Former Veep Joe Biden WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES On Friday, former Nevada state legislator Lucy Flores accused former Vice President Joe Biden of inappropriate contact at a 2014 campaign event, alleging that Biden came up behind her, smelled her hair, and planted “a big slow kiss” on the back of her head as she […]
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Eli Sanders is The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won this, but he also once crashed his bike into a parked car while on his way to a staff meeting, never mind this, so… His website, which probably hasn't been updated in a while, is www.elisanders.net.
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Another Reason to Want the Whole Mueller Report: It Describes Russia’s 2016 Election Interference
Collusion is not the only thing Special Counsel Robert Mueller was looking into. Alex Wong / Getty Images A bit lost in all the coverage of Mueller, obstruction, and collusion is this: the “Mueller Report” contains a description of how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. President Trump has repeatedly ignored the findings of […]
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Barr Knew About Mueller’s Non-Exoneration of Trump Weeks Ago
Contrary to Trump’s tweets, Mueller did not actually exonerate Trump when it comes to obstruction of justice. Alex Wong / Getty Images Still trying to wrap your head around what just happened with the Mueller investigation? You’re not alone. But it looks like at least two people in DC had a big head start on […]
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Facebook Is Having Trouble Finding Worthwhile Reporting in News Deserts It Helped Create
Local news is in crisis, partly because of Facebook. Alexander Koerner / Getty Images Facebook is not the only reason there’s a local news crisis in America. But the rise of Facebook is definitely a major contributor to a massive die-off in community-rooted journalistic enterprises around the country that, according to the Associated Press, has […]
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Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, and “Outsourced Content Moderation”
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren. Drew Angerer / Getty Images By now you’ve heard the story: Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Tech, so her presidential campaign bought ads on Facebook talking about how Facebook is too powerful and should be cut down to size. Then Facebook blocked Warren’s ads, making Warren’s point for her. […]
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Pelosi Says Trump Is “Not Worth” Impeaching
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Win McNamee / Getty Images ITMFA? Nope, says Nancy Pelosi in a new interview with The Washington Post: I’m not for impeachment. This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person before. But since you asked, and I’ve […]
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Millennials and at Least One Billionaire Agree: Capitalism Isn’t Working for the Working Class
Forty percent of American adults couldn’t come up with $400 if they had an emergency. ljubaphoto / Getty Images When a hedge fund billionaire says it, people pay more attention than usual. So Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is currently flagging this 2018 admission from a hedge fund billionaire who said that “capitalism basically is not working for […]
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Is Michael Cohen the New John Dean? Who Is John Dean, Anyway?
Plus other reasons to set the timer on your popcorn popper for 7 am Pacific tomorrow.
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Huge Majority of Americans Want New Taxes on the Super-Rich
But don’t expect to hear praise for the idea from Trump during his State of the Union address tomorrow.
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As 2020 Approaches, Be Careful About Believing Political Videos You See with Your Own Two Eyes
Republicans and Democrats in DC are sounding the alarm about “deep fake” technology. Get ready to not believe everything you see.
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Mike Pence Uses MLK’s Words to Support Border Wall
President Trump and Mike Pence spent just two minutes at the MLK memorial in DC today. Pete Marovich / Getty Images In case you missed it over the weekend, the Vice President of the United States seems to think that one of the lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is […]
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Trump Is Losing the Shutdown Fight
Voters trust Democrats more than Republicans on border security.