Just like Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Wilde is all about giving credit where it's due. "His skill level is so high," Wilde says of her fiancé in the 2013 issue of...
Reported by E! Online 6 hours ago.
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Olivia Wilde Talks Jason Sudeikis' Mad Skills, Falling in Love Again After Heartbreak
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John Stamos Reveals That Olivia Munn Lost Her Virginity at Age 18—Watch Now!
John Stamos is spilling on Olivia Munn's sex life. Munn filmed an episode for Stamos' new Yahoo series Losing It With John Stamos on which Stamos gets celebs to open up about...
Reported by E! Online 5 hours ago.
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So You've Failed -- Masterclash and Asylum Say Goodbye
Filed under: Humor, Entertainment, Video, Masterclash
The time has come to say goodbye. There were robots and nerdy burlesques and everything Star Wars. We gave you A Woman's Perspective and had Drinks With Writers. Olivia Munn pranked our intern. We banned Megan Fox and encouraged women to have Sex ... Read more
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The time has come to say goodbye. There were robots and nerdy burlesques and everything Star Wars. We gave you A Woman's Perspective and had Drinks With Writers. Olivia Munn pranked our intern. We banned Megan Fox and encouraged women to have Sex ... Read more
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Reported by Asylum 2 hours ago.
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Reviews Round-up
The critics' verdicts on Di Cintio, Laing and Pagden.
* Walls by Marcello Di Cintio*
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Walls by Marcello Di Cintio is an exploration of walls which divide people around the world, including the West Bank Wall, Belfast barriers and The Indo-Bangladesh ‘fence’, amongst many others. Di Cintio argues that these walls do not serve their intended purpose. Rather than providing security, they often prove more harmful to the people living in the areas around them.
Roger Boyes from the Times praises Di Cintio’s thoughts when suggesting that Di Cintio “uses his explorations as a way of thinking about unresolved conflicts” and is “at his best when he makes the trip into an adventure”. Boyes however, also states that “Di Cintio sometimes over-writes” and takes sides, saying he is “plainly laying out his preferences for the Palestinians over Jewish settlers.” Despite this, Boyes ultimately describes the book as something “that always follows its thread, that charmingly and unpompously accepts the haplessness of being an outsider.”
Raja Shehadeh from the Financial Times agrees with Boyes, writing that Di Cintio “realises the limit of what he, as an outsider, can experience.” He goes on to praise Di Cintio stating that he “writes with passion and empathy for the victims of those monstrous walls”, something which gives the reader “a sense of what it is like to live on one side of a wall and to experience the fragmentation and destruction”. In addition, Shehadeh points out that Di Cintio identifies “symptoms of a prevailing sickness afflicting many countries, causing them to resort to building expensive but useless walls” which ultimately proves to be “harmful to the people living next to them.”
Writing in the New Statesman, Owen Hatherley describes Di Cintio as “very good – honest, sharp, nuanced and vivid” but argues that it is easy to be “distracted” when questions are raised by Di Cintio, such as: "How do you just go to Western Sahara and hang out with guerrillas in tents in the desert?" Hatherley agrees with Boyes when stating that Di Cintio’s “sympathies are with the oppressed”, showing him to be taking sides. The idea of Walls, “the constructions of brick, concrete and steel that divide people”, are described as “not only enduring but thriving.”
* The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink by Olivia Laing*
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The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink by Olivia Laing focuses on six writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver. Laing visits the places in America where these writers had variously lived and drank, to find an answer to the question: why do so many great writers become alcoholics? Laing is influenced by her own childhood being surrounded by alcoholism.
Gordon Bowker of The Independent gives this book the thumbs up, describing Laing as a “fine and stylish travel writer, with a sharp eye for passing detail”, as she includes precise detail by looking at “the techniques alcoholics adopt to obscure their addiction – denial, displacement, and self-deception”. Laing uses a “rich array of images, and literary allusions” which allows her to make “intriguing links” to a “wider literary landscape”, something Bowker describes as ultimately providing the “beauty of Laing’s book”.
