Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slapped back at British journalist Piers Morgan after he mocked the New York Democrat’s bartending past while defending Ivanka Trump for traveling to the G-20 summit. Morgan responded to a tweet Ocasio-Cortez posted late Saturday criticizing why the First Daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner — both unpaid White House advisers — Read more about AOC slams Piers Morgan for slight over bartending career[…]
From the left: The Fight for Gay Rights Is Over “Every day seems to bring welcome examples of how Americans are becoming more relaxed about sexual orientation,” James Kirchick observes at The Atlantic. Coming out is no longer the agonizing experience it was when Kirchick did it, hate crimes are down dramatically and on TV Read more about The fight for gay rights is won and other commentary[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed he’s a big fan of Elton John’s music – but defended his country’s censorship of the singer’s new biopic. Speaking after the close of the G-20 summit in Japan, Putin responded to criticism leveled at him by the singer, who’s blasted the removal of scenes featuring gay sex and men Read more about Putin calls Elton John a ‘musical genius’ despite censoring ‘Rocketman’[…]
A free, new app aims to help New York City subway riders fly through their commutes. Pigeon acts like the popular Waze app, allowing users to navigate routes, view real-time disruptions, receive estimated arrival times, and live updates about the beleaguered subway system. The crowd-sourced app, which can be downloaded from the App store, also Read more about Free crowd-sourced app promises to help New York commuters[…]
As Democratic candidate after Democratic candidate continues to find things to make “free,” there’s the inevitable question of who will pay for it. Free health care, free college, reparations for African Americans, back taxes for married gay people, canceling student loans — there are few proposals among the Democratic presidential field that don’t involve someone Read more about Broke Gen X to inherit cost of Gen Z’s unrealistic dreams[…]
The city Parks Department works at such a snail’s pace repairing tree-damaged sidewalks that some homeowners have been left waiting more than a decade for them to be fixed, a new comptroller’s report shows. Residents with sidewalk damage from tree roots first had to wait an average of 101 days just for agency foresters to Read more about It takes the city more than a year to fix a sidewalk, audit finds[…]
Jack’d, a popular gay hookup and dating app that left users’ nude photos exposed, has agreed to pay $240,000 to New York state and amp up security in an agreement with the state Attorney General’s office, officials announced Friday. The app, which is run by parent company Online Buddies Inc., allows users to share the Read more about Gay dating app Jack’d to pay $240K for exposing users’ nude photos[…]