Welcome to our weekly rundown ofthebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, André 3000 picks up his flute for a strange yet pleasant pivot; Drake gives Taylor Swift a shoutout; and Tate McRae gets spiteful with her exes. Plus, new music …
Read More »Meet the Neo-Confederate 9/11 Truther Maryland GOP Voters Picked for Attorney General
Maryland’s Republican voters have chosen their nominee for attorney general, and it’s a real doozy: Meet Michael Peroutka, a neo-Confederate former councilman who has espoused conspiratorial views about Sept. 11. CNN’s KFile has uncovered episodes of radio shows co-hosted by Peroutka from 2006 in which he pushes debunked 9/11 conspiracy …
Read More »Democrats Just Helped a Republican Candidate Win His Primary Because They're Sure They Can Beat Him. Sound Familiar?
It was May 4, 2016, and for a certain set of Washington Democrats and their affiliated intelligentsia, it was a day of smug glee. John Kasich had dropped out of the Republican presidential primary, Ted Cruz had bowed out the night before, and the D.C. intelligentsia knew two things for …
Read More »'I'm Absolutely Terrified': Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Kendrick Lamar, and More Denounce Roe v. Wade Decision
In the days following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, musicians and celebrities spanning from Taylor Swift and Jazmine Sullivan to Billie Eilish, John Legend, Kendrick Lamar, and more have used their platform both online and in-person to voice their disappointment and frustration with the reversal that …
Read More »'Coup Memo' Author Admitted in Front of Trump That Their Scheme Was Illegal: Jan. 6 Hearing
“Coup memo” author John Eastman knew that he and former President Trump’s scheme to get Mike Pence to block the certification of the 2020 election was illegal, and said so in front of Trump, according to testimony played during the Jan. 6 committee‘s hearing on Thursday. “Did John Eastman ever …
Read More »'Neptune Frost': An Afrofuturist Dreamscape Musical (!) Takes Capitalism to Task
One of the first songs we hear in Neptune Frost, Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s perceptive and unusual take on a musical, is a work song. It’s during an early scene set among a group of miners who are busy harvesting the raw materials that will make the technologies of …
Read More »Trump Campaign Staffer Told Fake Electors to Operate in 'Complete Secrecy'
The Trump campaign told a group of Georgia Republicans who planned on misrepresenting themselves to Congress as the state’s rightful electors to make sure they carry out the scheme in “complete secrecy,” The Washington Post reported Monday. In an email on December 13, 2020, the day before electors in the …
Read More »Louie Gohmert Whines That Republicans Aren't Allowed to Lie to the FBI — Which Is a Felony
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was indicted Friday on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) wasted no time hustling over to Newsmax to utter an odd complaint, griping that Republicans “can’t even lie to Congress …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Is No One's 'Plan B' in Sexy New Video
Megan Thee Stallion brings the heat (while throwing some serious shade on an ex) in the new music video for her song, “Plan B,” which dropped Thursday. The video sees the rapper spilling some serious tea about a former love while rapping her head bop-worthy verses straight into the camera. …
Read More »White House Press Unleash Their Inner ARMY During BTS Briefing
Call it the BTS House now! The boys of BTS made an appearance alongside Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s press briefing in honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. The group — comprising of Jungkook, V, …
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