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We know so little. This picture of Hillary Clinton eating tacos during her 2008 presidential campaign offers an inside look of what her meal at Chipotle may have looked like. Photo: Danny Moloshok/Reuters/Corbis According to Lexis-Nexis, fewer than 300 stories have been written about Hillary Clinton’s trip to a Chipotle in Ohio on Monday. The…
Washington-based website and newsletter The Politico, like the CBS procedural dramas CSI and NCIS before it, is hoping to recapture the magic with a series of region-specific spin-offs. First, already extant The Politico-owned news site Capital New York will “rebrand” itself as The Politico New York, much like when Macy’s bought every regional department store…
Just last year, Ben Bernanke was still serving as the head of the Federal Reserve—the most powerful central banking position in the world. Now, he’s going to work for a hedge fund. Is it possible—just possible—that we have a systemic problem? The “revolving door” between powerful governmental (or quasi-governmental, in the case of central bankers)…
Today, Hillary Clinton embarked on a “surprise” tour of Iowa, which started at a community college in the eastern town of Monticello. There, she spoke to a small group of supporters, and inadvertently triggered what may be the most embarrassing video we see all campaign season when MSNBC caught sight of a mob of reporters…
The storage facility of prohibited items collected at Newark Liberty International Airport (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) If the past 10 years have taught us anything, it’s that, one way or another, the TSA is going to get at your crotch. The latest data point comes from Denver, courtesy of CSBS4: A CBS4 investigation…
With polls giving her a four-to-one lead over her closest rivals, it would seem like Hillary Clinton has good reason to be optimistic about her recently announced presidential campaign. After all, she is quite literally the odds-on favorite. However, although her frontrunner status will almost certainly give her huge advantages in fundraising, attracting attention from the…
Reserve sheriff’s deputy Robert Bates and shooting victim Eric Harris (Tulsa Police Department) The reserve Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot and killed a man last week when he thought he had pulled his Taser, is part of a group of wealthy donors who make large contributions to the department for the privilege of…
5 Brainwashing Tricks That Work No Matter How Smart You Are Everyone is talking about Scientology again, and why not? It’s a billion-dollar cult apparently based on convincing actors they have superpowers. But there’s no reason to single them out — look around and you’ll see the world is full of people who’ve either gotten…
Here’s what all the single ladies really want from the government — and it isn’t for a President to put a ring on it. Any questions? – Ilana Zucker-Scharff.
Hillary Clinton is expected to announce she’s officially launching a campaign for president on Sunday, formally ending two years of speculation and expectation that she would run again. Many questions remain, among them: Will she embrace President Obama’s legacy or criticize the president, and on what? How partisan will she go and how early? What…