California professor’s #MeToo bombshell threatens to derail Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS nomination
“Like a toadstool”: Stormy Daniels likens Trump’s tool to Mario Kart character in new tell-all
On #LSSC tonight: We check in with Mario Kart's #Toad, who has just received some awful news. pic.twitter.com/LV2cLOz4uO
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) September 19, 2018
Social-media backlash spurs online retailer to yank sexy Handmaid’s Tale-inspired Halloween costume
Yandy recently introduced a sexy #HandmaidsTale-inspired costume called the "Brave Red Maiden." After sparking social media outrage, it was quickly removed from the site. Get the details: pic.twitter.com/uesHpstyad
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 21, 2018
Golf Digest investigation leads to freedom for New York man convicted of murder in 1991
How Golf Digest started a movement to free a man wrongfully convicted of murder: https://t.co/oPiH7Jv94L pic.twitter.com/npdMdIY7dc
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) September 21, 2018
New York Review of Books editor ousted after publishing #MeToo-themed issue
Ian Buruma is out at the New York Review of Books, less than a week after the publication ran a lengthy essay by Jian Ghomeshi https://t.co/WewHN1SdYl
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) September 20, 2018
3-D gun guru Cody Wilson pinched in Taiwan on allegations that he paid $500 for sex with a minor in Texas
Cody Wilson, a leading proponent of 3D printed guns, has been arrested in Taiwan after being charged in Texas with sexually assaulting a 16-year old girl https://t.co/gttfPPdxUa
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 21, 2018
Editors at a high-school newspaper in Burlington, Vermont, prevail in First Amendment fight
Burlington High School student reporters win battle against censorship https://t.co/egD1AJTIms pic.twitter.com/pF8rQw49OC
— SNO Sites (@schoolnewspaper) September 19, 2018
Irony Alert: Self-styled free-speech warrior Jordan Peterson threatens to sue feminist critic who called him a “misogynist”
New, by me: Free speech champion @jordanbpeterson sent a legal threat to feminist critic @kate_manne for, among other things, "referring to him as a misogynist" in a @voxdotcom interview https://t.co/gz1w0ytXgY
— Irin Carmon (@irin) September 20, 2018
ACLU: First Amendment prevents public officials from targeting Nike over Colin Kaepernick campaign
We've had to remind officials in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Rhode Island that they can't use the power of their offices to impose their views of Colin Kaepernick and Nike on others. https://t.co/0duJ5K7uVV
— ACLU (@ACLU) September 20, 2018
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