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Supreme Court Applies Ban on ‘Excessive Fines’ to States and Localities

The unanimous decision could have a big impact on state and local government, sparking many lawsuits aimed at fines, fees, and asset seizures.
Covington Catholic Teen Sues Washington Post for a Reasonable $250 Million

Nicholas Sandmann – a teenager perceived by the media as an avatar of entitlement – argues that he is entitled to a ridiculous sum of money.
CNN Hires Former Spokeswoman for Jeff Sessions to Coordinate 2020 Coverage

Sarah Isgur has no experience as a journalist, but she has lots of experience as a political shill with questionable opinions.
Trump Aides Pushed to Illegally Transfer Nuclear Technology to Saudis: Report

The White House pushed for the sale of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia — without seeking congressional approval, according to House Democrats.
West Virginia Teachers Strike Again, Appear to Score Another Victory

Hours after teachers walked out, a bill that would have raised their pay but allowed charter schools and private school vouchers was tabled.
Will Age Be an Issue in the 2020 Presidential Race?

With Sanders running and Biden in the wings, Democrats need to take a serious look at the actuarial tables.
The Obscure, Overcrowded Election That Could Change New York City Politics

Next week Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jumaane Williams, and 15 other candidates will compete for public advocate, often a launching pad for ambitious pols.
Problematic Tech Billionaire Teams Up With Problematic YouTube Millionaire

PewDiePie is trying to win a popularity contest, and it appears Elon Musk is lending a hand.
Emma Thompson Leaves Skydance Movie Luck After Company Hires John Lasseter

She had already started recording for the voice-acting role.
A Complete Timeline of the Jussie Smollett Case

What started as an apparent hate crime has since grown far more complicated.
Howard Schultz’s Deficit of Honesty

He says he doesn’t “see color.” That doesn’t tell us much about him, but it does tell us something about racism in America.
Clarence Thomas Wants to Make It Easier to Sue for Libel

In an opinion that Trump will cheer, the eccentric conservative justice attacks a long-settled precedent on criticism of public figures.
Harvey Weinstein Trial Date Pushed to June

About one month later than the previously set date.
Jussie Smollett Reportedly Rehearsed Attack Days Before It Happened

According to CBS, he paid the brothers $3,500 to carry out the attack.
Trump’s National Emergency Is Off to a Bad Start

Lawsuits, protests, horrible polls — and we’re only four days in.
Ryan Adams’s Collaborators Speak Out After Abuse Allegations

Jenny Lewis, Liz Phair, Phoebe Bridgers, Karen Elson, and more have all shared powerful statements.
Can You Believe YouTube Caused the Rise in Flat-Earthers?

Big if true.
How Do Democrats Beat Trump in 2020? Barack Obama Has Some Ideas

The former president is reportedly telling Democratic candidates to rebut Trump’s dystopian vision and court rural voters.
White House Asked Japan for Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

But what did Japan get in return for the typically anonymous honor, and was it the only country to receive the request?
Unauthorized Nanny Grounds Nauert’s U.N. Ambassadorship

Maybe ICE should raid the White House.

