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Before we get to why many on-demand apps have struggled to achieve mass-market prices, it is important to remember why anyone ever thought they could: because Uber did it. The ride-hailing company that is valued by investors at more than $60 billion began as a luxury service. The magic of Uber was that it used…
I understand the allure of the possible revelation that a world class stone thrower also abides in a glass house. But of all the reasons to be outraged about Ted Cruz, of all the nyah nyah nyah reasons to pick the guy apart, Friday’s explosive claims that the Republican presidential candidate has repeatedly cheated on…
The National Enquirer is reporting that Texas Senator Ted Cruz has had affairs with at least five different women — one of whom, according to its photo spread, is Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson: #CruzSexScandal #HurricaneKatrina #TrumpCard @DRUDGE_REPORT https://t.co/tw7fs9qAWT We found the exact image pic.twitter.com/9WXiVj3mCT — Rachel Scheinberg (@Fleet_Forest) March 25, 2016 Of course, the…
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz hugs his wife, Heidi, during a campaign rally in Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 19.Jim Watson/Getty Images One accomplishment of Donald Trump’s campaign for president has been to reveal that American politics had not previously been as degraded as some of us thought. Before he entered the scene, many…
Big City By GINIA BELLAFANTE Late in the afternoon on St. Patrick’s Day, Glen Grays, a 27-year-old African-American mail carrier, was making his rounds in Crown Heights, in Brooklyn, about to leave a package at 999 President Street. Mr. Grays prides himself on getting to know the community he serves, he told me on Wednesday….
The National Review, a conservative magazine for the Republican elite, recently unleashed an attack on the “white working class”, who they see as the core of Trump’s support. The first essay, Father Führer, was written by the National Review’s Kevin Williamson, who used his past reporting from places such as Appalachia and the Rust Belt…
The pipeline started at baptism and ended at college graduation. Catholic kids in Philly went to Catholic grade school and Catholic high school and, if they weren’t a star athlete or headed to the Ivy League caliber student, probably Saint Joseph’s, La Salle, Villanova or maybe one of the smaller Catholic colleges in the area,…
Can one disagreeable atheist persuade a conference of believers that their religion must be trampled and then re-trampled into dust? Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on Monday nights at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS! Visit SamanthaBee.com for more videos and web extras. Source: There is No God at CPAC | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee…
You’d think crucial evidence for one of the worst crimes imaginable wouldn’t be gathering dust on a shelf like a can of creamed corn. But you’d be wrong. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on Monday nights at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS! Visit SamanthaBee.com for more videos and web extras. Source: Rape Kit Backlog |…
Republicans give the Supreme Court a taste of Congressional paralysis. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on Monday nights at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS! Visit Sa… Supreme Court Battle | Full Frontal on Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: Supreme Court Battle | Full Frontal on Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube