Indicted Giuliani Associate Wants to Dish on Devin Nunes
Lev Parnas makes a statement to the media following his arraignment on October 23 in New York.Mark Lennihan/AP Photo Lev Parnas, the recently indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, wants to dish to congressional impeachment investigators about Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the combative top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Parnas’ lawyer told CNN. The attorney,…
The Case for Impeachment, According to Adam Schiff
Shawn Thew/Zuma Throughout the last week, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff has used his position to lay out a powerful argument for impeaching President Trump for withholding military aid from Ukraine in exchange for investigations into the Bidens. His closing statements for each of the public hearings clearly outline evidence against Trump and carefully dismantle…
Watch Fran Lebowitz Hilariously Recount Toni Morrison Reading Her Bad Reviews
Morrison with Lebowitz at a 2011 film screening in New York City. Dennis Van Tine/MediaPunch /IPX Everyone needs a friend like Toni Morrison. That much was made clear as hundreds of people packed into New York City’s Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine on Thursday to pay tribute to the late author, who died…
Google Has the Most Promising Approach to Political Ads
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via ZUMA We now have three big social media companies that have announced three different rules for political ads. In order: Facebook will allow anyone to say anything. Twitter will ban political ads completely. Google will do away with hyper-local audience targeting. Unsurprisingly, nobody is happy with any of these companies. The reason…
In One Hearing, Fiona Hill Knocked Down Republican Smears and Workplace Sexism
Tom Williams/ZUMA Fiona Hill had been detailing her frustration with US ambassador Gordon Sondland’s alarming efforts to sidestep interagency protocols during Thursday’s final day of impeachment hearings when her testimony suddenly struck an unrelated chord. “To be honest, I was angry with him,” the former top White House adviser on Russia told members of the…
Having a Baby Cuts Crime by 25%
Via Alex Tabarrok, here’s an interesting new paper about crime. It turns out that having a baby reduces crime among women substantially. This is unsurprising, and also of limited value since nearly all low-level crime is committed by men. So how does childbirth affect them? Here you go: The chart on the left shows drops…