The Pentagon Just Released This Ridiculous Cartoon and the Internet Can’t Stop Laughing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Defense unveiled a snazzy website redesign today, capping off what chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White called a “long overdue” change and a way to “more completely share our military’s story with the American people.” That strategy apparently included the production of a two-minute animated…
Chart of the Day: Health Care Premiums Hardly Increased at All This Year
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Kaiser Family Foundation announced today that large corporations now pay an average of nearly $20,000 per employee for family health premiums. In order to give you a better idea of what this means, here’s a chart showing how much that’s grown from last year:…
Devin Nunes’ War on the Media Just Got Even Weirder
Devin Nunes Campaign Committee Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late last week, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) sent constituents in his Central Valley, California, district a curious bit of campaign literature. It wasn’t a typical half-page or full-page mailer, but a 38-page glossy mini-magazine entirely dedicated to lambasting the area’s largest…
After 25 Years in Jail For a Single Punch He Threw as a 16 Year Old, Taurus Buchanan Is Finally Free
Taurus Buchanan, age 19. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was published in partnership with The Marshall Project a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter, or follow The Marshall Project on Facebook or Twitter. Taurus Buchanan, who received a life-without-parole sentence for…
White House Defends Trump’s Mockery of Kavanaugh Accuser at Political Rally
Ron Sachs/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday rejected accusations that President Donald Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford during a Tuesday night rally in Mississippi, arguing the president was simply stating the facts. She also claimed in aggrieved terms that “every single…
What Happens When Workers Realize That Rich People Got the Entire GOP Tax Cut?
Kevin DrumOctober 3, 2018 2:00 PM Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t know if this ad is meant to run on actual TV, but it’s pretty funny. It probably should run on national TV. WE DON’T KNOW What’s going to happen next as the headlines grow crazier and more…