James Downie
Digital Opinions Editor at The Washington Post and special investigator for the British Dental Association.
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Throw the Bums Out
We are in the midst of a world-historic failure of governance. Why isn’t anyone in charge acting like they are responsible for it?
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"If America’s coronavirus crisis ended today, we could safely declare that New York had among the worst responses on the planet...It's hard to figure out why a governor and mayor who presided over that catastrophe have not been embarrassed into resigning."
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Ronan Farrow Strikes Again: A New Book Targets NBC News and How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer
In his first interview about the explosive 'Catch and Kill,' the journalist reveals fresh claims of secret payouts and how Lauer may have played a role in the network’s decision to kill his 2017 Harvey Weinstein exposé: "I'm very clear about the...
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"While Farrow was trying to lock down an interview with Clinton for his foreign policy book — while also still working on the Weinstein story — ...Clinton's publicist...told him that the "big story" Farrow was working on was a 'concern.'"
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Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm. The Doctors Used Their Own.
Scores of children born through artificial insemination have learned from DNA tests that their biological fathers were the doctors who performed the procedure.
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"Law and Order" did an episode predicting this *25 years* ago, yet only three states have gotten around to criminalizing it.
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Susan Collins stoops further
So much for finding Christine Blasey Ford "compelling."
White House leakers leak about leaking
You name it, they leak it at the Trump White House.
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Worth remembering: "'To cover my tracks, I usually pay attention to other staffers' idioms and use that in my background quotes. That throws the scent off me,' the current White House official added."
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Shake Shack Is Our Most Overrated Fast Food Restaurant
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re talking about exes, salt grinders, eating dinosaurs, and more.
What in the world is Rudy Giuliani talking about?
"Truth isn't truth."
Obama should fire John Brennan
Confirmation that the CIA illegally accessed Senate computers should lead to accountability.
‘Unite the Right’ flops while the left triumphs
Media and law enforcement should reconsider how they treat both groups.
Susan Collins’s grand delusion
Collins's words Sunday make clear that she will be able to convince herself to back Trump's nominee.
The forgotten dead of Puerto Rico
A disgraceful silence from key portions of the media.
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"Yet on the major Sunday talk shows — the purest distillation of what the media and political establishments consider worth discussing — not once was Puerto Rico mentioned. That is a disgrace." My latest
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Jordan Peterson comes to town: A conversation between skeptics
A conversation about Jordan Peterson, "12 Rules for Life" and the "intellectual dark web."
Giuliani stumbles into another fiasco
There are two things to learn from the latest Giuliani train wreck.
Trump was outrageous in Michigan. So where’s the outrage?
While 'objective' journalists were fanning themselves over a comedian being mean to the White House press secretary, Trump was finding new lows more than 400 miles away.
Rand Paul’s embarrassing surrender
His capitulation was even worse than some of his Senate colleagues'.
Steven Mnuchin’s deeply worrying gaffe
The Trump administration seems determined to mine new levels of incompetence.
Lindsey Graham says firing Mueller would be the ‘beginning of the end’ for Trump. Don’t bet on it.
The president's 'end' will begin only at the ballot box.
The White House’s complete disarray on North Korea continues
You could develop a more credible plan in a few hours on Google than the Trump administration has offered after several days.
Twitter is finally rolling out a ‘save for later’ feature called Bookmarks
It’s been one of the most popular Twitter product requests for years.
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Today: Hey this new "bookmarks" feature is pretty handy
Tomorrow: I have 5000 unread bookmarks please send help
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The dangerous incentives of Facebook’s ad machine
The social media giant incentivized propaganda over less click-bait-heavy advertising.