foreign interests
Sept. 30, 2022
Putin Decries U.S. ‘Satanism’ in Bizarre Speech Annexing Parts of Ukraine His speech celebrating an illegal annexation in Ukraine turned into an anti-trans rant in which he blamed the West for blowing up Nord Stream.
early and often
Sept. 29, 2022
MAGA Candidate in Ohio Keeps Lying About Military Record J.R. Majewski says he was a combat veteran who left the Air Force because of a brawl, but records show a much less noble career.
the gaffe machine
Sept. 28, 2022
Joe Biden Asks About Whereabouts of Congresswoman Who Died The president was looking for Representative Jackie Walorski during a White House speech — the congresswoman was killed in a car crash two months ago.
the city politic
Sept. 27, 2022
The Growing Cover-up of Rikers Island Deaths The head of the city’s jails told aides to keep a dying man off his “department’s count,” according to the New York Times .
hurricane season
Sept. 27, 2022
Tampa Could Be a Bull’s-eye for Hurricane Ian The quickly intensifying hurricane could bring storm surges of up to ten feet to the low-lying Tampa metro.
early and often
Sept. 26, 2022
Edward Snowden Is Now a Russian Citizen The whistleblower’s lawyer claims he will not be eligible to fight in Ukraine.
early and often
Sept. 23, 2022
Matt Gaetz Probably Won’t Get Charged in Sex-Trafficking Probe Federal prosecutors reportedly recommended not to charge Gaetz because of unreliable witnesses they would need to rely on to make their case.
war in ukraine
Sept. 23, 2022
Prominent Russians Keep Dying Under Mysterious Circumstances Around 15 Russian oligarchs and oil executives have died in mysterious ways since the war in Ukraine began.
apocalypse wow
Sept. 22, 2022
Puerto Rico to Finance Bros: ‘Go Home’ Tensions between longtime residents and the part-time nouveau riche were already high — then Hurricane Fiona hit.
early and often
Sept. 21, 2022
Trump and His Children Committed ‘Staggering’ Fraud, According to Letitia James The attorney general is seeking a $250 million penalty and to bar Trump from serving as an executive in a business in New York ever again.
The Queen’s Face Is on a Lot of Money. Now What? Hardcore Charles fans may be disappointed to learn that it will take years for his face to appear on currency throughout the Commonwealth.
early and often
Sept. 6, 2022
Footage Shows Georgia GOP Official On-site During Voting-Equipment Breach Surveillance video reveals that the GOP official let operatives hired by the Trump campaign into an elections office on the day its data was breached.
2022 midterms
Aug. 30, 2022
Blake Masters Has a Lot of Thoughts About Black People He says Kamala Harris is not qualified to be vice-president, diversity hurts the economy, and the gun scourge is the fault of “Black people, frankly.”
Pair Who Gave Biden Daughter’s Diary to Project Veritas Pleads Guilty to Theft A Florida man and woman are cooperating with investigators looking into how James O’Keefe’s group came into her property ahead of the 2020 election.
hidden talents
Aug. 25, 2022
Jamie Foxx Is Secretly a World-Class Trump Impersonator Why has he been hiding one of the better Trump imitations of our time?
2022 midterms
Aug. 24, 2022
The Zoomers Are Coming to Congress Maxwell Frost, 25, won a Democratic House primary in Florida, setting him on a course to be the first member of Gen Z on Capitol Hill.
republicanisms
Aug. 22, 2022
What Is Wrong With Ron DeSantis’s Arms? Is that a Trump imitation, or is that how all politicians are now standing in Florida?
Jake Paul Bets He Can Beat Everyone Else in Sports Media The TikTok-powered boxer has a new gambling app, and thinks he can take on ESPN, DraftKings, and Dave Portnoy.
The Accountant Flips on Trump’s Empire The Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty as part of a deal that requires him to testify against the company.
public health
Aug. 12, 2022
It Looks Like There’s Polio in New York City Wastewater data suggests the virus is probably spreading among the unvaccinated in the five boroughs.
mar-a-lago raid
Aug. 9, 2022
Convicted Felons Are Leaping to Trump’s Defense Fellow politicians and operatives who also had run-ins with the Feds are claiming him as one of their own.
conspiracist series
Aug. 5, 2022
Sandy Hook Parents Awarded Another $45 Million of Alex Jones’s Money The Infowars founder has had an expensive week in court, and there are still two more trials to go against other Sandy Hook victims’ families.
just asking questions
Aug. 5, 2022
Will the Inflation Reduction Act Make the Carbon-Capture Business a Reality? A UC Irvine professor considers if the IRA’s proposed incentives could be a breakout moment for the nascent industry of sucking carbon out of the air.
conspiracy series
Aug. 4, 2022
The Alex Jones Trial Is As Messy As You’d Expect He was ordered to pay $4.1 million to a Sandy Hook victim’s parents after a trial that saw him surprised by the revelation of his own texts.
foreign interests
Aug. 4, 2022
Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison The basketball star told the judge that she hoped the ruling “doesn’t end my life here.”
schadenfreude
July 30, 2022
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Ditch Their Rolex Watches Secondhand sellers say the supply of luxury Swiss timepieces rose as a direct consequence of the Bitcoin crash this year.
just asking questions
July 29, 2022
Why Congress Just Joined the Semiconductor Arms Race An MIT professor of electrical engineering explains why the Senate just spent over $50 billion to promote semiconductor manufacturing.
