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On Thursday, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter claimed that the Department of Homeland Security demanded access to her mobile phones when she was crossing the border at the Los Angeles airport. The case highlights the powers that border agents purport to have, and how vulnerable sensitive information can be when taken through airports…
Thiel Photographer: Bruno Levy/CHALLENGES-REA/Redux When Peter Thiel has the first move in a chess game, he lifts his e5 pawn, the fifth from the left and the one directly in front of his king, and advances it two spaces. It’s an aggressive tactic, putting the bishop and queen into play, which is why Thiel likes…
Published on Jul 18, 2016 Unable to explain the success of Trump’s campaign, Stephen seeks out Jon Stewart for advice interrupting the former “Daily Show” anchor’s blissful, kale-fueled isolation. Subscribe To “The Late Show” Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/ColbertYouTube For more content from “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, click HERE: http://bit.ly/1AKISnR Watch full episodes of “The Late Show”…
Sam and her staff depart for Cleveland, and morale is at an all-time medium! Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new Mondays at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS! We Got a Bus! | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: We Got a Bus! | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS…
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Monday’s live show brought his “Hungry for Power Games” segment to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. “The red carpet, of course, is here to hide the rivers of blood that will eventually pour down from the cornucopia, when Donald Trump, flanked by his two eunuchs, takes the stage,”…
Sen. Ted Cruz delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention, July 20, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention, July 20, at…
On Monday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s supporters attempted a coup, and on Tuesday they complained that the Republican National Committee’s rules forbid them from doing so successfully, so it stands to reason that on Wednesday the man they supported stepped onto the stage in Cleveland and pointedly refused to endorse his once-bitter rival, Donald Trump….
U.S. Appeals Court Finds Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Minority Voters Voters stand in line to cast their ballots inside Calvary Baptist Church in Rosenberg, Texas, on March 1, during the primaries. Erich Schlegel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Schlegel/Getty Images Voters stand in line to cast their ballots inside Calvary…
I’ve been going back and forth about whether or not to say anything about Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones, but I’m just going to go ahead and put my two cents out there. Leslie Jones’ brand of humor is disconcerting to me, especially that time on Saturday Night Livewhen she glorified rape and breeding during slavery, and on another…
Medium, the digital publishing start-up led by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, is about to add the largest website yet to its growing portfolio. The liberal site ThinkProgress will shift over to the platform next month. “It’s really impossible for an independent publisher to develop and maintain their own publishing platform in this environment. Most of…