Fox News aired a misleading graphic on Thursday that claimed a $1 trillion platinum coin would weigh nearly 18,000 tons, or about as much as 89 blue whales. “Fox News doesn’t understand seigniorage. (Or they do and are just willfully peddling bullshit),” HuffPo Politics writer Jason Linkins tweeted. The news…
In a video published Thursday on the Gretawire blog, Andrew Napolitano, the senior judicial analyst for Fox News, said the Second Amendment allowed Americans to kill “tyrants.” “You know with all the debate about guns, I’ve been doing some writing and doing a lot of thinking, and Greta and the…
Real estate mogul Donald Trump is threatening sue HBO comedian Bill Maher over a bet over whether the billionaire’s mother had sex with an orangutan. During an interview with NBC’s Jay Leno earlier this week, Maher had mocked Trump’s absurd offer of $5 million if President Barack Obama could prove…
A real-live snake was spotted on a plane this week, on a Qantas flight headed from Cairns, Australia to Port Moresby. But it wasn’t just any snake: It was python nearly 10 feet in length, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The creature was spotted mid-flight in a well under…
A teacher in Chapin, South Carolina was suspended this week after students said that during a lesson about symbols, he took an American flag and put it on the floor, then stomped on it. Students said they weren’t sure what the point of the demonstration was, according to WISTV 10…
Watch a live broadcast of the Oscars nominations here, starting at 8:30 a.m. EST. This video was published to YouTube on Thursday, January 10, 2013.…
Twelve killer whales could be in imminent danger after getting trapped by ice in the Hudson Bay off the shore of northern Quebec, the Canadian broadcaster reported. Video posted on the CBC website showed the giant sea mammals taking turns to breathe by popping up through a small patch of…
MSNBC political analyst Karen Finney blasted House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for keeping Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on the House Intelligence Committee. Bachmann will remain on the committee that oversees intelligence operations, even though Boehner admitted last year it was “pretty dangerous” for her to accuse Huma Abedin, deputy chief…
Progressive activists fired a shot across the bow of congressional Democrats on Wednesday, warning them to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or face a primary challenge. Adam Green, the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said Democrats would face a “nuclear war on the left” if they supported…