One of the only consistencies of American politics in 2019 is that more or less every week a new Democrat has announced they’re running for president. The latest to do so is Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), who made it official Monday morning. He’s the 19th Democrat to officially announce their …
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The Democrats were outraged, yes, outraged, I tell you. Prior to the release of edited versions of the Special Counsel’s report on Thursday and before even Attorney General William Barr’s Kavanaughian attempt at spin earlier that morning, Congressional party leadership requested that Robert Mueller appear before the House Judiciary Committee …
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For the past three years, Lil Dicky has quietly been creating one of the biggest all-star charity records since “We Are The World” and he’s finally ready to share it. “Earth,” a song about the desperate need to save the environment before it’s too late, was produced by Benny Blanco …
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Shovels & Rope partners Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst were wrestling with how they should answer some of their daughter Louisiana’s questions. At three, she’s quickly grown into an inquisitive child — who now has a baby brother — and wanted to know more about some of the popular …
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Sol Pais, the 18-year-old woman who was the subject of an FBI manhunt following reports that she was “obsessed” with Columbine, has been found dead in Denver, according to the FBI (per the New York Times). She was reportedly seen running naked through the woods with a gun and was …
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Frank Ocean‘s contempt for the music industry is Shakespearian in its scale and complexity. The singer’s infrequent interviews are often mystifying, so brief and controlled that they’re often meaningless, but his weathered hatred for the music business is a comforting constant. In Gayletter’s latest cover story, Frank explained the abstract …
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British electronic jazz group the Cinematic Orchestra have announced a rare tour of North America, their first trek on this side of the Atlantic in over a decade. The 23-date jaunt opens October 27th in Houston, Texas and wraps a month later at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall on …
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Early in her Saturday Night Live monologue, host Emma Stone asks to check the sound levels on the microphones. “BTS is here!” she casually notes, and the crowd erupts into furious screams of excitement. That was both a cheap way to generate heat but also a not-so-subtle message to the …
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Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is about to do something wholly out of character: pay the Trump administration a compliment, sort of. It’s a late morning at the end of March, and Nadler is sipping Diet Coke from a paper cup in his spacious office in Washington, …
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday morning on a single charge of conspiring to hack a government computer. The charge was filed last year by the Department of Justice, and stems from his involvement in a 2010 scheme to help Chelsea Manning break a password to a Department of …
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