The New Statesman’s Talitha Stevenson explains how “Laing’s mix of intellect and intuition” provides the “greatest force” for the book. Stevenson continues and recognises the importance of Laing’s childhood in her being able to write in a psychoanalytical style: “Of a childhood scene involving her mother’s alcoholic girlfriend and the police, Laing notes that her strongest memory is ‘my conviction that if only I were allowed to speak to her I could calm her down – a piece of absurdly unrealistic co-dependence that’s had long-reaching consequences in the relationships of my adult life’.” Laing’s own experience with alcohol “makes her a good match for her muddled subjects”, in writing about fellow writers. Stevenson describes Laing as not having produced an answer to the question, but rather “a nuanced portrait – via biography, memoir, analysis –of the urge of the hyperarcticulate to get raving drunk.”
John Sutherland of the Times* *agrees with Stevenson and reflects that “Laing’s childhood was blighted by the violent drunkenness of her mother’s lesbian partner”, which prompted her to write the book. Sutherland praises Laing's analysis of alcohol addiction in writers, noting that “Laing’s analysis of the complex addiction is consistently shrewd.” Sutherland shares the sentiments of Bowker, and describes The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink as “truly worthwhile” because Laing “is a terrific writer.”
* The Enlightenment: And why it still matters by Anthony Pagden*
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Anthony Pagden‘s The Enlightenment: And why it still matters tells the story of how the modern world was created. Anthony Pagden argues that the ideal of a global and cosmopolitan society became a central part of the western imagination in the tumult of the Enlightenment, and how those ideas have done battle against the more traditionally-orientated ideas of the world.
Stuart Kelly of the Guardian describes Pagden as being part of “the camp that believes an enlightenment, across several countries and with broad similarities of purpose and method, did indeed occur.” Kelly continues and states that “Pagden's selections from writers of the period are markedly partial” because of a lack of a “counterargument” provided by Pagden for the views of Edmund Burke in An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs. Kelly further complains at the lack of mention by Pagden of Karl Marx, “without referencing Marx is to write the history of ideas without ideas or history.” Finally, Kelly describes this book as “strident, partisan and always willing to overlook a fact in favour of a thesis.”
The Independent’s Kenan Malik writes “Pagden's retelling of the Enlightenment story, and his defence of cosmopolitanism, are cogent and important” as Pagden is writing about something which “has significance well beyond the history books”. Malik identifies that Pagden pursues an important argument, that the Enlightenment “developed through a struggle with the ghosts of two Thomases: Aquinas and Hobbes.”
Noel Malcolm of the Daily Telegraph agrees with Stuart Kelly and states: “Pagden’s new book is firmly on the pro-Enlightenment side.” Malcolm questions Pagden’s assertion that had the “preconditions of the Enlightenment not occurred ... we would now be living in an ossified society, with little original thinking”, questioning this “an implausible scenario”. In addition, Malcolm describes aspects of Pagden’s version of the Enlightenment as having “its radical moments”. He finally describes Pagden as having the same notion of enlightenment as “put forward by that movement’s greatest philosopher, Immanuel Kant: the point was to stop taking things on trust, and start thinking for yourself.” Reported by New Statesman 20 hours ago.
* Walls by Marcello Di Cintio*
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Walls by Marcello Di Cintio is an exploration of walls which divide people around the world, including the West Bank Wall, Belfast barriers and The Indo-Bangladesh ‘fence’, amongst many others. Di Cintio argues that these walls do not serve their intended purpose. Rather than providing security, they often prove more harmful to the people living in the areas around them.
Roger Boyes from the Times praises Di Cintio’s thoughts when suggesting that Di Cintio “uses his explorations as a way of thinking about unresolved conflicts” and is “at his best when he makes the trip into an adventure”. Boyes however, also states that “Di Cintio sometimes over-writes” and takes sides, saying he is “plainly laying out his preferences for the Palestinians over Jewish settlers.” Despite this, Boyes ultimately describes the book as something “that always follows its thread, that charmingly and unpompously accepts the haplessness of being an outsider.”
