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Politics Strategic Debate in Gorsuch Battle: Use Filibuster Now or Later? close story-meta-footer close story-meta Photo Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky after a news conference today. The Republican majority led by Mr. McConnell has hinted strongly that it intends to change longstanding rules to elevate Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court with a…
Republicans Go Nuclear, and Senators Point Fingers Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democrat leader, called the nuclear option “the end of a long history of consensus on Supreme Court nominations” that weakened the Senate’s check on the president’s ability to shape the judiciary. Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, accused the Democrats of an “unprecedented partisan…
Auto-play videos lurking in unopened tabs. Pop-ups that won’t go away. Photos that won’t load. Text that’s invaded by ads. It’s hard to complain about the internet without feeling like a mom struggling to post on Facebook, but going online has started to feel like an assault on the senses. The internet so often feels…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes said Thursday he was stepping aside from the investigation into Russian interference in the election and possible ties to Trump campaign aides due to a congressional ethics probe into allegations he made “unauthorized disclosures of classified information.” In a statement, Nunes said he made the decision to “temporarily”…
Miami Beach police officers shoot and kill robbery suspect David Winesett, 51. [Image from 2015 YouTube video] WHY COPS SHOOT An unprecedented review of Florida police shootings reveals how fear and bias breed confusion, how order quickly dissolves into chaos, and ways to avert the violence. Sarasota Part of a series | April…
The live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell died at the box office this weekend, bringing in $19 million in ticket sales against a budget of $110 million. The film brought in $40 million internationally, although it has yet to open in Japan or China. Ghost in the Shell suffered from negative buzz every step…
Horizon Zero Dawn is the latest contender for “best-looking console game ever made,” and with its incredibly detailed open world, unnaturally beautiful lighting and weather effects, and rock-solid performance at 4K resolution, it may capture the crown for the moment. It’s gorgeous on its own, but one Twitter user, SunhiLegend, has been getting a good…
Mass Effect: Andromeda is a game that suffered from animation issues and a number of rough edges that hurt the enjoyment of the story itself. It’s nearly impossible to sit back and get lost in a world when that world has yet to be finished. Yesterday, BioWare announced that a series of patches would fix…
This past Friday, genre culture outlet ICv2 published an interview with David Gabriel, in which the vice president of sales of Marvel Comics blamed an October-November sales slump on “changing tastes.” In his opinion, those changing tastes came from readers who were tired of “more diversity” and “female characters.” “any character that was diverse, any…
Earlier this month, China’s social network giant Tencent held a series of music events called “Husband Exhibition” at Chinese universities. The idea was to showcase new pop stars who appear on the company’s online streaming site; the term “husband” is how China’s female fans refer to male pop stars who are so charming they fantasize…