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Jeffrey Epstein Used a Bullet, Dead Cat to Intimidate Graydon Carter: Report

A former Vanity Fair editor says Epstein placed a decapitated cat and a bullet outside Carter’s homes to pressure him to tell reporters to back off.
Democrats Are Turning Their Attention to a Very Unsexy Bulwark of Democracy

Democrats have historically not focused their energies on the secretaries of state. But the office is crucial to state elections.
Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal Justice Reform

Congressman Ralph Abraham is so committed to law-and-order politics that he voted against the modest criminal justice reform bill Trump signed.
Democratic National Committee Rejects Possibility of Official Climate Debate

Climate protestors disrupted the DNC during the vote, which also paved the way for unofficial climate town halls to turn into de-facto debates.
Did Jay Inslee Get a Fair Shake From Voters?

Intelligencer stafffers discuss the departure of the “climate candidate” from the Democratic primary.
A Cipriani Chef Has Been Found Dead

Andrea Zamperoni went missing earlier this week.
Did I Dream This Bizarre Press Conference From Michael Jackson’s Publicist?

The singer’s former spokesperson held court this morning in D.C.
Sarah Sanders Passes Through the Fox News–White House Revolving Door

The former White House press secretary will feel very at home at Fox News.
Tea Party Agitator Joe Walsh to Launch Sure-Thing Primary Bid Against Trump

“Long shot” isn’t strong enough to describe how unlikely he is to unseat the president.
Di Fara Pizza Will Reopen Its Doors Today

Exactly two days after being seized by local tax authorities for nearly $168,000 in unpaid taxes.
The 7 Most Unhinged Things Trump Said on Wednesday

Trump proclaimed himself the “chosen one,” continued feuding over Greenland, and joked (maybe) about giving himself the Medal of Honor.
Rudy Giuliani Is ‘Strongly’ Urging Ukraine to Investigate Joe Biden

Trump’s personal lawyer has quietly restarted efforts to pressure Kiev into probing Trump’s personal rivals.
Taylor Swift Will in Fact Rerecord All Her Old Albums

“It’s something that I’m very excited about doing.”
Nikki Haley Pledges Allegiance to Trump-Pence 2020

The former governor and ambassador is exhibiting her ambitions in denying any ambition to supplant the veep on the Trump ticket.
No, Joni Ernst, Iowans Don’t Need the Electoral College to Influence Presidents

It’s funny that the senator for the First-in-the-Nation-Caucus State thinks nobody would pay attention to Iowa if not for its six electoral votes.
The Amazon Rainforest Is on Fire

Vast stretches of the Amazon are burning and humans are to blame.
Teen Boys Deny Assaulting Lesbian Couple For Refusing to Kiss

In a horrifying homophobic attack, a lesbian couple was beaten up and robbed after they refused a group of boys’ demand to kiss each other.
Trump Says Jews Should Love Him Because He’s Almost Literally Jesus

Trump can’t understand why stiff-necked Jews forsake his brand of blood-and-soil authoritarian demagoguery.
Trump Demands Right to Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely

It’s mostly symbolic, since the judge who set the 20-day limit on detention of children is unlikely to approve it, but the new policy sounds tough.
Barack Obama in Heated Custody Battle for … Aretha Franklin’s Inauguration Hat

To be fair, it’s a very iconic hat.

