The President Plans to Gravely Insult the Nordic People Tonight
Today the Washington Post was invited to preview the White House State Dinner, which will honor the leaders of five Nordic nations Friday evening. What they’ve done to Obama, I can’t say. But from what I can see, based solely on this review, we’re going to be at war soon.
Ted Cruz Would NEVER Exploit His Kids, Says Ted Cruz as He Exploits His Kids
Ted Cruz is positively SICKENED by how low the liberal media is willing to go “to attack and destroy” him and everyone he holds dear, specifically with claims that he keeps trotting out his kids like trained monkeys. So to retaliate Ted Cruz has decided to.... trot out his kids like trained monkeys and beg for money.
We Now Live in a Post-Hoax World
What is real, and what’s a hoax these days? Better question: does any of it even matter?
Washington Post Reporter Convicted of Espionage by Iranian Court
Jason Rezaian—the 39-year-old Washington Post reporter held in an Iranian jail for over a year on espionage charges—was reportedly convicted this weekend. He could face as long as 20 years in prison—a definite possibility, according to the Post, which reports the judge is “known for handing down harsh sentences.”
Washington Post Reporter Charged with "Unknown Crime" in Iranian Court
After being held in solitary confinement for more than four months, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was formally charged with "unknown crimes" in a Tehran court today.
The Washington Post Still Believes IRS Conspiracy Theory
The Washington Post’s Ed Rogers, a “PostPartisan” columnist, has been thinking lately: What if the recent closing of a WWII memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted by the federal shutdown, were somehow connected to those baseless allegations that the Obama administration sicced IRS agents on its political opponents?
In Grim Irony, the Washington Post Company Diversifies Into Hospice Care
It's no secret that the Washington Post Company, home to one of America's most important and revered newspapers, is floundering. The company's once booming education business, Kaplan, has cooled significantly in recent quarters, and ad revenues in both print and online are also down. Fighting to keep its head above…
DC to Vote on Legalizing Weed Today
Residents of the District are getting excited about today's vote on legalizing medical marijuana. One man hopes to eventually open a café called "Wakey Bakey." To get the story, The Washington Post went looking for, and found, lots of weed.
KFC Will Save the World, One Wing at a Time
Earlier this week, many of you were angry to learn that a Double Down sandwich is healthier for you than a salad. Now the philanthropic Colonel Sanders is going to wipe out breast cancer, by selling you fried chicken!
Malcolm Gladwelling at The Post
Super-famous New Yorker writer and liar Malcolm Gladwell isn't the only reporter who tried to sneak funny bits of prose into his articles for a respected newspaper. (Except didn't he not do that? I'm confused.) Anyhoo, it's a fun old game to play, and we used to play it Page Six. My fellow former Sixer Chris Wilson…
Media Bubble: With Brownridge Going, Wenner Seeks Someone New to Bully
• Megalomaniacal Jann Wenner is now picking on Us editor Janice Min, which doesn't seem like a smart thing to do. [WWD]
• Now The Washington Post has a staff blogger, too. [Washingtonian]
• Jon Friedman visits an EW focus group and finds that subscribers really, really love the magazine. Freakishly so, to be honest. […
