What was perhaps most fascinating about today’s Senate committee inquiry into Facebook’s privacy policies in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal was not the requisite public shaming and scapegoating, but what Mark Zuckerberg wore for his public castigation: a suit. Mark Zuckerberg looked bland and contrite — he avoided smiling, even smirking. When he did…
The condition of our nation’s democracy is no joke, but sometimes you have to take your laughs of despair where you can get them. The rogue-ishly attractive, loathsomely misogynist Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Courtland Sykes specializes in this kind of unintentional end-of-days humor. His belief that feminists’s heads are full of snakes, his desire to…
Josh Mandel, largely considered the Republican frontrunner for the 2018 Ohio Senate seat, announced Friday he is ending his race. Mandel cited health issues his wife is dealing with as the reason for dropping out. “After recent discussions with our family and healthcare professionals, it has become clear to us that it’s no longer possible…
A spokeswoman for Roy Moore once posted a meme implying that if Jews in World War II-era Europe had guns, they would not have gone quietly to the death camps. “Why gun control?” the meme asked, over an image of Jews being loaded on freight trains by Nazi soldiers. “Because armed people will NOT willingly…
Nine faith leaders were arrested after they refused to stop singing “This Little Light Of Mine” in Republican Senator Susan Collins’ office in Maine, the Beacon reported. The clergy staged a “pray-in” Thursday evening to protest Collins’ support for the Senate tax plan. They were charged with criminal trespass. Rabbi Joshua Chasan of Portland was…
Al Franken has been accused of sexual misconduct for a seventh time — this time in an incident that allegedly took place in 2006, Politico reported. An anonymous woman — a former Democratic congressional aide — accused Franken of trying to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006. The alleged…
Four men are accusing the husband of the president of the Massachusetts state senate of sexual misconduct, according to a report in the Boston Globe. Stanley Rosenberg’s husband, Bryon Hefner, is accused of groping the genitals of three men when Rosenberg was standing close by. A fourth man reported being kissed against his will. The…
(JTA) — The Senate Ethics Committee opened a preliminary inquiry into groping allegations against Sen. Al Franken. Six women have accused Franken, D-Minn., who is Jewish, of touching them inappropriately during various photo opportunities and campaign events. The accusations date from between 2003 and 2010. “While the Committee does not generally comment on pending matters…
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