12:21 A.M. Epstein Used Dead Cat to Intimidate Graydon Carter: Report A former Vanity Fair editor says Epstein placed a decapitated cat and a bullet outside Carter’s homes to pressure him to tell reporters to back off.
8:26 P.M. A Very Unsexy Bulwark of Democracy Democrats have historically not focused their energies on the secretaries of state. But the office is crucial to state elections.
7:50 P.M. Obamas May Buy $14.85 Million Martha’s Vineyard Mansion Who needs politics when you can have lighthouses, the gingerbread cottages of Edgartown, and a mansion with a $64,000 mortgage payment?
7:34 P.M. Louisiana Republican Fights to Roll Back Justice Reform Congressman Ralph Abraham is so committed to law-and-order politics that he voted against the modest criminal-justice-reform bill Trump signed.
6:25 P.M. Democratic National Committee Rejects Climate Debate Climate protestors disrupted the DNC during the vote, which also paved the way for unofficial climate town halls to turn into de-facto debates.
6:20 P.M. Did Jay Inslee Get a Fair Shake From Voters? Intelligencer stafffers discuss the departure of the “climate candidate” from the Democratic primary.
5:38 P.M. What If Obama Had Dropped Biden in 2012? Changing things up in 2012 might have helped Democrats avoid the contentious nomination fights of 2016 and 2020.
2:52 P.M. A Major Labor Leader Calls for ‘Unions for All’ Bernie Sanders and Beto O’Rourke become the latest candidates to release formal labor plans.
1:27 P.M. Sarah Sanders Is Now a Fox News Contributor, Of Course The former White House press secretary will feel very at home at Fox News.
1:17 P.M. Long vs. Short: Has Netflix Peaked? Subscribers are down. Friends is on its way out. Depending on whom you listen to, those developments are either harbingers or blips.
12:50 P.M. Joe Walsh to Launch Sure-Thing Primary Bid Against Trump “Long shot” isn’t strong enough to describe how unlikely he is to unseat the president.
11:52 A.M. Julián Castro Appeals to the Animal-Rights Vote It’s very smart politics for a lower-tier candidate like Castro to distinguish himself with a comprehensive animal-welfare agenda.
11:21 A.M. Giuliani ‘Strongly’ Urging Ukraine to Investigate Joe Biden Trump’s personal lawyer has quietly restarted efforts to pressure Kiev into probing Trump’s personal rivals.
9:59 A.M. McConnell Recruiting Democrats to Destroy Next Presidency McConnell says Senate Democrats should let him filibuster everything.
9:40 A.M. The 7 Most Unhinged Things Trump Said on Wednesday Trump proclaimed himself the “chosen one,” continued feuding over Greenland, and joked (maybe) about giving himself the Medal of Honor.
8:29 A.M. Nikki Haley Pledges Allegiance to Trump-Pence 2020 The former governor and ambassador is exhibiting her ambitions in denying any ambition to supplant the veep on the Trump ticket.
6:00 A.M. Ranking the Most Influential Democratic Donors in 2020 Race Whose money are the presidential hopefuls gunning for?
Aug. 21, 2019 No, Joni Ernst, Iowans Don’t Need the Electoral College It’s funny that the senator for the first-in-the-nation-caucus state thinks nobody would pay attention to Iowa if not for its six electoral votes.
Aug. 21, 2019 Jay Inslee on Why He’s Dropping Out of the 2020 Race “I do think we succeeded in raising the profile of climate change as an issue,” says the Democrat.
Aug. 21, 2019 Trump Is Not the Antichrist, and Here’s How I Know There would be signs, okay?

8:59 P.M. Heidi Klum Is Already Preparing Her Halloween Costume The Queen of Halloween shares a somewhat sneak peek of her Halloween costume, and it’s not even September yet.
7:33 P.M. Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin’s Wedding Is in the South Bieber and Baldwin are finally having their second wedding, and it’s going to be in South Carolina.
4:53 P.M. Prince Andrew Allegedly Got Massaged At Epstein’s Home A new article describes Epstein and Prince Andrew getting foot massages from “two young well-dressed Russian women.”
4:37 P.M. Should You Need Shoes at Midnight, Saks Has You Covered The store has rolled out a 24/7 styling service.
4:31 P.M. 5 Women Test Out Diplo’s Favorite Face Mask Taking skin-care and selfie advice from Diplo.
4:16 P.M. Did I Dream this Bizarre Michael Jackson Press Conference? The singer’s former spokesperson held court this morning in D.C.
3:16 P.M. 21 Cute Hair Accessories Under $50 You don’t have to shell out hundreds for a barrette.
3:07 P.M. Miley Cyrus Addresses Cheating Rumors in Wild Twitter Rant She also said, “I lost a massive Walmart deal at 17 for ripping a bong.”
1:05 P.M. Taylor Swift Destroys All Evidence of ‘Spelling Is Fun!’ Do not stand at my grave and weep — or spell.
12:34 P.M. Three Perfumers on What Everything Smells Like The trio of noses behind Zendaya’s new Lancôme fragrance answer a round of Scent Memories.
12:12 P.M. Let Her Go, Man A Titanic historian describes new footage of the ship’s decay as “shocking.” Is it, though?
10:55 A.M. Kaitlynn Carter Got Brody Jenner the Gift of Being Too High Carter and Miley Cyrus sent Brody a weed bouquet for his birthday.
9:00 A.M. An Interior Designer’s ‘Chic and Disorderly’ Dream Home “There is a general opinion that maximalism is about clutter, but everything in this apartment has its spot, and every object engages the eye.”
8:33 A.M. The Artist Pushing the Boundaries of Classical Music Meet Stefa Marin Alarcón.
8:30 A.M. A High-End Dry Cleaner on His Filthy Rich Clients Red wine spills on a Chanel couture gown, black mold on an Oscar de la Renta wedding dress, and more.
8:00 A.M. Simon Porte Jacquemus Isn’t Just the Man Behind the Tiny Bag The designer knows how to go big, how to go very small, and most of all how to have fun.
Aug. 21, 2019 A New Lindsay Lohan Song Has Leaked A new song has leaked, and it samples Alice Deejay.
Aug. 21, 2019 Bethenny Frankel Is Leaving Real Housewives of New York Raise a glass of Skinnygirl booze.
Aug. 21, 2019 Obama in Heated Custody Battle for … Aretha Franklin’s Hat To be fair, it’s a very iconic hat.
Aug. 21, 2019 Jeffrey Epstein May Have Forced Victims Into Marriage One woman claimed Epstein forced her to marry one of the female recruiters working in his sex-trafficking ring. Now other women have come forward.