Raja Shehadeh from the Financial Times agrees with Boyes, writing that Di Cintio “realises the limit of what he, as an outsider, can experience.” He goes on to praise Di Cintio stating that he “writes with passion and empathy for the victims of those monstrous walls”, something which gives the reader “a sense of what it is like to live on one side of a wall and to experience the fragmentation and destruction”. In addition, Shehadeh points out that Di Cintio identifies “symptoms of a prevailing sickness afflicting many countries, causing them to resort to building expensive but useless walls” which ultimately proves to be “harmful to the people living next to them.”
Writing in the New Statesman, Owen Hatherley describes Di Cintio as “very good – honest, sharp, nuanced and vivid” but argues that it is easy to be “distracted” when questions are raised by Di Cintio, such as: "How do you just go to Western Sahara and hang out with guerrillas in tents in the desert?" Hatherley agrees with Boyes when stating that Di Cintio’s “sympathies are with the oppressed”, showing him to be taking sides. The idea of Walls, “the constructions of brick, concrete and steel that divide people”, are described as “not only enduring but thriving.”
* The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink by Olivia Laing*
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The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink by Olivia Laing focuses on six writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver. Laing visits the places in America where these writers had variously lived and drank, to find an answer to the question: why do so many great writers become alcoholics? Laing is influenced by her own childhood being surrounded by alcoholism.
Gordon Bowker of The Independent gives this book the thumbs up, describing Laing as a “fine and stylish travel writer, with a sharp eye for passing detail”, as she includes precise detail by looking at “the techniques alcoholics adopt to obscure their addiction – denial, displacement, and self-deception”. Laing uses a “rich array of images, and literary allusions” which allows her to make “intriguing links” to a “wider literary landscape”, something Bowker describes as ultimately providing the “beauty of Laing’s book”.
The New Statesman’s Talitha Stevenson explains how “Laing’s mix of intellect and intuition” provides the “greatest force” for the book. Stevenson continues and recognises the importance of Laing’s childhood in her being able to write in a psychoanalytical style: “Of a childhood scene involving her mother’s alcoholic girlfriend and the police, Laing notes that her strongest memory is ‘my conviction that if only I were allowed to speak to her I could calm her down – a piece of absurdly unrealistic co-dependence that’s had long-reaching consequences in the relationships of my adult life’.” Laing’s own experience with alcohol “makes her a good match for her muddled subjects”, in writing about fellow writers. Stevenson describes Laing as not having produced an answer to the question, but rather “a nuanced portrait – via biography, memoir, analysis –of the urge of the hyperarcticulate to get raving drunk.”
John Sutherland of the Times* *agrees with Stevenson and reflects that “Laing’s childhood was blighted by the violent drunkenness of her mother’s lesbian partner”, which prompted her to write the book. Sutherland praises Laing's analysis of alcohol addiction in writers, noting that “Laing’s analysis of the complex addiction is consistently shrewd.” Sutherland shares the sentiments of Bowker, and describes The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink as “truly worthwhile” because Laing “is a terrific writer.”
* The Enlightenment: And why it still matters by Anthony Pagden*
* *
Anthony Pagden‘s The Enlightenment: And why it still matters tells the story of how the modern world was created. Anthony Pagden argues that the ideal of a global and cosmopolitan society became a central part of the western imagination in the tumult of the Enlightenment, and how those ideas have done battle against the more traditionally-orientated ideas of the world.
Stuart Kelly of the Guardian describes Pagden as being part of “the camp that believes an enlightenment, across several countries and with broad similarities of purpose and method, did indeed occur.” Kelly continues and states that “Pagden's selections from writers of the period are markedly partial” because of a lack of a “counterargument” provided by Pagden for the views of Edmund Burke in An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs. Kelly further complains at the lack of mention by Pagden of Karl Marx, “without referencing Marx is to write the history of ideas without ideas or history.” Finally, Kelly describes this book as “strident, partisan and always willing to overlook a fact in favour of a thesis.”
