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Credit Illustration by Barry Blitt Barrier Status: ‘none’ In late September, when Donald Trump spoke in Chester Township, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, he wasn’t the only star at the event. Kellyanne Conway, his new campaign manager, who grew up nearby, and who has become ubiquitous on television, was greeted as a celebrity. “Did you see the…
Sarah Kendzior is a St. Louis, Mo.-based commentator who writes about politics, the economy and media. Eight years ago, I was a student at Washington University in St. Louis, which hosted the vice-presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. We laughed that in an election marked by the promise of Barack Obama’s hope and…
Last night, America met the 2016 election season’s newest star. Portly, crimson-clad, bespectacled, mustachioed, and just a little bit giddy, Kenneth Bone was catnip for the bored, half-drunk, miserable masses watching the debate. The internet couldn’t shut up about him, and the press followed suit. “The Ballad of Ken Bone,” the Atlantic mewled; “And the…
Donald Trump preened when vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence got good reviews last week for his debate performance. The Donald bragged that Pence was the “first choice” he had made, and thus a praiseworthy indication of his hiring prowess. Fact check: False. Trump made a much more telling choice two months earlier — a hiring decision…
We don’t know where CNN keeps finding these wackjobs, but we’re glad they keep putting them on television. Here’s a GOP leader from Kansas named Vicki Sciolaro pushing anchor Brooke Baldwin to a point of no return, with talk of harlots, the “Oral Office,” and dismembered babies, all in an attempt to defend Donald Trump….
If you’ve spent much time with me, you’ve undoubtedly heard me ramble on at length about linked data. And in those conversations, you’ve likely heard me say something to the effect of “linked data is REST”. However, I haven’t really spent much time talking about REST by itself – especially considering the amount of importance…
During Sunday’s debate, Donald Trump once again said he doesn’t know whether Russia is trying to hack the U.S. election, despite Friday’s statement by the U.S. intelligence community pointing the finger at Putin — and despite the fact that Trump was personally briefed on Russia’s role in the hacks by U.S. officials. A senior U.S….
Image courtesy of Douglas Woods Whether it’s become of the breach of their account data, reports that the company built a tool for the U.S. government to monitor users’ e-mail, the pending sale (maybe) to Verizon, or because they’ve simply outgrown the service, a lot of users want to quit using Yahoo for their e-mail….
Donald Trump is a master of the “I am rubber and you are glue” approach to political rhetoric, but at Sunday night’s presidential debate, he tried a novel variant on the strategy. After Anderson Cooper asked him point blank if he used his $916 million reported loss from his 1995 tax return to avoid income…
Samsung pauses production of exploding phone as retailers pull it from the shelves The Samsung Galaxy should be renamed the Samsung Supernova: despite recall and replacement, the company’s smartphones keep burning up in spectacular fashion. The Korean manufacturer has paused production and retailers are pulling it from the shelves, reports the BBC. In a further…