Mrs. Davis is a case of “too much” being a good thing—until it isn’t. Damon Lindelof’s latest (co-created by Tara Hernandez) follows a nun battling an omnipotent A.I. while searching for the Holy Grail, and even that summary only skims the surface of its myriad interests and influences, among which one can also count Lindelof’s … Read more
He didn’t even last one Scaramucci. Four days after declaring he “wouldn’t wipe my ass with Twitter,” Matt Taibbi returned to the platform on Monday night, sharing his latest Substack post. The anticlimactic return comes barely a week after he made a dramatic exit from the social media site following a public spat with the … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice will seek the longest prison sentence in any January 6 riot case to date when it argues for more than 24 years in prison for Peter Schwartz of Pennsylvania at sentencing on May 5. If imposed, the sentence would be more than twice as long as any handed down so … Read more
Back when Jim Jordan was a collegiate wrestling champion, the strategy would have been called a double misdirection duck under. As a Trump-adoring Republican congressman from Ohio and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jordan’s initial misdirection on Monday was convening a hearing in New York to “examine how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s pro-crime, … Read more
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in an interview that aired Monday that it’s still to be determined whether his acquisition of the social media company last year was “financially smart” given its subsequent drop in value, but maintained that “some things are priceless.” Speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who heralded the SpaceX founder’s … Read more
Unsurprisingly, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wasn’t exactly getting all misty-eyed watching former President Donald Trump’s recent arraignment. “Maybe George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Greene were” part of the supposed hordes openly weeping as Trump was taken into custody, Ocasio-Cortez told Jordan Klepper in an interview that aired Monday night on The Daily Show. “But not … Read more
On Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem provided the umpteenth example of how dark and strange today’s Republican politicians have gotten, when she told the crowd at an NRA event about how her granddaughter (who is under the age of two) already has two guns. “Little Miss Addie, who is almost two, and Branch who’s … Read more
Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. The exhausting pursuit of comfy heels cannot be overstated. While my youthful, twenty-something feet could bear the stress and discomfort of wearing four-inch skinny stilettos all day, my thirty-something feet need much more support and structure from my … Read more
This reporting is one of several scoops featured in this week’s edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here. The Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News is by far the biggest media story of the year and a number of star … Read more
Scientists overhauled a tedious process to diagnose salmonella infection, replacing it with a quick, easy-to-perform test that lights up like a glow stick in the presence of the pesky pathogen. Best of all, the new test reduces the wait time for results from the standard one day or longer, to a vastly more convenient one … Read more