12:56 A.M. Missy Elliott Releases New Music Video ‘Throw It Back’ We’ve been graced by a new video AND mixtape.
12:43 A.M. What Is Every Song on Taylor Swift’s Lover Actually About? Presenting the Sparknotes version of Lover: All the important themes and hidden messages behind each song, and nothing more.
12:01 A.M. Taylor Swift’s Lover Songs Ranked by Queer Energy A Taylor Swift song or the plot of Carol? We have theories.
12:00 A.M. Hello, Lover! Taylor Swift’s Seventh Album Is Finally Here It’s been a long, winding, secret-code-strewn road.
12:00 A.M. Taylor Swift’s Lover Opener Is Gloriously Passive-Aggressive It’s self-care as snark.
11:20 P.M. Mindhunter Recap: Bad Leads The BSU’s hoped-for status as conquering heroes continues to be met with resistance in Atlanta.
10:44 P.M. Wait, the Breaking Bad Movie Is Already Done Filming? What else aren’t you telling us, Vince?
10:25 P.M. William Jackson Harper Joins Amazon’s Underground Railroad More fraught ethical quandaries! Goody!
9:36 P.M. The Fifth Season of Ballers Will Be Its Last Ball was life. What will be life now?
9:20 P.M. Christina Hendricks’s Shocking Past As a Hand Model How do you wait 20 years to let this slip?
8:50 P.M. MoviePass Continues to Play Fast and Loose With User Data The news comes weeks after another report that MoviePass changed users’ passwords to thwart ticket purchases after the company ran out of funds
8:50 P.M. Grey’s Anatomy Showrunner Slams ABC for Sean Spicer Casting Krista Vernoff joins Seth MacFarlane, Zach Braff, and Bobby Berk in expressing their disgust.
5:42 P.M. Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Video Invites You to Her Dollhouse There’s also a magnetic force of a man.
4:07 P.M. Miley Just Wants to Be Miley Again After the Breakup, Dammit “You can say I am a twerking, pot smoking, foul mouthed hillbilly but I am not a liar.”
3:53 P.M. Why Aren’t You Obsessed With Are You the One? The current “sexually fluid” season of the MTV dating series is equal parts messy, beautiful, entertaining, and #important.
2:46 P.M. This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: One Mob Wife’s Wild Story Plus: Hit men, Clippers drama, and more.
2:45 P.M. The L Word: Generation Q Teaser Is Not Hot Enough Shane, Alice, and Bette are back.
2:09 P.M. What the Constitution Meant to Me Notes from a former competitor.
1:37 P.M. End-Credit Songs That Haunt Former Movie Theater Employees Not all of us had the luxury of leaving the theater when these songs played.
1:30 P.M. Did I Dream this Bizarre Michael Jackson Press Conference? The singer’s former spokesperson held court this morning in D.C.

