A Brief History of Malarkey
Inspired by both Matt Yglesias and the launch of Joe Biden’s Malarkey Express, this Google ngram demonstrates the impact Biden has had over his 50-year political career: Does Biden deserve credit for this boom in the popularity of malarkey? I don’t know why not. It’s only his preferred spelling that’s taken off, after all. Science™…
Misinformation Efforts Over Kentucky Election Could Be Playbook for 2020
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The right-wing radio personality took to Twitter not long after the polls had closed and it seemed the Democtratic candidate had prevailed in the excruciatingly close race…
Adventures in Panorama, Vertical Edition
Yesterday we went out to Yorba Linda and browsed the Christmas sale at our local Danish church, built in the traditional Danish style and complete with the runes of Harald Bluetooth outside. The church itself gave me a nice opportunity to do a vertical panorama. It was remarkably easy. I didn’t have my tripod, but…
If It’s Not a Service Animal, Leave Your Pet at Home, You Monsters
Monsterajr_images/Getty There are few things Americans love more than traveling home for the holidays. This Sunday is slated to the busiest day for US airlines in history, with 3.1 million people flying home that day (overall, airlines expected 31.6 million passengers over the course of Thanksgiving travels this year). But what do Americans love even more…
What a Bloomberg Candidacy Could Mean for Climate
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on November 25, 2019.Drew Angerer/Getty This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. This weekend, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race in classic billionaire style: by buying up $30 million worth of TV…
How the Interior Department Got Swamped
“If you can imagine a target, this thing is shot full of holes,” Canter said of the administration’s pledge. Delaney Marsco, ethics counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, told HuffPost that even if these officials aren’t breaking those rules, their activity is “emblematic of the bigger revolving door problem in Washington,” in which industry insiders…