U.S. Proposes a Prisoner Swap to Bring Brittney Griner Home The trade reportedly involves Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S.
2022 midterms
July 26, 2022
Biden Might Finally Pull the Trigger on Student-Loan Debt The president is reportedly considering partial student-loan amnesty to boost turnout among disillusioned young Democrats.
apocalypse wow
July 26, 2022
The Bodies Are Piling Up in Lake Mead With three bodies found in the disappearing reservoir since May, climate change could be a crime story in the Southwest.
digital living
July 26, 2022
How Serious Is Amazon About Stopping Fake Reviews? “The more money there is to be made, the more fraud we’re going to see concurrently with that growth.”
early and often
July 25, 2022
President Biden Has COVID After four days on Paxlovid, Biden’s doctor says his symptoms have “almost completely resolved.”
public health
July 21, 2022
And Now … Polio? The first U.S. case in almost a decade was confirmed in Rockland County on Thursday.
bad investments
July 19, 2022
Judge Says No to Elon Musk’s Attempt at Stalling An October trial will determine whether he can back out of his $44 billion purchase of Twitter
trump family
July 16, 2022
Ivana Trump Is Dead at 73 New York City’s chief medical examiner has determined that her death was an accidental fall.
rikers island
July 15, 2022
NYC Jails Headed for More Deaths Than Last Year’s Grim Toll Much attention was paid to deaths at Rikers and other facilities in New York in 2021, but even more people are on track to die behind bars in 2022.
what we know
July 14, 2022
Armed Man Arrested After Threatening Representative Jayapal Outside Her Home The 48-year-old allegedly had a Glock and yelled toward the congresswoman’s house that he would kill her and that she should “go back to India.”
unsolved mysteries
July 14, 2022
Alex Murdaugh’s Alleged Crime Spree Gets Crazier The notorious attorney is charged with murdering his wife and son a few months before trying to arrange a hit man to kill him for an insurance payout.
washington commanders
July 13, 2022
NFL Owner Dodges Congressional Subpoena by Going on Vacation on His Yacht The House Oversight Committee can’t depose Dan Snyder on alleged sexual misconduct at the Commanders because he’s touring the Mediterranean.
early and often
July 12, 2022
january 6 committee
July 12, 2022
Trump’s Lawyers Screamed at Each Other in ‘Unhinged’ Oval Office Meeting Trump’s conspiratorial advisors tried to convince him of some crazy ideas before it devolved into a “shouting match,” with Giuliani hurling insults.
See NASA’s First Pictures From the James Webb Space Telescope “It’s a new window into the history of our universe,” said President Biden.
investigations
July 12, 2022
The Vaping Industry Has Gone Rogue Juul’s been dethroned. Mysterious upstarts sell banned flavors shipped in from China. Counterfeits are everywhere. And the authorities seem hopeless.
The City Rolls Out a New PSA About … Nuclear War? Behold the Department of Emergency Management’s strange PSA on what to do if New York is hit with a nuke.
brittney griner
July 7, 2022
Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty, Faces 10 Years in Prison Now it’s up to the Biden administration to get her out of Russia.
off-season drama
June 30, 2022
The Nets May Be Truly Screwed Now Kevin Durant reportedly wants out, leaving Kyrie Irving as possibly the only superstar standing next year.
migrant crisis
June 28, 2022
Dozens of Migrants Found Dead in Tractor-Trailer in San Antonio At least 50 people died, likely from heat exposure, in the country’s deadliest human-smuggling incident in recent memory.
early and often
June 27, 2022
FBI Seized Phone of Trump Coup Plotter John Eastman The seizure took place the same day Feds raided Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark’s home, suggesting the January 6 criminal inquiry is heating up.
Brittney Griner Seen in Handcuffs in Russian Court The WNBA star’s trial for allegedly possessing hashish oil begins July 1. If convicted, she could face ten years in prison.
early and often
June 23, 2022
The Supreme Court Gun Ruling Could Lead to More Violence Experts and research say that looser regulation of concealed carry is correlated with higher gun-homicide rates.
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