Lev Parnas Wants to Be a Resistance Hero
Lev Parnas, center, and his attorney, Joseph Bondy, left, speak outside federal court in New York.Mariela Lombard/AP Last month, Lanny Davis placed a call to Joseph Bondy. Bondy’s legal client, Lev Parnas, had just appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show, and Davis was calling to dispute a claim that Parnas had made about him. But…
How Do You Get from the Trailer Park to a White House Job? Give Money to Trump’s Spiritual Adviser.
On a Friday morning in February, televangelist Paula White-Cain spent more than two hours preaching at the King Jesus church Supernatural Ministry School in Miami. With top billing on the event website as “Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser,” White stood in front of a stage with a light show befitting a Pink Floyd cover band. With…
Was the Republican Tax Cut a Big Nothingburger? Not Quite.
Over at The Corner, Jim Geraghty passes along the results of a survey about the Republican tax cut of 2017: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine surveyed 852 taxpayers in December about the tax cuts enacted in 2017, and how it affected their income taxes. The results will probably disappoint both fans and critics of the tax…
The Enormous but Hidden Consequences of Antarctica’s Record Heat
An iceberg in the sun in Paulet Island, Antarctica.Ric Tapia/AP This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last week Antarctica outdid itself, and not in a good way, setting a high for its warmest temperature ever recorded: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. If the first thought that popped…
The Deepwater Horizon Environmental Disaster Was Even Worse than Previously Believed
A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig.Gerald Herbert/AP This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago was much worse than previously…
We Talked to the Man Behind That Nigerian Pete Buttigieg Fan Account. It’s Not Lis Smith.
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s spokesperson Lis Smith speaks to the press.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images “It’s very stressful. It’s almost midnight here and I’ve just been dealing with controversies all day,” said a man claiming to behind the @easychinedu account, a pro-Pete Buttigieg account that went viral on Sunday morning after high-profile Twitter users…