On Wednesday morning, after the news of Donald Trump’s election victory broke, Libby Louwagie, 37, was in a state of shock as she dropped her daughter off at pre-school. As she took her daughter to her classroom, she felt conflicted. “I was walking through the hallways with my sunglasses on, …
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In some ways, the past few days have felt like déjà vu — processing Donald Trump’s election win like it was 2016. But in other ways, it feels very different the second time around. This time, we know what a Trump presidency could look like, and the extensive erosion of …
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Conspiracy theorist and likely Trump administration appointee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may be best known for his anti-vaccine stances, but he recently turned his attention towards America’s dental hygiene — more specifically, the presence of fluoride in drinking water. “On Jan. 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. …
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It’s only been two weeks since an announcement from the Los Angeles Country District Attorney gave supporters of Lyle and Erik Menendez fresh hope that the two, serving life sentences in prison, might finally be released. But the results of the recent election have cast a shadow on that future …
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In his Morning Briefing series on TikTok, Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd posts daily videos about criminals who have been apprehended by his office. The clips are just a taste of the popular Sheriff’s personality. He’s irreverent, often characterizing the arrest of prisoners with aphorisms: “Play stupid games, win …
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It was barely the afternoon of Election Day on the East Coast when Elon Musk decided, based on vague claims of high male turnout he saw online, that men would deliver Donald Trump a decisive victory in a close presidential race. The MAGA billionaire — who has poured at least …
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I’ve been told many times that the best way to see America is to drive across it. You can look at as many maps as you want, but there are things about its mammoth scale that can’t be conveyed in two dimensions. While there are a lot of stretches of …
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It’s tough to think that a squirrel might tilt the presidential election, but it’s 2024, so here we are. It all started last week, when an Instagram-famous rodent named Peanut was taken from a house near Elmira, New York, along with a raccoon named Fred. Peanut had lived with Mark …
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As someone who has worked as an exotic dancer, I’m a tough critic when it comes to cinematic stripper fare, with my own particular set of credibility metrics. Magic Mike trying to fund a business with rubber-banded stacks of cash? Check. “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails in a pivotal dance …
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T ucked between a taqueria and a discount tobacco store on downtown San Francisco’s Market Street sits the International Art Museum of America (IAMA). The white-column-framed double doors open into a towering hall with a pond and a mossy wooden treehouse. Upstairs, past a pair of imperial guardian lions, the …
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