Update: A spokesperson for McCabe released a statement on Friday claiming that comments McCabe made about discussing the 25th amendment have been “misrepresented.” Original text below. *** Last month, theNew York Timesreported that after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, the bureauopened a counterintelligence investigationto determine …
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On the tenth anniversary of So Far Gone, Drake revealed that his seminal and career-launching mixtape will be available on streaming for “the first time ever” on Thursday, February 14. In a lengthy Instagram post, Drake shared an updated graphic of the iconic mixtape cover, its little boy looking down …
Read More »Canadian Serial Killer Bruce McArthur Sentenced to Life in Prison
Bruce McArthur, the Canadian serial killer who murdered eight men between 2010 and 2017, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the crimes that haunted Toronto’s LGBTQ community. McArthur, a mall Santa and landscaper who dismembered his victims and placed their remains in potted plants, will be eligible for …
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Hilary Duff stars as the terrified titular actress in the new trailer for The Haunting of Sharon Tate,the horror film that views the Manson family murders through Tate’s perspective. Five people — Tate and her unborn child, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski and Abigail Folger –were killed on August 8th, 1969. …
Read More »Flashback: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Rock the Super Bowl
The e-mail that the National Football League had been awaiting for years finally arrived a few days after 2008’s Super Bowl XLII. On his train commute home, Charles Coplin, then the NFL’s head of programming, saw a notification pop up on his BlackBerry — a message from Jon Landau, Bruce …
Read More »Jay-Z, Meek Mill Launch 'The Avengers' of Criminal Justice Reform Organizations
Michael Rubin, a co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, used to have a recurring argument with the rapper and hardcore 76ers fan Meek Mill. “Meek would say, ‘Michael, there are two Americas,’” Rubin recalled during a press conference at John Jay College in Manhattan on Wednesday. “I’d be like, ‘Bro, what …
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Update 1/15/19:Late Monday, House Republican leaders removed Rep. Steve King (R-IA) from the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture. “That is not the party of Lincoln,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said of King’s comments. “It is definitely not American. All people are created equal in America, and …
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When it was reported on Wednesday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will leave the Justice Department once William Barr is confirmed at the new attorney general, many took it to mean that Rosenstein has faith that Barr will protect the integrity of the Mueller investigation. This may be true, …
Read More »Hear Noname Rap About Profit and Social Cost in 'Song 31'
Independent Chicago rapper Noname kicked off the new year by unveiling her first new song of 2019, “Song 31.” It’s also her first new music since releasing Room 25, named one of Rolling Stone‘s Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018. Over winsome, jazz-tipped melodies, the rapper poetically rhymes about the drive …
Read More »Once Again the Trump Administration Feeds Its Conspiracy-Loving Base
Vice President Mike Pence tweeted, and soon deleted, a photo on Friday showing him with a police officer who wore a patch with a “Q” patch, signaling belief in the QAnon conspiracy, prominently displayed on his uniform. QAnon is an internet-based baseless anti-government conspiracy theory that has been pushing the …
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