Watch the Jussie Smollett hate hoaxers re-enact the ‘crime’
Abel and Ola Osundairo gave the Empire actor a noogie
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Wednesday
Newark duped by fake nation
The ‘Hindu nation of Kailasa’ has a friend in northern New Jersey
Tuesday
Brave: Biden finally reveals decades-long support for gay rights
What about the Defense of Marriage Act, Joe?
Marianne in Milford
The Democratic presidential candidate clashed with New Hampshire voters
Friday
Wall Street wants Kamala. So do Republicans
Plus: Hung up on Hunter
Thursday
WATCH: Markwayne Mullin’s macho Teamster throwdown
Toxic masculinity in the halls of Congress… on International Women’s Day no less
Tuesday
Bill’s shattered Kristol ball
Weekly Standard and Bulwark founder offers more terrible fantasy presidential picks
Monday
Make CPAC fun again
The conference was a ghost of its former self
Sunday
Russell Brand reminds John Heilemann he’s not one of the media cool kids
It didn’t go well for Mark Halperin’s former pal on Real Time With Bill Maher
Friday
Trump launches TV war against Meatball Ron
Plus: Harry and Meghan’s record unpopularity
AOC’s ethical fashion disaster
The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating her controversial 2021 Met Gala appearance
Monday
A short list of people who said the lab leak theory was a conspiracy
Tom Cotton was right after all
Friday
Did Sam Brinton steal a Tanzanian designer’s clothes?
Plus: Vivek Ramaswamy’s familiar face from the Pennsylvania Senate race
Tuesday
George Santos grilled by Piers Morgan
The New York congressman apologized, but stood behind many of his controversial statements
Saturday
Ron DeSantis is scarier than Trump, says Vanity Fair
The once-great publication now reads like an anti-DeSantis propaganda rag
Friday
Afghanistan lacks #BlackGirlMagic, laments top US diplomat
Plus: Don Lemon’s day off
Thursday
Will Biden finally go to Ukraine?
He will be in Poland just before the conflict’s anniversary
Tuesday
Jim Clapper accuses Politico of disinformation
For a two-year old article calling Hunter’s laptop ‘disinformation,’ containing a letter he signed
Monday
Anna Paulina Luna kneecaps the Washington Post
Congress needs more former Sports Illustrated models, not fewer. Two Post reporters want to take that from us
The New York Times would like you to have more sex, please
Follow the science, prudes