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WASHINGTON—With Donald Trump’s two remaining GOP rivals suspending their candidacies and clearing a path for the billionaire businessman to assume the Republican presidential nomination, reports indicated Wednesday that, well, hoo boy, here we go. “So I guess that’s that—we’re off and running here,” said Oregon resident Carl Jacobs, raising his eyebrows and drawing in a…
If Dungeons and Dragons, be Jeremy Irons and not Thora Birch. Or Marlon Waynes. Hey buddy, are you on a movie set and have just looked around and realized that you’re the only one who’s realized that this film isn’t going to make it? Well then, we have some advice for you. First of all,…
Let’s be honest: national leadership is a cakewalk when you’ve already got a government and infrastructure in place. As long as you don’t interfere with the integrity of an established system for determining succession or base your entire mission statement on stopping anything from getting done, you can’t screw up too badly. (Personal note to…
oh hi We at Wonkette are serious journalists, so we like to stay on top of when there is a hot guy. We have done deep analysis time and again on how hot Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is, especially when he’s man-flirting with our President Obama, and now it is time to file a…
New York’s primary has been a mess even by this year’s generally messy standards. The state’s closed system requires voters to register with a party more than six months in advance if they want to vote in the primary—which is by far the earliest and most independent-unfriendly deadline in the nation. Previously unaffiliated voters—and there are a…
Wow. So, Hillary Clinton went on the Breakfast Club and said—barely refraining herself from launching into the rest of the “Formation” chorus, we assume—that she keeps hot sauce in her bag? And apparently she’s been laying tracks for this latest act of pandering for years now? Clinton talked about hot sauce to Conde Nast Traveler…
COPY PHOTO/copy photo Col Allan, 62, will retire at the end of the month. He joined News Corp. in 1974 and rose through the ranks to become editor-in-chief of the tabloid in 2001. It’s the end of an error at the New York Post. Col Allan — the longest-serving editor at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp….
Rejoice and be glad, for it is time for an update on The Slot’s favorite political commentator. Craig Mazin, Ted Cruz’s completely delightful college roommate, is back. Fuckin’ Craig. Love that guy. Ted Cruz, as we all learned together this morning, fought passionately against the legalization of dildos during his time as the Solicitor General…
Photo: adwarren/Instagram Today the New York Times’ “Style” section brings us a delightfully nauseating look into the lives of New York City’s “Snap Pack,” a group of wealthy 22-year-olds who are doing a lot with their personal Instagram and Snapchat accounts. Some of them may already be familiar to you…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter Kyra Kennedy, 20, used Instagram to pick on a New York magazine blogger — and now she’s being forced off social media by her dad, his reps told Page Six. The bullying brouhaha began when Allie Jones of New York magazine fashion blog the Cut wrote a short post about…