North Korea and the Risks of Miscalculation  —  Not long after the United States Navy dispatched a carrier strike group in the direction of the Korean peninsula following a North Korean missile test last week, Pyongyang vowed to counter “the reckless act of aggression” and hinted at “catastrophic consequences.”

CREW STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE REFUSAL TO RELEASE VISITOR LOGS  —  Washington, D.C.—In response to the White House's decision to break six years of tradition and refuse to release White House visitor logs, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Executive Director Noah Bookbinder released the following statement:

DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White  —  The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white.  —  As an undergraduate studying calculus …

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‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB impact  —  Locals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon … After his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner.

Alt-Right Ringleader Mike Cernovich Threatens to Drop ‘Motherlode’ If Steve Bannon Is Ousted  —  A week after President Donald Trump began to publicly distance himself from White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, alt-right ringleader Mike Cernovich threatened to release a “motherlode” …

A Trump Tower Neighbor Is the Point Man for Europe's Populists  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — George Guido Lombardi spotted President Trump's young son Barron alone on a couch playing a video game in the gaping and gilded living room of Mar-a-Lago, his father's private oceanfront club in Palm Beach.

Decorated Navy SEAL moonlighting as a porn star  —  Joseph John Schmidt III during one of his many community outreach events for the Navy SEALs.  (photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)  —  Navy Chief Special Warfare Officer Joseph John Schmidt III has been living dual lives.

Leaked NSA Malware Threatens Windows Users Around the World  —  The ShadowBrokers, an entity previously confirmed by The Intercept to have leaked authentic malware used by the NSA to attack computers around the world, today released another cache of what appears to be extremely potent …

NASA ‘sting’ operation against 74-year-old widow of Apollo engineer draws court rebuke  —  Agents of the U.S. government are entitled to immunity from lawsuits for what they do in the line of duty, as long as they do it right, in accord with the Constitution.

Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Word Is” President Obama's Daughters “Aren't Even His Kids”  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): This is out of The Hill, Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia, where there is no criminal extradition to the United States and it's funny they just brought …

Trump and The Problem of Militant Ignorance  —  It is what we might call ‘the consensus judgment’ that President Trump is a deeply ignorant man and perhaps a profoundly ignorant President.  But it is worth stepping back and considering just what this means, the different kinds of ignorance that exist and how they differ.

How to fix the Supreme Court  —  The way we choose Supreme Court nominees is broken.  Here's how to fix it.  —  It's worth taking a step back to realize just how broken the process for selecting Supreme Court justices now is.  —  In 2016, Senate Republicans responded to Antonin Scalia's death …

Remember when the White House had faith?  —  It appears likely that President Trump will not continue the White House Easter Prayer Breakfast, a tradition that began in 2010 under President Barack Obama where he would invite Christian leaders from across the country to join him for a service in the East Room of the White House.

Trump visits Mar-a-Lago resort for 23rd day as president  —  President Trump's Friday trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort marks the 23rd day he's visited the West Palm Beach club over the first 84 days of his presidency.  —  Trump will spend the full three-day Easter weekend at the resort.

Expecting Donald Trump To Grow on the Job?  Imagine If Jerry Jones Had Hired Him To Coach the Cowboys.  —  Honestly.  Donald Trump is “growing”?  That's what they're saying on my teevee.  The truth is more brutal.  —  Everyone, including the Beast, took note of the President's six flip-flop Wednesday.

Justice vetoes budget by unveiling bull manure  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice showed state lawmakers what he thought of their $4.1 billion budget, vetoing it with a pile of bull manure Thursday.  —  Appearing before a crowd in the state capitol's lower rotunda …

New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy  —  Following Donald Trump's election, The New York Times promised its readers that it would aggressively pursue truth and challenge power in the days and months ahead.

Neo-Nazis Are Tearing Apart the Furry World  —  The war began when a fascist party and its armband-clad leader led a putsch.  Antifascists mobilized in response.  Threats of violence ensued.  —  Then the Rocky Mountain Fur Con canceled all future events.

Facebook Discovers ‘Major Spam Operation,’ USA Today Likes Plummet  —  Clinton Communications Director On Obama: ‘He Looked Kind Of Like A Jackass’  —  Watch The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Explode All Over ISIS In Afghanistan  —  VIDEO: Maine Dems Caught On Cam Laughing About Rising Suicide Rates Among White Males

The Crisis of Attention Theft—Ads That Steal Your Time for Nothing in Return  —  By now, it is pretty well understood that we regularly pay for things in ways other than using money.  Sometimes we pay still with cash.  But we also pay for things with data, and more often, with our time and attention.

Maine Democrats Laugh About Rising Suicide Rates Among White Males [VIDEO]  —  Former Maine senatorial candidate Richard Fochtmann was filmed joking about rising suicide rates among white males at a recent event hosted by the Maine Democratic Party.  —  The video shows Fochtmann tell the crowd at a …