A cousin of Mollie Tibbets, the 20-year-old Iowa college student whose murder garnered national attention, has pushed back on Republican lawmakers’ attempts to politicize her death after Cristhian Rivera, an undocumented 24-year-old Mexican immigrant, was arrested and charged with Tibbets’ murder. “For 34 days, investigators searched for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts,” …
Read More »Twitter Bans Alex Jones One Week for Policy Violation
Twitter announced Tuesday that it has suspended Alex Jones for one week, the latest social media platform and tech company to admonish the Infowars host. While Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Facebook and even YouPorn all took definitiveaction against Jones and Infowars in recent weeks, Twitter still allowed the controversial far right …
Read More »The Mysterious Heir of Extreme Travel
In March 2015, an elite group of adventurers boarded the Ortelius, an ice-strengthened cruise ship bound for Bouvet Island. The 29-day journey was long and arduous: Considered by some measurements the remotest landmass on the planet, the Norwegian territory lies in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean, a forlorn …
Read More »Inside One Man's Serial-Killer Unification Theory
There is a lot to question about the wild theories raised on Paramount Network’s new true crime series, It Was Him: The Many Murders of Ed Edwards, but let’s get one thing straight – the sincerity of the man behind them, John A. Cameron, isn’t one of them. For the …
Read More »T.J. Miller Arrested for Allegedly Reporting Fake Bomb Threat
Former Silicon ValleystarT.J. Miller was arrested Monday night for allegedly making a fake bomb threat, CNN reports. The actor is accused of “intentionally conveying to law enforcement false information about an explosive device.” On March 18th, Miller allegedly called 911 and told the dispatcher that he was on an Amtrak …
Read More »Bill Murray Compares Parkland Students to Vietnam Protestors
Bill Murray praised Parkland high schoolers for kickstarting a new push for gun control following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.Speaking with NBC News, the actor said the student protestors reminded him of the student protestors that began the movement to end the Vietnam War. “It …
Read More »One Night with Stormy Daniels, the Hero America Needs
Stormy Daniels answers the door of her Houston hotel room wearing little athletic shorts and a green Pantera tank top over a sports bra, her long blond hair in a loose ponytail. We shake hands and she jumps back onto her bed, sitting up with her legs tucked under her …
Read More »Stop Making Mass Murder a Meme
The reaction online to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida yesterday has been pitiful, which is to say, it’s been typical. Politicians from both major political parties have offered empty words on Twitter. Media pundits all agree that anyone who doesn’t agree with them is wrong, wrong, wrong. The NRA …
Read More »UFC 220: Champ Stipe Miocic Faces Greatest Threat Francis Ngannou
The UFC Heavyweight division embarks on arguably its most intriguing chapter on Saturday at UFC 220. Perhaps the most anticipated title fight since the days of Brock Lesnar takes place when reigning UFC Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic puts his gold on the line against destructive challenger Francis Ngannou. Over the …
Read More »Two Steps Back: What Sessions' Latest Move Means for Pot in America
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today that he plans to rescind the Cole memo, the Obama-era policy instructing federal prosecutors not to charge marijuana-related offenses in states where the drug is legal. Under the Department of Justice’s new guidelines, prosecutors themselves will be able to decide the degree to which …
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