The Cops Want to Know What’s Happening on 8chan
8chan’s logo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. American law enforcement agencies apparently want to know more about what’s happening on 8chan. According to the site’s March 2o19 “Transparency Report,” released Friday, the image board had “received and complied with” 12 requests from the U.S. government and or U.S law enforcement…
Michael Cohen Claims He Has Evidence of Possible Illegal GOP Contributions From China
Michael Cohen speaks to the media after appearing at a closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearing on March 6.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and a former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, claims that he “knows of possible…
Donald Trump Did Not Coin the Phrase “Make America Great Again”
a katz/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Imitation may be the greatest form of flattery, but President Donald Trump isn’t in the habit of paying respects to his forebears. The press is doing everything within their power to fight the magnificence of the phrase, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! They can’t…
Blue-Collar Wages Are Nothing to Crow About Yet
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How have ordinary blue-collar workers been doing lately? To hear the financial press tell it, their wages are skyrocketing. “It’s still a workers’ labor market” says Vox, while the Wall Street Journal warns of dire days ahead for corporate profits. But let’s not get carried…
Billie Eilish’s Mouthful of an Album Is an Overdramatic Tumblr Post Brought to Life
Dafydd Owen/Avalon via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Dropping “Ocean Eyes” on Soundcloud a few years ago, 15 year-old Billie Eilish never expected it would lead to an impressive cult following and a well received EP, don’t smile at me. And yet, it did. The EP introduced a young new…
“Shazam!” Earns the Exclamation Point in Its Title
Courtesy of Warner Brothers Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. ‘Tis a dark and emotionally stormy night as the family sedan speeds through the snowy roads of upstate New York. A bespectacled father sits behind the wheel; his favored son, the eldest one, in the passenger seat; and in the back,…