Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convened a panel of health misinformation superstars on Tuesday evening for a roundtable discussion that suggested his medical conspiracism will be a key component of his 2024 presidential run. During the unfiltered conversation, he falsely suggested that millions of deaths in the Great Influenza (or “Spanish …
Read More »Snippetcore Is the Post-Genre at the End of the Internet
I n the summer of 2021, as the vibes shifted around us, 20-year-old musician Wolfacejoeyy uploaded a 19-second clip from a song called “Miss Me” to his TikTok page. Joey, who started making beats at 14, says he was encouraged in an Instagram group chat with rappers Sofaygo and Dom …
Read More »Top Trump Adviser Pushed for Drone Strikes on Migrants, New Book Claims
Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s top immigration advisers, advocated using U.S. predator drones in 2018 to blow up migrant boats full of unarmed civilians, according to an upcoming book by a former administration official. In a passage reviewed by Rolling Stone, former Trump Department of Homeland Security appointee Miles …
Read More »Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty Against Idaho Murder Suspect
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger. Kohberger, 28, a former Washington State University graduate student in criminology, is accused of stabbing Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, in their off-campus apartment on Nov. 13, 2022. He was arrested on December …
Read More »'The Bear' Star Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Cousin Richie's MVP Season 2
The Bear’s Cousin Richie, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, has come a long way from when viewers first met him as a curmudgeonly creature of habit who’s quick to fight his cousin, Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), and his sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) at every turn. When Carmy returns to …
Read More »'My So-Called Life' and the Coming-Out Scene That Changed TV History
About a week before the finale, the Washington Post ran its own plea to keep the show on the air, with the headline, “A TV Show Worth Saving.” Writer Judy Mann shared her love of the show, which she said offered just as much to her as to her teen …
Read More »Lola Brooke Wants People to Feel as Powerful as She Does When Playing Her Music
Hip-hop‘s blazing newcomer Lola Brooke is getting used to taking up space, living rent-free in people’s minds, and holding even more real estate on their playlists — and she wants everyone else to feel as powerful as she does. The rapper, who broke through last year in a major way …
Read More »Someone Threw Their Mother's Ashes on Stage During Pink's Performance in London
Shame and embarrassment are at an all-time low, and unhinged behavior at concerts is at an all-time high. Over the past few weeks, Bebe Rexha had to receive stitches on her face from someone throwing a phone at her face during a concert in New York, and Ava Max was …
Read More »New Justice Dept. Report Details 'Serious Failures' That Led to Jeffrey Epstein's Suicide
An extensive and detailed 128-page report from the U.S. Department of Justice details “numerous and serious failures” that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to die by suicide while in the care of New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in 2019. A timeline chronicling Epstein’s arrest on July 6, when federal prosecutors charged …
Read More »Crackpot MAGA Theory (Thankfully) Loses at the Supreme Court
MAGA had its day in court Tuesday — and thankfully, it lost. By a vote of 6-2, the Supreme Court rejected one of the most bizarre theories to make it to its hallowed halls: that in setting the terms of elections — maps, polling places, voting rules, even review of …
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