The 1996 musical about AIDS-afflicted artists scandalized and inspired my romantic teenage self. Figuring out what Rent got totally wrong about adult life — and right. View this image › Everett Collection / Justine Zwiebel / BuzzFeed Rent first came to San Francisco in 1999, when I was in seventh grade. My best friend Dylan […]
http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/511547093362950144 If you had a Democrat, you’re a winner! And the Senator Who Called Kirsten Gillibrand Chubby Is … http://t.co/ZXPY8eiP68 — Daily Intelligencer (@intelligencer) September 22, 2014 More from NY Mag: Or rather, was — Hawaii’s late, one-armed senator Daniel Inouye. The dirty old man whom New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says groped her while […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Tedgforce/status/268893720689115136 Oh, yes, he did. Dennis Miller appeared on ‘The O’Reilly Factor” last night. Here’s me on O’Reilly, discussing Obama’s post-election press conference and hyper-sensitive restaurant boycotters dennismillerradio.com/b/Video:-Mille… — Dennis Miller Show (@DennisDMZ) November 15, 2012 He had a little something to say about President Obama’s press conference yesterday. Dennis Miller compares Washington Press Corp […]
http://twitter.com/#!/jaketapper/status/288484087121997824 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, author of “What It Takes: The Way to the White House,” as well as books on Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, has died of lung cancer at the age of 62. Journalists who were inspired in their careers by Cramer’s writing were among those to remember him as […]
BBC News reports: Fresh protests are under way in Moscow and other Russian cities following Vladimir Putin’s victory in last weekend’s presidential election. Several thousand people are lining one of central Moscow’s main avenues, with correspondents saying turnout could be the key to future opposition strategy. A wave of protests was sparked last December by […]
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I’ll never see pancakes the same way again. Before I saw these special pancakes, I thought the coolest thing you could do with pancake batter was use it all at once to make a giant, fluffy behemoth. I was so wrong. In addition to looking even better than a giant pancake, what this dad does […]
http://twitter.com/#!/BarreledBrewer/status/519312834044633089 It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times for D.C. mayoral hopeful Muriel Bowser. First up, she was endorsed by President Obama in her run for D.C. mayor. That’s some good news: BREAKING: President Obama has endorsed Muriel Bowser in D.C.'s mayoral race, reports #News4's @TomSherwood. http://t.co/VUtU1hy5cL — NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) October 6, […]
http://twitter.com/#!/SyriaCampaigns/status/326097482859810816 The hashtag #MentionThe450 is trending worldwide and in the United States. Those using the hashtag assert that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad murdered 450 innocent civilians today. #Mentionthe450 murdered by Assad & Co. in Syria today. Someone’s mother. Someone’s child. Someone’s husband. Mostly civilians. Never forget. — Maryam Saleh (@MaryamSaleh_) April 21, 2013 #Obama I […]
http://twitter.com/#!/BethanyBowra/status/474234029504352256 Lefty CNN contributor Sally Kohn couldn’t wait to congratulate Sandra Fluke on her big California state senate win last night: http://twitter.com/#!/sallykohn/status/474231613921198081 Just one little problem: Fluke didn’t actually win. She came in second place and has to face fellow Democrat Ben Allen in a runoff this November. [Update: To clarify, the two candidates garnering […]