Health Officials Are Investigating 450 Cases of Serious Lung Illness Linked to Vaping
Robert F. Bukaty/AP Health officials say they are now investigating 450 possible cases of serious lung illness linked to vaping in 33 states and one territory. Three people have died under similar circumstances and one death is still under investigation. Initial descriptions of 53 early-reported cases of lung illness in Illinois and Wisconsin were published in…
It’s Friday and Donald Trump Is Still Talking About Alabama
White House/ZUMA As Hurricane Dorian made landfall over North Carolina on Friday, President Donald Trump logged onto Twitter to rage-tweet about Alabama, a state that never faced a threat from the storm that devastated the Bahamas. “The Fake News Media was fixated on the fact that I properly said, at the beginnings of Hurricane Dorian,…
Here’s a Misleading Picture of Religion Around the World
Here’s an interesting example of misleading with statistics. At least, I think so. Here’s the original chart from Pew Research: Sure enough, there’s a strong trendline showing that people who say religion is very important also believe that religion has been growing more important since 2000. But wait. It’s pretty obvious that the test countries…
A Lawyer for 8chan Says the Site Could Be Back Online as Soon as Next Week
8chan’s logo A lawyer representing Jim Watkins, the owner of the image posting forum website 8chan, tells Mother Jones that the site could be back online as soon as next week. 8chan went dark in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso last month that left 22 dead and injured 24 more—its internet…
Pompeo: We Won In Afghanistan!
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is feelin’ good: If you read the story, it turns out that by “delivered” Pompeo means only that we kicked al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan, something we did back in 2002. So this is perhaps not as impressive as he thinks it is. Still, this is a case where Donald Trump…
Donald Trump Has Never Explained a Mysterious $50 Million Loan. Is It Evidence of Tax Fraud?
Donald Trump’s massive debts—he owes hundreds of millions of dollars—are the subject of continuous congressional and journalistic scrutiny. But for years, one Trump loan has been particularly mystifying: a debt of more than $50 million that Trump claims he owes to one of his own companies. According to tax and financial experts, the loan, which…