5:03 P.M. A Cipriani Chef Has Been Found Dead Andrea Zamperoni went missing earlier this week.
12:00 P.M. Di Fara Pizza Reopens Its Doors Today Exactly two days after being seized by local tax authorities for nearly $168,000 in unpaid taxes.
10:01 A.M. Where to Find Sunny, Creative Lemonades Right Now There’s no better way to spend the dog days of summer.
Aug. 21, 2019 The Jones Is a Loving Revamp of the Great Jones Cafe “My thoughts are, Here’s a spot that’s on a great block with great energy, great history.”
Aug. 21, 2019 De Blasio Will ‘Do Anything’ to Help Di Fara Open Again The iconic pizzeria was seized by state tax authorities.
Aug. 21, 2019 The Absolute Best Ice-Cream Sandwiches in New York Cups and cones are well and good, but the quintessential New York ice-cream delivery system is the sandwich.
Aug. 20, 2019 Di Fara Pizza Shuttered Due to Unpaid Taxes The iconic Brooklyn pizzeria reportedly owes more than $160,000.
Aug. 20, 2019 The Best Moments From Twitter’s Chicken Sandwich War Popeyes versus Chick-fil-A: the nihilistic brand squabble we need.
Aug. 20, 2019 A New Competitor Has Entered Manhattan’s Heated Slice Fights The pizzeria is run by the co-owner of sandwich favorite Regina’s Grocery.
Aug. 20, 2019 How I Joined the Cult of Cauliflower Gnocchi Extremely beige and incredibly bland.
Aug. 19, 2019 It Took 20 Months for Eataly to Remove Mario Batali The 58-year-old chef has now been removed from his two most significant business ventures.
Aug. 19, 2019 Your New Favorite Meatballs Might Be in New Jersey “I like frying the meatballs hard, and then we go right in the sauce.”
Aug. 19, 2019 New York Taste Returns October 21 Chefs from Maison Yaki, KĀWI, Adda Indian Canteen, Hunky Dory, and more are on this year’s bill.
Aug. 19, 2019 Will Bean-Free Coffee Be the New Meat-Free Burger? At least one Seattle-based company thinks so.
Aug. 16, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Aug. 16, 2019 Cookbook Author Lazarus Lynch’s Grub Street Diet “The uglier the better for me.”
Aug. 15, 2019 Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Spotted at an In-n-Out Burger While eating alone and reading The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives.
Aug. 15, 2019 Why Does This Cup of Coffee Cost $10? In the East Village, one cup of Joe costs as much as a month of Apple Music.
Aug. 15, 2019 Pastry Chef Defends Warren’s Strawberry-Shortcake Post “…since this involves cake, I feel it’s relevant to say a few words.”
Aug. 15, 2019 Where to Find NYC’s Neighborhood Gems, According to 37 Chefs Kitchen pros spill the beans on their favorite places to eat in the areas they call home.

6:00 P.M. Welcome to Dupes Week Because you don’t need to spend the most money to have the best things.
5:09 P.M. The Best Wrinkle Creams, According to Dermatologists Including options with SPF, and others for getting rid of pesky under-eye wrinkles.
4:57 P.M. What Curbed’s Editor-in-Chief Put on Her Wedding Registry From an Italian ironing board to a lobster rope doormat.
4:00 P.M. The Amazon Products a Spa Owner Uses to Replicate Treatments She’s tested each one herself, and bought them only after “checking reviews and researching if it’s from an established brand.”
3:09 P.M. The Convincing Beauty Dupes My Followers Filled Me in On “It has the same texture and gives the same hydrating, brightening results.”
3:00 P.M. A $30 Sleeping Bag That’s As Warm As My $150 One Like, so warm you have to use the foot vent.
2:00 P.M. I Re-created the Dad-Vest Micro-Trend for $20 How could I say no to a garment so well-suited for storage of my MetroCard, stray mints, phone, and all those other pieces of garbage I carry around?
1:00 P.M. The $16 Dupe for Tom Ford’s (Sold Out) Lip Blush Good news for anyone who likes to look hot but also needs to eat.
12:42 P.M. Coach Bags Are Up to 67 Percent Off at Zappos From totes to wallets.
11:00 A.M. My by Far Cheapest Air Purifier Rivals the Second-Cheapest Believe me, it’s pretty damn fresh up in here.
10:21 A.M. College Kids: This Twin XL Mattress Topper Is on Sale It’s a few steps above an egg crate.
10:00 A.M. Is The Newest Shark Vacuum a Dupe for the Newest Dyson? I couldn’t tell by eyeballing it whether one model picked up more particles than the other.
Aug. 21, 2019 The Best Shampoos for Thinning Hair, According to Experts “It’s hands down what I would recommend to anyone with thinning hair.”
Aug. 21, 2019 What’s the Best White T-shirt for Women? We asked stylish women to muse on their favorite white tees.
Aug. 21, 2019 When Polished, My $120 Derbys Are Mistaken for Pricier Prada Practically every compliment I receive is from someone who assumes they are Prada.
Aug. 21, 2019 41 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Kitchen Accents on Amazon Including an Umbra soap pump, matryoshka measuring cups, and a vintage timer.
Aug. 21, 2019 What Are the Best Rugs for a Nursery? From rugs that are genuine sheepskin to ones that are machine-washable.
Aug. 21, 2019 These Well-Priced PJs Feel Just Like Hanna Andersson’s If my eyes were closed, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. But they cost much less.
Aug. 21, 2019 I Found a $6 Dupe for a Beautiful Crazy-Expensive Eye Shadow When I swatched it, I gasped. I really did!
Aug. 21, 2019 Lots of Bags—From Patagonia to Herschel Supply Co.—on Sale Twenty-five percent off the list price on bags from Patagonia to Herschel Supply Co. and more.

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