One of the most vile things to come out of the state of Florida in recent years has been the Parental Rights in Education Act, a.k.a. “Don’t Say Gay.” Signed into law in March, the legislation—which prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in any way in kindergarten through third grade—was introduced by Florida state […]
A sea of red shirts filled the half block outside The New York Times headquarters in Manhattan, spilling out onto the street; Scabby, the 12-foot inflatable rat with bloodshot eyes and a festering underbelly sat next to a cardboard box of extra signs: “NEW YORK TIMES WALKS OUT.” On Thursday, after months of building newsroom […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was arrested and taken into custody in the Bahamas Monday on multiple criminal counts, including wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering, the New York Times reported. His indictment was officially unsealed Tuesday, revealing another notable charge: campaign finance violations. Prosecutors in the Southern District of […]
The Washington Post Guild went into Wednesday’s town hall with a plan. Anticipating that publisher Fred Ryan wasn’t going to take live questions—he wasn’t so happy the last time he was publicly confronted by a staffer in such a forum—they’d crowd-sourced a list of questions in advance and got more than 70 staffers to send a version of these […]
Earlier this week, Donald Trump took to Truth Social tease the news that he would be making a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” on Thursday. Given that he already announced last month that he will be running for president for a third time, it was difficult to imagine what this new all-caps reveal could possibly be about. Would […]
Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around? Licht’s confidantes and advisers must have been beaming when James Stewart’s long-awaited New York Times profile landed on December 18, like a warm bundle of holiday cheer. (Licht’s boss, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, gave the piece a hearty plug on Instagram.) After months of rough and relentless […]
Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated, after “Chief Twit” Elon Musk dropped a 24-hour poll on Friday asking if the former president should be let back onto the platform. “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk wrote on Saturday evening after the poll closed. Just under 52% of Twitter poll voters […]
After reinstating Donald Trump’s Twitter account and making nice with a slew of far-right figures online, Elon Musk has done very little to position himself as any kind of centrist. But on Monday, during a company-wide meeting, the billionaire owner reportedly claimed that he’s enacting a “moderate-wing takeover of Twitter.” The subject came up shortly after Musk discussed whether he plans […]
Elon Musk seemingly either lost track of his own revised Twitter policies or thinks they don’t pertain to him. The billionaire on Monday posted literal fake news to his platform with what looked like a screencap of a CNN broadcast—but was really a photoshopped image—featuring anchor Don Lemon and a chyron that read, “Elon Musk could threaten […]
Tennis star Naomi Osaka announced she is pregnant with her first child and that she is still planning on making her return to the sport at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion tweeted on Wednesday, “Can’t wait to get back on the court but here’s a little life update for 2023.” […]