The Independent’s Kenan Malik writes “Pagden's retelling of the Enlightenment story, and his defence of cosmopolitanism, are cogent and important” as Pagden is writing about something which “has significance well beyond the history books”. Malik identifies that Pagden pursues an important argument, that the Enlightenment “developed through a struggle with the ghosts of two Thomases: Aquinas and Hobbes.”
Noel Malcolm of the Daily Telegraph agrees with Stuart Kelly and states: “Pagden’s new book is firmly on the pro-Enlightenment side.” Malcolm questions Pagden’s assertion that had the “preconditions of the Enlightenment not occurred ... we would now be living in an ossified society, with little original thinking”, questioning this “an implausible scenario”. In addition, Malcolm describes aspects of Pagden’s version of the Enlightenment as having “its radical moments”. He finally describes Pagden as having the same notion of enlightenment as “put forward by that movement’s greatest philosopher, Immanuel Kant: the point was to stop taking things on trust, and start thinking for yourself.” Reported by New Statesman 20 hours ago.
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Girls go stall out for hospice
This is Staffordshire --TWO schoolgirls have raised money for charity after selling items from a makeshift stall in memory of their teacher.
Friends Saffron Matthews and Olivia Talbot say they plan to do more fund-raising for the Blurton-based Douglas Macmillan Hospice after the success of their first effort.
The kind-hearted duo were inspired to support the charity after their teaching assistant Michelle Wood lost her battle with cancer in June last year.
The nine-year-olds, who attend Fenton's Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, also each have a grandparent suffering from the illness.
At the weekend the pair collected items including sweets, toiletries, toys and clothing and put them up for sale in their neighbourhood.
Saffron, from Fenton, who suffers from diabetes, said: "Michelle was always really friendly. We wanted to do something to help people who have got cancer at the moment and the ones who have been fortunate enough to recover.
"We also wanted to help the Douglas Macmillan Hospice with the work they do."
Saffron's grandfather, Brian Simpson, had an operation in May after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
The 74-year-old, who lives in Lincolnshire, is currently recuperating.
Saffron's mum Chris Simpson, of Marlborough Street, said: "The girls told me they wanted to raise some money for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice and then just got on with selling things – I think they had a few pairs of my shoes! I am really proud of them."
Mother-of-two Michelle lived in Nelson Street, Fenton.
It is understood that while Michelle was unwell both her children were attending Our Lady's. Since her death the school has set up a memorial garden.
Chris, aged 34, who works as a support worker, added: "Michelle was lovely and was just so kind and caring with the children."
Meanwhile, Olivia's grandfather Gordon Amison is battling cancer for the second time. The 73-year-old, of Hanley, was diagnosed with lung cancer four years ago which he overcame after an operation.
But four months ago, medics confirmed he had prostrate cancer and would need to undergo chemotherapy.
Olivia, from Fenton, said: "We came up with the idea of doing a sale to raise money by selling some unwanted items.
"I think we will do some more fund-raising after having done this."
Olivia's mum Sarah Talbot, aged 39, also of Marlborough Street, said: "It brought a tear to my eye when she said she wanted to raise the money for the Douglas Macmillan for her grandad.
"I am so proud of the both of them for everything that they have done." Reported by This is 23 hours ago.
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Olivia Wilde: Romance was a burn
Olivia Wilde found it “difficult” to begin dating her current fiancé Jason Sudeikis after her divorce.
Reported by Belfast Telegraph 19 hours ago.
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Top Anthony Weiner Aide Goes On Stunning Expletive-Laden Rant About Former Campaign Intern
A spokeswoman for New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner went on an expletive-laden rant at a former campaign intern who had written an unflattering portrayal of the campaign in the New York Daily News.Here is what Weiner spokeswoman Barbara Morgan called the former intern, Olivia Nuzzi, in comments to Talking Points Memo's Hunter Walker: "bitch,""slutbag,""twat," and "cunt." She also threatened to sue her.
