This Kid Just Died. What He Left Behind Is Wondtacular.

upworthy.com 20 May

If you know you are gonna die before you turn 19, you might as well do this. RIP, Zach.

 
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Why Were DHS Agents Seemingly Monitoring Multiple Tea Party IRS Protests Across the Country on...

theblaze.com 15 hours ago

There were multiple reported sightings of agents with the Department of Homeland Security at several Tea Party-led IRS protests in states like Missouri, Florida, Illinois and Indiana...

 
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‘I Have Not Done Anything Wrong’: IRS Official Invokes 5th Amendment Right

theblaze.com 4 hours ago

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the political targeting scandal invoked her constitutional right not to answer lawmakers' questions on Wednesday, but defiantly asserted that she...

 
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Woman Raped By Ex-Boyfriend Because Police Didn’t Have Enough Funding To Send Help

thinkprogress.org 4 hours ago

Last August, a woman in Josephine County called 911 and pleaded with dispatchers to send police — “my ex-boyfriend is trying to break into my house...

 
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Vox Pop: Iranians React To Dismissal Of Presidential Hopefuls

rferl.org 3 hours ago

RFE/RL's Radio Farda received a flood of comments via e-mail, Facebook, telephone calls, and SMS messages from its audience in Iran that overwhelmingly express disappointment and anger at th...

 
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Activists Pressure Companies To Boycott Facebook Over Its Content Promoting Violence Against Women

thinkprogress.org 4 hours ago

A coalition of sexual violence prevention and women’s equality organizations are joining forces to pressure Facebook to take a stand against any messages that “trivialize or glorify” violence against...

 
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Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood

thestar.com 4 hours ago

Canada is lifting the lifetime ban on blood donation by gay men, though serious restrictions will remain in place.

 
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U.S. Attorney Investigating Fox News Donated to Obama

breitbart.com 15 hours ago

Over the years, he has donated $4,350 to Obama's campaigns. He gave $250 to Obama's U.S...

 
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Michelle Obama may have dated IRS inspector general in law school

dailycaller.com 2 hours ago

The first lady may have once dated the Internal Revenue Service's top watchdog, Inspector General J. Russell George. The two crossed paths in the late '80s, when they were both students at Harvard

 
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Another Chilling Leak Investigation

nytimes.com 17 hours ago

A Fox News reporter accused of conspiring with a leaker was just doing his job. His case is an example of how the Obama administration lacks respect for a free press.

 
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The Obamacare Nightmare Scenario

reason.com 2 hours ago

At a congressional hearing yesterday with Gary Cohen, the Health and Human Services official charged with managing the implementation of Obamacare, Republican

 
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POLL: Americans In The Deep South Strongly Support Medicaid Expansion, Despite Governors’ Opposition

thinkprogress.org 5 hours ago

Over 60 percent of the Americans living in the Deep South support Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, according to the results from a new poll that surveyed a broad sample of people in Alabama, Georgia,...

 
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Dambisa Moyo: International Aid Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It.

slate.com 2 hours ago

When President Obama visits Africa in late June, one of the main agenda items will be how the U.S. can help foster economic growth in the sub-Sahara...

 
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General Zod Threatens Earth's Annihilation in Latest Man of Steel Trailer

wired.com 2 hours ago

With just a few weeks to go until the release of Man of Steel, Warner Bros. has unleashed an action-packed new trailer to hype their Superman summer flick.

 
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Farrakhan Talks of ‘Satanic Jews’ and ‘Synagogue of Satan’ at Detroit Church Speech — but Wait Until...

theblaze.com 7 hours ago

The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing Louis Farrakhan for delivering blatantly anti-Semitic statements, using terms such as “Satanic Jews” and the “Synagogue of Satan,” during a speech at a...

 
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Ex-Cincinnati IRS Manager: This Was Not the Work of ‘Low-Level’ Employees

theblaze.com 4 hours ago

Bonnie Esrig, a former manager at the Internal Revenue Service Cincinnati office responsible for the targeting of conservative groups, told NBC News she believes the scandal goes well beyond...

 
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How To Help Animals Affected By The Oklahoma Tornado

huffingtonpost.com 4 hours ago

From Vetstreet staff: When a massive tornado plowed through Moore, Okla., on Monday, it left at least two dozen people dead, schools and homes flattened and many pets and other animals displaced and...

 
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Teacher Admits She ‘Prayed Out Loud’ During Violent Tornado: ‘I Did the Teacher Thing that We’re...

theblaze.com 5 hours ago

On Tuesday, we told you about Rhonda Crosswhite, a brave, sixth-grade teacher at Plaza Tower Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma...

 
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Daily Kos: How Citizens United is saving progressive politics

dailykos.com 3 hours ago

Two data points. First up, EMILY's List : EMILY's List raised $7.3 million in the first four months of 2013, a record for that ...

 
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The Braver, Better Movie That Star Trek Into Darkness Could Have Been

wired.com 8 hours ago

By all rights, Star Trek Into Darkness should be a really good movie. The acting is superb. The core cast established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in 2009, and they've only gotten better...

 
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Homes Selling at Fastest Pace Since Boom

cnbc.com 2 hours ago

The sales pace is back to what it was during the housing boom in 2005 and 2006.

 
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Bret Baier: Justice Department targeted James Rosen’s parents as well

dailycaller.com 12 hours ago

On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, host Bret Baier revealed that the intrusions into James Rosen’s privacy went beyond Rosen himself and also involved his parents. Baier

 
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Deadly balloon crash in Turkey

euronews.com 4 hours ago

Amateur video shows a hot air balloon collision in Turkey that killed three Brazilian tourists and injured 24 other people The balloon was flying over Cappadocia, a tourist destination in central…

 
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Slate’s Bilateral, 10-Point Resolution to End the Decades-Long Conflict Between Walkers and Bikers

slate.com 7 hours ago

Following in the footsteps of Amsterdam; Portland, Ore.; and Washington, D.C., among other cities, New York is set to launch its bike-share program, Citi Bike, on Memorial Day...

 
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In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters

washingtonpost.com 17 hours ago

The White House investigates reporters for doing their job.

 
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Why I'm Not a Vegan

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 18 hours ago

Any strategy that gets you to eat more plants, less hyperprocessed stuff and fewer animal products is worthwhile.

 
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Comedian’s New Anti-Muhammad Video Excoriates Islamic Prophet, Juxtaposes Him with Jesus: ‘Very...

theblaze.com 2 hours ago

Conservative comedian Steven Crowder is likely to incite rage from Muslim groups over his new video, "Jesus vs...

 
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What The American Government Does When It Thinks No One Is Watching

upworthy.com 21 May

We're not stopping terrorism. Actually, quite the opposite.

 
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Swedish Youth Riots Enter Third Day

zerohedge.com 3 hours ago

Sparked by the police shooting of a machete-wielding 69 year-old man, traditionally calm-and-collected Sweden is suffering amid its third night of riots...

 
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Steve Jobs’ Dream Device Has Arrived, and It's Made by Microsoft

slate.com 19 hours ago

Just before he died, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson about his dream for revolutionizing television...

 
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The Cicada Invasion of New York City Has Begun

nymag.com 4 hours ago

Here are some gross photos and videos from Staten Island. 

 
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Tips By Millennials, For Millennials On Surviving Your Nonprofit Gig

fastcoexist.com 2 hours ago

More than almost anything, Millennials value work with purpose. But their fresh-faced idealism may open the door to years of peonage in the underpaid, overworked nonprofit sector.

 
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