WASHINGTON —Last year, American Media, Inc., the scandal-plagued parent company of theNational Enquirer, produced 200,000 copies of a special-edition magazine called “The New Kingdom.” On its cover was the new crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman. The glossy magazine championed the young Saudi leader and touted his supposed …
Read More »Journey to Antarctica: How Does One Navigate the Wildest Waves in the Southern Ocean?
This is the third dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who will be investigatingthe effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. This morning, from the top deck of the Nathaniel B. Palmer on our way to Antarctica, I notice a wandering albatross soaring beside the ship. Albatrosses are remarkable …
Read More »Roger Stone Went on CNN to Continue His Post-Arrest Publicity Tour
Roger Stone, the man who is still arguing 50 years later that Richard Nixon was innocent, went on CNN with Chris Cuomo Friday night to defend himself after he was arrested Friday and indicted by a grand jury for lying to Congress and trying to “persuade a witness to provide …
Read More »Another Sunday, Another Round of Rudy Giuliani's Weirdness
President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, made the rounds on the Sunday morning news shows and, true to form, the weird and loud Rudy did not disappoint. In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper started a line of questioning about Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, …
Read More »It's Not Just Steve King
Public servants are supposed to serve every one of their constituents faithfully. Iowa’s 4th Congressional District is nearly monochromatic, but there are some voters of color living there. They should have a representative in Congress who isn’t a white supremacist. Frankly, so should the white residents. It is hardly radical …
Read More »Trump Never Had to Build a Wall
The border wall is Trump University. It’s Trump Steaks and Trump Vodka, too. It’s the futile promise of a fruitful career in the Trump Organization if you’ve earned his favor on a game show, or the assurance of fortunes once you buy that book that he didn’t write and likely …
Read More »Comey Says He Will Testify on Condition Testimony Is Made Public
Former FBI Director James Comey announced on Twitter Sunday that he has agreed to testify in front House Republicans on Monday, on the condition that a transcript of the private deposition will be released within 24 hours and that Comey is free to speak publicly immediately afterwards. “Hard to protect …
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