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After running Model View Culture for three years, I’m writing our community to share that I am shutting down the publication. We will not be offering any further subscriptions or publishing any new content. All of our existing content will remain free and online on modelviewculture.com, and we’ll be working with authors whose pieces were…
Nazi-punching has become America’s new national pastime since a video of alt-right poster boy Richard Spencer getting decked at Donald Trump’s inauguration went viral. Thanks to Wavves’ Nathan Williams and his brother Joel, who make music together under the name Sweet Valley, those who want to slug white supremacists can now do so from the…
On Wednesday, Donald Trump took to Twitter to once again to let people know about the immense danger we’re all in because of the foreigners pouring into the U.S. The president is still upset that his executive order banning entry for travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries is running into roadblocks in the courts. He hopes…
So, President Donald Trump is supposedly upset that a woman played his White House press secretary on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend. Politico is reporting that seeing Sean Spicer depicted by a thunderous Melissa McCarthy bothered the president so much, particularly because he “doesn’t like his people to look weak.” Spicer himself said that he thought…
Surely there are more than two Republican senators who are smart enough to realize that Betsy DeVos is neither qualified nor competent to lead the U.S. Department of Education. Which makes her confirmation Tuesday all the more maddening. For all of President Donald Trump’s talk as a candidate about disrupting Washington as usual, there…
A source familiar with internal communications said President Donald Trump is disappointed in Spicer’s performance during the first two weeks of the administration. Spicer has served as both White House press secretary and communications director for the new administration. Those roles are typically filled by two staffers. Former Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller was originally…
Sean Spicer’s WHOIS data is public for everyone to see Image: Alex Wong/Getty Images By Brian Koerber2017-02-07 18:54:20 UTC After an election where data security became a regularly debated hot topic, you’d think everyone in politics would, for lack of better poetry, have their shit together. But of course, you’d be wrong. Until very recently,…
The House passed the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 387) yesterday, bringing us one step closer to requiring a warrant before law enforcement can access private communications and documents stored online with companies such as Google, Facebook, and Dropbox. But the fight is just beginning. We’ve long called for pro-privacy reforms to the 1986 Electronic Communications…
Vice President Mike Pence is likely to cast a tiebreaking vote on Tuesday to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, call him the tiebreaker. A vice president does not have much on his plate, as far as constitutional responsibilities go. He presides over the official…
The Senate is expected to vote today on whether to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary. She needs a majority of votes to be confirmed, though Vice President Mike Pence can vote if there is a tie. Here’s a full list of Senate confirmation votes. This page will update live as votes are cast. Live: Senate…