There will be no more government executions in the state of Washington. On Thursday afternoon, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional and immediately commuted the sentences of eight men on death row. They will serve life in prison, but will not be killed.
Today, the New Yorker published an absolute gut-punch of a story describing how Helen, a 5-year-old child from Honduras, was taken from her family and convinced to sign away her rights to an important judicial hearing, then swept into a complicated bureaucratic system that nearly lost her entirely.
On Wednesday, Stephen Elliott filed a lawsuit against Moira Donegan, the creator of the Shitty Media Men list, in which he asks for $1,500,000 in damages, alleging that his inclusion on the list and “[t]he wholly unsubstantiated allegations published in the List, particularly with regard to allegations about…
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has ordered this of the armed services: get your fighter jets ready for action. Mattis has instructed the services he wants four out of five fighter jets ready for combat within one year—which is a far cry from current levels.
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Michael Avenatti, one of the slickest grifters to arise from the anti-Trump Resistance, is trying to piggyback on the success of Beto O’Rourke to line the pockets of his newly-formed political action committee.
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
For months, Democrats have seen Tennessee as a sleeper opportunity for them to pick up a Senate seat. Sen. Bob Corker’s retirement paved the way for an open race between Rep. Marsha Blackburn and the state’s last Democratic governor, Phil Bredesen. But after Bredesen volunteered last week…
The world has been appalled by the apparent murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the country’s Turkish embassy. The Washington Post reported on U.S. intelligence intercepts which claim Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—that supposed reformer—personally orchestrated a plot to lure Khashoggi into the…
Last December, a former Def Jam music executive named Drew Dixon told The New York Times that Russell Simmons raped her in 1995 after a period of aggressive sexual harassment at work. At the time of the alleged assault, Dixon was just 24, with successful projects under her belt and a platinum record. But even though…
Things are dark in America right now. I’m not going to enumerate the reasons why. You know. I know. For just one minute though, let’s try to look forward.....to 2020.
First Lady Melania Trump was having a jolly old time touring Africa, many thousands of miles away from her evil husband, until THE MEDIA jumped all over her for wearing a pith helmet, a symbol of imperial rule, as part of her Out of Africa getup.
Do you think that anyone in the Trump administration actually, truly cares that Saudi Arabia probably kidnapped, murdered, and disappeared a journalist? I will tell you the answer: no.
The left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the nonprofit Prosperity Now have released a new report looking at who benefited the most from last year’s Republican tax cuts, and—surprise, surprise—it was white people. Specifically, it was rich-ass white people.
On Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump welcomed Kanye West to the White House for the pair’s recently announced lunch and policy chat, and if that sentence makes you feel like you’re tripping balls, it’s nothing compared to how surreal the actual meeting was.
People do astoundingly stupid shit online. But for all the noise we make about everything you should never post on social media, it should really go without saying that potentially implicating yourself in a felony crime by way of a publicly available video is a no-go. Alas, such is the case for one Missouri man who…
Remember back in August, when Senate Democrats struck a deal with Mitch McConnell to confirm a package of 15 judges to lifetime appointments on the federal judiciary? That was fun. So fun, in fact, that we’re doing it all over again: Politico reported this morning that McConnell is preparing another package of…
Weighted blankets, ratcheting leather belts, and some of the best Dyson deals we’ve ever seen lead off Thursday’s best deals from around the web.
