Did you see that NBC bombshell earlier today about how the feds wiretapped Michael Cohen and captured him on a call with the White House? Well, it wasn’t true. NBC corrected its story to note that while federal investigators are keeping an active log of Cohen’s calls, they aren’t monitoring his conversations. Only a little different…
Reverend Patrick Conroy, the House Chaplain Paul Ryan edged out of his job, has rescinded his resignation, claiming Ryan publicly misrepresented his justification for ousting Conroy, and that Ryan’s chief of staff told him he was to be replaced by “a Chaplain that [isn’t] Catholic.” In response, Ryan agreed to let Conroy remain in his position.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences voted to expel both Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski. Cool, now do Woody Allen.
Arizona’s teacher strike came to an end after the state passed legislation increasing teacher pay by 20 percent over the next three years, while also increasing funding for support staff, textbooks, technology, and more.
West Virginia GOP Senate candidate/convicted criminal Don Blankenship is ratcheting up his racist attack on Mitch McConnell’s “China family.” Blankenship is loathsome, but McConnell welcomed loathsome into the party in 2016, and now the tiger has turned on him.
The Navy will no longer make public announcements when commanders are fired for misconduct. This setback for transparency aligns the Navy with other branches of the U.S. armed services, which do not generally make announcements like this.
Twenty-seven more women have accused Charlie Rose of sexual harassment, and management at CBS was reportedly aware of at least three complaints, according to a new Washington Post investigation.
An EPA employee got caught trying to plant a damaging story about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to “take the heat off” his boss, Scott Pruitt. Sounds like these people need a retreat with some trust falls ASAP.
Change your Twitter password. Then delete the app. Then reinstall it because you have a problem.
The NBA has warned Drake to mind his language after the Raptors superfan got into a heated exchange with Cleveland’s Kendrick Perkins earlier this week. Nice For What, am I right?
Monica Lewinsky has some thoughts for Liddle Marco.
