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Meghan McCain: Migrant Kids Aren’t in ‘Torture’ Facilities — My Dad Was
Meghan McCain: Migrant Kids Aren’t in ‘Torture’ Facilities — My Dad Was

During Tuesday’s episode of The View, Meghan McCain found a new opportunity to remind her co-hosts and the viewing audience that she is indeed the daughter of late senator and twice failed presidential candidate John McCain. This time she managed to invoke … Read More

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Rolling Loud Bay Area 2019 Lineup Announced: Future, Migos, Lil Uzi Vert, and G-Eazy Headline
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Future, Migos, Lil Uzi Vert, and G-Eazy to Headline Rolling Loud Bay Area 2019

The lineup for Rolling Loud's Bay Area 2019 edition has been announced. The third annual installment of the Northern California outpost of the multi-city hip-hop…
Maggie Serota / June 24, 2019
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E. Jean Carroll Says She's "Sick of" Trump Gaslighting His Sexual Assault Accusers
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E. Jean Carroll: “I’m Sick of” Donald Trump Gaslighting His Sexual Assault Accusers

On Monday morning, veteran writer and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll sat down with CNN's Alisyn Camerota to discuss the writer's New York magazine cover story, which…
Maggie Serota / June 24, 2019
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New Donald Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in Store Dressing Room
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Trump Faces Rape Allegation From New Accuser E. Jean Carroll

Writer and former television host E. Jean Carroll has accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in…
Maggie Serota / June 21, 2019
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala Swears Beto O’Rourke Is Punk As Hell

Pause for a moment on that picture up top of the besuited white guy. What do you see? A well-mannered and ambitious man willing to…
Tosten Burks / June 20, 2019
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Joe Biden Discusses Throwing Ravers in Jail at RAVE Act Hearing in 2001
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Joe Biden Wanted to Ban Raves and Jail Promoters in 2001 Senate Testimony

A clip of 2020 Democratic hopeful Joe Biden from 2001 has been making the rounds recently. In it, the then-Delaware senator is arguing on behalf…
Maggie Serota / June 19, 2019
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Boy George Wants Sophie Turner to Play Him in a Movie
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Boy George Thinks Sophie Turner Could Play Him in Forthcoming Biopic

Following the success of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, a Boy George biopic is in the works ,and the '80s pop star has expressed interest in…
Maggie Serota / June 17, 2019
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Trump Chastises Mick Mulvaney for Coughing, Says He Hates Breakfast
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Trump Dislikes Coughing and Breakfast, According to New Interview

If there's one thing President Trump loves doing, it's debasing his staff when cameras are present. Just ask former White House Chief of Staff Reince…
Maggie Serota / June 17, 2019
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Trump Calls 'Fox & Friends' on His 73rd Birthday
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Sad Old Man Spends Birthday Ranting on the Phone With Three Morons

President Trump celebrated his 73rd birthday Friday morning by calling in to the three nodding heads who occupy the Fox & Friends couch: Steven Doocy,…
Maggie Serota / June 14, 2019
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Trump Tweets Bragging About Time Spent with "Prince of Whales"
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What an Absolute Moron

Donald Trump once again showed his commitment to tweeting through it following a particularly damning interview with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos in which he admitted that he would openly…
Maggie Serota / June 13, 2019
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Beto O'Rourke on The Clash: 'London Calling' "Absolutely Changed My Life"
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Beto O’Rourke Launches New Offensive in War to Be the Democrats’ Biggest Fan of the Clash

Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke is still locked in a nascent but bitter war with fellow longshot 2020 candidate Bill de Blasio over which Democratic presidential…
Maggie Serota / June 12, 2019
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Who Loves the Clash More: Beto or de Blasio?

Imagine showing up to a party and realizing your worst frenemy is wearing the exact same patched-up, safety-pinned army surplus jacket you picked out for the…
Andy Cush / June 10, 2019
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Golfers Rory McIlroy Bubba Watson Don't Know George Harrison Lucas
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George Harrison’s Forgotten Solo Gems

Very few people are aware that George Harrison released two solo albums whilst still a Beatle.
DJ Pangburn / June 7, 2019
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The Stray Dogs Of Chernobyl
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Russia Is Producing a Show About Chernobyl That Blames CIA for Disaster

Chernobyl, HBO's miniseries about the devastating 1986 nuclear accident, was a surprise hit, drawing more than 6 million viewers for its finale and landing the…
Andy Cush / June 7, 2019
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Trump Signs Top of D-Day Letter
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Donald Trump Really Wants You to Notice His Signature on This D-Day Letter

If there's one thing we've learned about President Trump in the two years he's occupied the Oval Office, it's that he absolutely can not abide…
Maggie Serota / June 7, 2019
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Donald Trump Finally Crosses The Line, Calls Bette Midler “A Washed Up Psycho”

Bette Midler apologized for tweeting a fake quote attributed to Trump circa 1998. Of course, Trump jumped on this opportunity to call “fake news."
Julia Gray, Stereogum / June 5, 2019
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Jack White Rediscovers Rock’n’Roll on the Raconteurs’ Rollicking <i>Help Us Stranger</i>
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Guided By Voices’ <i>Bee Thousand</i>: The 1994 SPIN Review
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Bill Callahan’s <i>Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest</i> Captures Family Life in All Its Complexity
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