What prompted this? Nuzzi wrote a piece in the Daily News published Tuesday morning that served as a tell-all.
She wrote that many interns joined the Weiner campaign to get closer to his wife, Huma Abedin, with hopes of landing a role on any potential campaign for Hillary Clinton in 2016. She said that one campaign staffer had left because he had only been paid one-third of what he was promised. And she said that Weiner had incorrectly referred to multiple interns as "Monica."
We emailed Morgan to see if she intended her comments to be seen.
Her response: "NO NO NO NO NO."
Here is Morgan's full statement:
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation. It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize."
Join the conversation about this story »
Reported by Business Insider 3 hours ago.
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Anthony Weiner's spokeswoman trashes intern Olivia Nuzzi
Anthony Weiner’s communications director trashed a former campaign intern Wednesday in a shocking, profane rant published by a news blog.
Reported by NY Daily News 2 hours ago.
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Top Weiner Aide Unleashes Outrageous Attack On 'Slutbag' Former Intern
A top aide to New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner had harsh words for a former intern on Tuesday, calling the woman who wrote about her experience working on the former congressman's campaign a "slutbag" who "sucked" at her job.
In an interview with Talking Points Memo, Weiner communications director Barbara Morgan attacked Olivia Nuzzi, the former intern whose story on the campaign was published by the Daily News Tuesday. In the story, Nuzzi accuses Weiner of incorrectly calling several female interns by the name "Monica," and claims that many interns joined the campaign with hopes of landing in the good graces of Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton.
In the interview with TPM's Hunter Walker, Morgan lashed out at Nuzzi for taking her story to the press.
“Fucking slutbag," she said. "Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again."
Morgan denied many of Nuzzi's claims in her Daily News piece, as well as additional accounts she published on the site NSFWCORP, including a story on multiple departures from the Weiner campaign.
Walker reports:
According to Morgan, Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign “like four weeks ago.” Nuzzi’s story on NSFWCORP described her as having spent “four weeks” as a Weiner intern. When asked whether the claims in Nuzzi’s stories were true, Morgan suggested many of them were “bullshit.”
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Morgan also expressed disbelief that Nuzzi criticized her credentials.
“And then like she had the fucking balls to like trash me in the paper. And be like, ‘His communications director was last the press secretary of the Department of Education in New Jersey,” Morgan said. “You know what? Fuck you, you little cunt. I’m not joking, I am going to sue her.”
Morgan also characterized Nuzzi's work on the campaign as subpar.
“She sucked. She like wasn’t good at setting up events. She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen," Morgan said.
According to the New York Observer's Jill Colvin, Morgan believed her colorful remarks to Walker were off the record.
Weiner, who previously led the pack of candidates running for New York City mayor, has taken a dramatic hit in the polls since admitting to sending inappropriate messages and photos to several women after his resignation from Congress in 2011. A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday found the former Democratic congressman in fourth place.
Despite calls to drop out of the race, Weiner has remained defiant. On Tuesday, his campaign released a new ad insisting he would not exit the race.
"Quit isn't the way we roll in New York City," Weiner says in the ad. "We fight through tough things. We're a tough city."
*Click over to Talking Points Memo to read more on Morgan's remarks.*
*UPDATE: 10:09 p.m. ET --*Morgan apologized for her remarks in a statement Tuesday evening.
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," Morgan said. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize." Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.
In an interview with Talking Points Memo, Weiner communications director Barbara Morgan attacked Olivia Nuzzi, the former intern whose story on the campaign was published by the Daily News Tuesday. In the story, Nuzzi accuses Weiner of incorrectly calling several female interns by the name "Monica," and claims that many interns joined the campaign with hopes of landing in the good graces of Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton.
In the interview with TPM's Hunter Walker, Morgan lashed out at Nuzzi for taking her story to the press.
“Fucking slutbag," she said. "Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again."
Morgan denied many of Nuzzi's claims in her Daily News piece, as well as additional accounts she published on the site NSFWCORP, including a story on multiple departures from the Weiner campaign.