12:01 P.M. SCOTUS Applies ‘Excessive Fine’ Ban to States, Localities The unanimous decision could have a big impact on state and local government, sparking many lawsuits aimed at fines, fees, and asset seizures.
11:19 A.M. Trump Calls the Democratic Party Socialist. He’s Lying. The party’s leftward shift has been wildly exaggerated.
7:00 A.M. Big Trend Among 2020 Democratic Candidates: Capitalism While socialism is all the buzz in certain elite circles, old-fashioned regulated capitalism still prevails among most of Bernie Sanders’s rivals.
6:00 A.M. Trump’s EPA Is Risking the Health of American Children There’s a debate on kids’ health happening at the agency — without the scientists.
12:48 A.M. Covington Teen Sues Washington Post for $250 Million Nicholas Sandmann – a teenager perceived by the media as an avatar of entitlement – argues that he is entitled to a ridiculous sum of money.
7:25 P.M. CNN Hires Former Jeff Sessions Flack to Run 2020 Coverage Sarah Isgur has no experience as a journalist, but she has lots of experience as a political shill with questionable opinions.
6:05 P.M. Trump Team Pushed to Illegally Give Nuclear Tech to Saudis The White House pushed for the sale of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia — without seeking congressional approval, according to House Democrats.
5:47 P.M. Kirsten Gillibrand Couldn’t Keep This Woman From Her Ranch Talking with Twitter’s mystery ranch woman.
5:39 P.M. A Viral Video of Cybergoths Presaged the Emote Dance Craze It turns out the cybergoths were years ahead of their time.
3:55 P.M. West Virginia Teachers Strike Again, Score Another Victory Hours after teachers walked out, a bill that would have raised their pay but allowed charter schools and private school vouchers was tabled.
2:20 P.M. Will Age Be an Issue in the 2020 Presidential Race? With Sanders running and Biden in the wings, Democrats need to take a serious look at the actuarial tables.
1:27 P.M. Problematic Tech Billionaire Joins With Problematic YouTuber PewDiePie is trying to win a popularity contest, and it appears Elon Musk is lending a hand.
12:57 P.M. An Obscure, Overcrowded Election Could Change NYC Politics Next week Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jumaane Williams, and 15 other candidates will compete for public advocate, often a launching pad for ambitious pols.
12:40 P.M. Meet the New Bernie Campaign, Same As the Old One Sanders’s message hasn’t changed much over the past four years (or decades). His team hopes that this consistency will make a difference in 2020.
Feb. 19, 2019 Trump’s Defense: Can’t Investigate Because Too Many Crimes Conservative legal experts insist investigations would interfere with the president’s, uh, “work.”
Feb. 19, 2019 Howard Schultz’s Deficit of Honesty Howard Schultz says he doesn’t “see color.” That doesn’t tell us much about him, but it does tell us something about racism in America.
Feb. 19, 2019 Clarence Thomas Wants to Make It Easier to Sue for Libel In an opinion that Trump will cheer, the eccentric conservative justice attacks a long-settled precedent on criticism of public figures.
Feb. 19, 2019 Trump’s National Emergency Is Off to a Bad Start Lawsuits, protests, horrible polls — and we’re only four days in.
Feb. 19, 2019 Can You Believe YouTube Caused the Rise in Flat-Earthers? Big if true.
Feb. 18, 2019 Hudson Yards Is a Billionaire’s Fantasy City Where nothing is ever dirty and everything works, where you can live your perfect life and never have to leave — provided you can pay for it.

12:20 P.M. Own a Piece of Parisian History in a Handbag It’s cute, too.
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11:50 A.M. Ariana Grande Endured Two-Hour-Long Talk With Piers Morgan They seem to have made peace after a public feud.
11:10 A.M. What’s Up With Miranda Lambert’s Quickie Marriage to a Cop? And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column.
11:07 A.M. Why Is TV So Obsessed With the Afterlife Right Now? From The Good Place to Miracle Workers, Forever to Russian Doll, a wealth of new shows are exploring what happens to us after we die.
10:55 A.M. Calling Hypocrisy on These ‘Good-Enough Life’ Advocates I’m not buying it anymore!
10:25 A.M. ‘I’ve Fallen Apart, and Nobody Shows.’ Sometimes I think no one has it worse than the one who never gets angry.
10:17 A.M. All About Meghan Markle’s NYC Baby Shower What to know about the duchess’s New York City celebration.
9:15 A.M. A Complete Timeline of the Jussie Smollett Case What started as an apparent hate crime has since grown far more complicated.
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8:00 A.M. The Dead Mars Rover Was a Springsteen Fan A NASA scientists shares some of the Opportunity rover’s favorite tunes.
7:00 A.M. What Is the Menstrualome and What Can It Tell Me? In theory, used tampons could offer clues to health and disease.
6:00 A.M. Who Killed Tulum? Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle.
6:00 A.M. The 14 Best Moisturizers for a Seriously Dry Face Here are the most winter-proof face creams.
7:12 P.M. Lagerfeld Spoke Fluent Chanel — With His Own Accent He imagined himself as a reincarnated Chanel, sent by her from the beyond.
6:30 P.M. Kirsten Gillibrand Couldn’t Keep This Woman From Her Ranch Talking with Twitter’s mystery ranch woman.
5:58 P.M. Lady Gaga and Her Fiancé Have Broken Up A rep for the star confirmed she broke off her engagement with Christian Carino.
5:43 P.M. Are Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Really Over? He allegedly cheated on Khloe with Kylie Jenner’s best friend.
5:10 P.M. Remembering Karl Lagerfeld’s Love of His Cat, Choupette The late Chanel designer’s devotion to his cat was legendary.

