Trump

A Trojan horse of hate: North Carolina's new bill is a "hostile takeover of human rights"

Donald Trump is a domestic terrorist: Why the demagogue's violent provocations demand judicial action

What has happened to Paul Krugman? The New York Times columnist isn't making much sense right now

Why being offensive works for Trump: It's not about entertainment — he's tapped into a latent hunger for aggression and rare political candor

The GOP's pathetic SCOTUS games: Why its Merrick Garland obstruction just got even more embarrassing

David Brooks is totally, painfully, irredeemably clueless: Why his latest paean to the good ol' days is so hard to read

The Cruz-Drudge rift: How Donald Trump has sparked battle between the right and the conservative media giant

We confronted Bill Clinton about race: "In that moment he revealed himself and his true thoughts on black people"

"I'm a famous plus-size model": Amy Schumer jokes about her Glamour photo flap with Jimmy Fallon

This is how Latinos elect Donald Trump: Why Democrats can't coast on demographics and Trump's wall in 2016

Of course Paul Ryan isn't running for president: 2016 will be a disaster for Republicans no matter who's the nominee

Trevor Noah got this one right: Watch his takedown of Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio's cringeworthy and offensive "CP time" joke

Tavis Smiley: Bill O'Reilly's "white supremacist language" proves the Fox News host is a "race-baiter"

"Nothing he's said is racist!": Fox News' Sean Hannity insists, repeatedly, that Donald Trump has never said anything racist

Facebook's digital dystopia: Live-streaming drones, a chatbot army and world domination through baby videos

"Bill O'Reilly is afraid of this black man": Roland Martin challenges Fox host to debate "anytime, any day, anywhere"

Bernie Sanders nabs his first Senate endorsement

Trump proxy Roger Stone to publish book alleging the Clintons murdered John F. Kennedy Jr. to jump-start Hillary's rise to the White House

It's not "choices," it's pure sexism: Women get paid less for one reason — they're discriminated against

Fox & Friends try to undermine Bono’s theory on the power of mockery — by mocking him

California school district votes to allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom

"Definitely not Ted Cruz": New Yorkers weigh in on New York values and which candidate knows them best

"Goddamn F*cking Awful": Black Twitter's response to BuzzFeed's "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People" video is unanimous

Obama to decide on declassifying 9/11 documents within 60 days, former Senator Bob Graham says

"Cover up right now": North Carolina judge kicks breastfeeding mother from courtroom

Kasich or bust? The Ohio governor is the GOP's only hope to beat Hillary, but he isn't "conservative" enough for the stubborn Republicans

Rock and Roll Hall of Lame: This year's litany of petty spats prove Steve Miller right — "this whole industry f**king sucks"

Say no to this YES to SEX app: Avoiding "awkward" consent conversations shouldn't be a goal

OK, so now we're forced to ponder Ted Cruz's sexual habits: College roommate on Cruz's opposition to "genital stimulation" — "This would be a new belief of his"

These two won't be friending each other anytime soon: Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson pokes Mark Zuckerberg over Mexican wall

The Donald Trump of newspapers just endorsed Donald Trump for president: Behold the most embarrassing editorial of 2016

$500 billion: That's what the gender wage gap costs women every year

Harvard still has a boys' club problem: Exclusive all-male club claims the very presence of women would put them in danger

"Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch sentenced to 720 days in jail for 2013 drunk-driving killings

Bernie's big day with NYC unions: Sanders joins Verizon strike picket line; gets endorsed by transit union

Republican creeps: The year the GOP war on women reached the subway flasher level

"Bernie is a nice guy, he combs his hair beautiful, he dresses really well": This mashup of Sanders talking in the third person is the funniest thing you will see this election season

"She’s killing us! Blood on her hands!": Black Lives Matter protester interrupts Chelsea Clinton event in Pittsburgh

"These people are just like me": Activist group went to a Trump rally wearing "Muslims for Trump" t-shirts and were met with something totally unexpected

The GOP's ludicrous Bernie smears aren't just wrong — they're intellectually bankrupt

Trump supporters plan open carry demonstration outside Fox News town hall