Walker reports:
According to Morgan, Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign “like four weeks ago.” Nuzzi’s story on NSFWCORP described her as having spent “four weeks” as a Weiner intern. When asked whether the claims in Nuzzi’s stories were true, Morgan suggested many of them were “bullshit.”
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Morgan also expressed disbelief that Nuzzi criticized her credentials.
“And then like she had the fucking balls to like trash me in the paper. And be like, ‘His communications director was last the press secretary of the Department of Education in New Jersey,” Morgan said. “You know what? Fuck you, you little cunt. I’m not joking, I am going to sue her.”
Morgan also characterized Nuzzi's work on the campaign as subpar.
“She sucked. She like wasn’t good at setting up events. She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen," Morgan said.
According to the New York Observer's Jill Colvin, Morgan believed her colorful remarks to Walker were off the record.
Weiner, who previously led the pack of candidates running for New York City mayor, has taken a dramatic hit in the polls since admitting to sending inappropriate messages and photos to several women after his resignation from Congress in 2011. A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday found the former Democratic congressman in fourth place.
Despite calls to drop out of the race, Weiner has remained defiant. On Tuesday, his campaign released a new ad insisting he would not exit the race.
"Quit isn't the way we roll in New York City," Weiner says in the ad. "We fight through tough things. We're a tough city."
*Click over to Talking Points Memo to read more on Morgan's remarks.*
*UPDATE: 10:09 p.m. ET --*Morgan apologized for her remarks in a statement Tuesday evening.
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," Morgan said. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize." Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.
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Weiner Communications Director Fires Back At 'Slutbag' Campaign Intern, Shoots Self In Foot
Earlier Tuesday, we brought you word of Olivia Nuzzi, a former intern to New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner who had begun dishing inside-the-campaign details to the press in the aftermath of recent campaign-crippling revelations that Weiner had been continuing to do the very things that had previously put the words "Anthony Weiner" and "revelations" into the same sentences.
Now, the Weiner campaign communications director, Barbara Morgan, has fired back at Nuzzi. And you can expect Morgan to be cashiered momentarily, because her response looks like it was issued in the hope that it would drive the final nail in the "Weiner for Mayor" coffin. Talking Points Memo's man in New Amsterdam, Hunter Walker, contacted Morgan, and has gory details of a "curse-filled rant" to report:
“I’m dealing with like stupid fucking interns who make it on to the cover of the Daily News even though they signed NDAs and/or they proceeded to trash me,” Morgan told TPM, referring to a non-disclosure agreement. “And by the way, I tried to fire her, but she begged to come back and I gave her a second chance.”
Morgan went on to suggest Nuzzi would be unable to get a job in New York City’s political scene as a result of her actions.
“Fucking slutbag. Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again,” said Morgan.
In addition to referring to Nuzzi as a "slutbag," Morgan called her a "fucking twat" and a "cunt." Morgan also expressed dissatisfaction with Nuzzi's job performance ("She sucked.") which is probably the more relevant set of criticisms to which Morgan should have stuck.
Morgan, who previously told Walker that she was "going to sue" Nuzzi, has chosen to apologize instead. "In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," Morgan said in a statement. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize."
Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall said there was "no question the interview was on the record." I tend to think that "off the record" niceties go right out the window the minute someone calls another person a "slutbag" or a "cunt," but that's just me.
Maybe don't call other people "slutbag" or "cunt" in front of, or directly to, a reporter? That's just an idea I had.
Nuzzi, whose account to the New York Daily News mentioned that many of her fellow interns had come aboard the Weiner campaign in the hopes of hitching themselves to Huma Abedin's star, began her day by tweeting, "Well, today will certainly be interesting." She has now changed her Twitter bio to "Slutbag, twat and cunt." (Her decision to forgo the Oxford comma is reprehensible, obviously.)
At any rate, it seems that there are as many hard feelings among Weiner's staff as there are depicted in his various sexts, which seems fitting.
[Would you like to follow me on Twitter? Because why not?] Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.
