Katie Hill Considered Suicide After Quitting Congress
Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call In her darkest moments after resigning from Congress, Katie Hill considered suicide. The former US representative from California says as much in a Saturday op-ed for the New York Times. In it, Hill recalls feeling as though her life had come crashing down around her after text messages and…
Elon Musk Won His “Pedo Guy” Defamation Case
Elon Musk, leaves the US District Court, Central District of California in Los Angeles through a back door.Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images A jury on Friday ruled in favor of Elon Musk in a defamation lawsuit filed by a British cave diver, whom the union-busting Tesla CEO had baselessly called a “pedo.” Cave diver Vernon…
Trump’s Weird Toilet Rant Is Actually a Crappy Old Libertarian Hobbyhorse
Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Donald Trump on Friday ordered a federal review of water efficiency standards for toilets. “We have a situation where we’re looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms, where you turn the faucet on—in areas where there’s tremendous amounts of water, where the water rushes…
Duncan Hunter Is Quitting Congress. Let’s Remember Some Corruption.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) carrying a cup of coffee that he hopefully paid for with his own money.Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-golf course), a man so flagrantly crooked that his admission that he may have committed war crimes in Iraq was only a secondary political scandal, said Friday night that…
This City May Become a Magnet for Climate Refugees
The inner harbor of Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie.Universal Images Group/Getty This piece was originally published in CityLab and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Maria Robles saw rainfall so severe that it punched a hole through her roof and flooded her home in San…
Rina Sawayama Wants Us To “STFU!” And It’s Probably Best We Listen
Burak Cingi/Getty This isn’t a usual Rina Sawayama track. Well, to say Sawayama has a “usual” track would be a disservice. The artist recently has leaned into the pop scene with tracks like “Cherry” and “Flicker,” but songs like nineties R&B/techno “Cyber Stockholm Syndrome” show a history of variety and musical exploration. But still who…