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11:58 A.M. How Dating Around Got ‘Ordinary’ People to Try Reality TV “We went to bridge clubs, we went to libraries, we went to bookstores. Places that weren’t necessarily top-level meat-market destinations.”
11:46 A.M. The Favourite, Black Panther Win at Costume Designers Guild And a special nod to Glenn.
11:22 A.M. Teddy Wayne on Why He’s ‘Unsettled’ About Loner HBO Series “I can see why my wife didn’t want her relatives to read it.”
11:13 A.M. Ryan Adams Abused His Power It’s time to retire the myth of the tortured artist.
10:57 A.M. Pumbucha: Not for the Faint or Classy You’ll never look at influencers the same way again.
10:49 A.M. At Home With Amy Sedaris Is a Bizarre Comfort Sedaris continues to be her delightfully weird domestic self in season two of her TruTV sketch-comedy series.
10:30 A.M. The Lonely Island Announce Their First-Ever Live Tour Coming at you in June.
10:28 A.M. Why a Lot of Amazon’s New Movies Will Skip Theaters Amazon Studios boss Jen Salke wants to release a lot more movies — and make the vast majority instantly streamable.
9:29 A.M. Eli Valley Is the Angriest Political Cartoonist in America His specialty has been criticism of Zionism and Israel.
9:10 A.M. What Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club Has Taught Me About LiLo On her new MTV reality series, the former child star turned Mykonos club owner is all about her brand, calling Oprah, and comparing herself to Putin.
9:00 A.M. Soderbergh on the High-Speed Production of High Flying Bird It was shot using an iPhone — just one of several affordable, fast-turnaround pieces of equipment that helped him get the film off the ground quickly.
9:00 A.M. Documentary Now! Is So Much More Than Parody In its third season, the IFC comedy goes beyond filmmaking karaoke to tell strange, poignant, mesmerizing stories.
9:00 A.M. Is Best Director a One-man Race? Alfonso Cuarón leaped out to a commanding lead in late August, and his grip on the trophy has shown no signs of loosening.
12:12 A.M. Bernie Sanders Yells for President Do you even realize how old he is??
11:51 P.M. Syfy’s Nightflyers Has Been Cancelled The George R.R. Martin drama just never quite took off.
11:19 P.M. Danielle Macdonald and Jaboukie Young-White AND Bo Burnham? Faves, unite!
10:58 P.M. Batwoman Has a Dad and His Name Is Dougray Scott And he also wants to fight crime.
10:01 P.M. This Is Us Recap: This Is Beth The long-awaited Beth Pearson showcase episode has its requisite amount of sadness, but ends on a truly hopeful note.
10:00 P.M. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas A wasted Lisa Vanderpump is the most exciting thing to happen to an otherwise lackluster episode of Rich Women Doing Things.

12:14 P.M. Avocado Toast Finally Available in Hypebeast Form The “Suacamole” is hitting the streets.
10:30 A.M. The Absolute Best Restaurants in Rego Park and Forest Hills This corner of Queens has some delicious eats, especially if you’re in the mood for Uzbek plov, Georgian cheese bread, or spinach knishes.
10:12 A.M. Ranch Girl Is the Hero America Needs Now Aren’t we all all just trying to get some ranch?
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1:24 P.M. Of Course Bodegas Should Sell Marijuana What better way to lift all New Yorkers rather than just the privileged few?
Feb. 19, 2019 Could This Cocktail Be the New Cosmo? It’s got all the pieces — except a TV show to adopt it.
Feb. 19, 2019 An Exciting Dinner Series Will Bring Paris’s Mokonuts to NYC Gabriel Stulman will host some of the world’s best neighborhood restaurants at his Simon & the Whale.
Feb. 19, 2019 After 50 Years, the Donut Pub Is Expanding Talking to Buzzy Geduld ahead of his doughnut shop’s new branch, opening soon off Astor Place in Noho.
Feb. 19, 2019 Chelsea Market’s Buon’Italia Has a Secret Pasta Kitchen The gourmet grocer slings a mean paccheri puttanesca and more.
Feb. 18, 2019 This Popcorn Will Bedazzle Snack Snobs at Your Oscar Party Cult brand BjornQorn’s new meteorologically inspired flavor, Cloudy Qorn, is smaller, crisper, and roastier than the original.
Feb. 15, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Feb. 15, 2019 Amazon Bailed — and Restaurant Owners Are Bummed “Conservatively, I’d say we’ve lost $2 million in revenue per location.”
Feb. 15, 2019 Film Historian Karina Longworth’s Grub Street Diet “Everything arrived looking like a magazine spread from the 1950s.”
Feb. 14, 2019 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Frida Kahlo, Off-Broadway Week, and Interpol.
Feb. 14, 2019 Which Highly Instagrammable Olive Oil Is the Best? Five experts put some of the most aesthetically pleasing oils to the test.
Feb. 14, 2019 I Bought Illicit Sweethearts — and Couldn’t Give Them Away For the first Valentine’s Day in over a century, Necco’s candy hearts aren’t available. It turns out nobody really cares.
Feb. 13, 2019 New Chef’s Table Trailer Will Fill Your Food-Porn Cravings Netflix’s ode to high-caliber cooking returns on February 22.
Feb. 13, 2019 The Absolute Best Vegan Restaurants in New York From fake-pepperoni pizza to terrine of foie gras made with tahini and cashew cream, vegan food even an omnivore will like.
Feb. 13, 2019 L.A. Times Names In-N-Out Fries Worst in America Truly, no fry can compete in the terribleness category.
Feb. 13, 2019 Thank you, Fatima Ali The chef became an icon by honoring her roots.

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Feb. 19, 2019 What Are the Best Digital Bathroom Scales? One displays an emoji along with your weight.
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Feb. 15, 2019 The Strategist’s Mega Presidents’ Day Sales Guide Keep checking in over the weekend.
Feb. 15, 2019 What’s the Best Sofa Under $1,000? We polled interior designers to hear their recommendations.
Feb. 15, 2019 Today Is the Day to Get Yourself a Nintendo Switch You get $35 in Nintendo credit, which is free money toward a game.
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Feb. 14, 2019 This SPF Moisturizer Has Replaced My Everyday Moisturizer It makes you look gleamy, but not greasy.
Feb. 14, 2019 These Matt & Nat Backpacks Are Up to 40 Percent Off Pick from structured or (elegantly) slouchy styles.
Feb. 14, 2019 What Are the Best Gym Bags? We polled ten workout enthusiasts to find out their favorites.
Feb. 13, 2019 The Best Sex-Proof Makeup, According to Makeup Artists The best long-wear makeup for keeping it all on while getting it on.
Feb. 13, 2019 37 Valentine’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Man (on Amazon) A cannabis-scented candle, a Braun watch, and real-deal Japanese matcha.
Feb. 13, 2019 Do Blue-Light-Blocking Glasses Actually Do Anything? The answer’s yes, but that doesn’t mean you should wear them all day.

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