Now, the Weiner campaign communications director, Barbara Morgan, has fired back at Nuzzi. And you can expect Morgan to be cashiered momentarily, because her response looks like it was issued in the hope that it would drive the final nail in the "Weiner for Mayor" coffin. Talking Points Memo's man in New Amsterdam, Hunter Walker, contacted Morgan, and has gory details of a "curse-filled rant" to report:
“I’m dealing with like stupid fucking interns who make it on to the cover of the Daily News even though they signed NDAs and/or they proceeded to trash me,” Morgan told TPM, referring to a non-disclosure agreement. “And by the way, I tried to fire her, but she begged to come back and I gave her a second chance.”
Morgan went on to suggest Nuzzi would be unable to get a job in New York City’s political scene as a result of her actions.
“Fucking slutbag. Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again,” said Morgan.
In addition to referring to Nuzzi as a "slutbag," Morgan called her a "fucking twat" and a "cunt." Morgan also expressed dissatisfaction with Nuzzi's job performance ("She sucked.") which is probably the more relevant set of criticisms to which Morgan should have stuck.
Morgan, who previously told Walker that she was "going to sue" Nuzzi, has chosen to apologize instead. "In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," Morgan said in a statement. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize."
Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall said there was "no question the interview was on the record." I tend to think that "off the record" niceties go right out the window the minute someone calls another person a "slutbag" or a "cunt," but that's just me.
Maybe don't call other people "slutbag" or "cunt" in front of, or directly to, a reporter? That's just an idea I had.
Nuzzi, whose account to the New York Daily News mentioned that many of her fellow interns had come aboard the Weiner campaign in the hopes of hitching themselves to Huma Abedin's star, began her day by tweeting, "Well, today will certainly be interesting." She has now changed her Twitter bio to "Slutbag, twat and cunt." (Her decision to forgo the Oxford comma is reprehensible, obviously.)
At any rate, it seems that there are as many hard feelings among Weiner's staff as there are depicted in his various sexts, which seems fitting.
[Would you like to follow me on Twitter? Because why not?] Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.
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The Kardashians Were Not So Happy With Him
NEW YORK — There's no stopping Joel McHale this summer.
The 41-year-old actor is busy with his E! reality spoof "The Soup" and preparing for the fifth season of the NBC comedy series "Community," which starts shooting Aug. 20.
He's moving outside his comfort zone with a starring role in the upcoming supernatural thriller "Beware the Night." He plays a New York City police officer in the film, and at the time of the interview, was shooting on location in the Bronx.
McHale calls the role a dream come true, especially because he gets to work with Eric Bana.
He's also the host of the Klondike Celebrity Challenge, a social media effort. Fans decide the fate of three retro stars, including Alfonso Ribeiro of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and `80s pop singer Tiffany, by asking what they would do for a Klondike bar. A third star will be announced Aug. 12.
McHale has taken a "one-at-a-time" approach to his various projects and says E! has been "superflexible." In a recent interview with The Associated Press, he talked about his various projects.
AP: How would you describe "Beware the Night"?
McHale: Just to be in it, I was so thrilled, and then knowing I got to work with Eric Bana, who is one of my all-time favorites, was just a dream come true. Then you've got Olivia Munn in there and Edgar Ramirez is amazing. ... This cast is dynamite, except for myself.
AP: What's it about?
McHale: It's kind of a horror film at some points but it's about these cops in the Bronx ... and it's a very violent, harsh movie, but with a really good story, and I'm thrilled I got cast in it.
AP: You make fun of the Kardashian family quite a bit on "The Soup." Their show also airs on E! Are you ever told to tone it down?
McHale: Well, the Kardashians are incredibly savvy and they know if they are being talked about then that's good. And now Kris (Jenner) has a new talk show. They've got every single product. They are a machine and they actually now work very hard at what they're doing – I'm not sure what it is. ... For a while I know that they weren't (happy) and the Kardashians were going, `Can you stop doing that?' But when we make fun of Bruce (Jenner,) no one has stopped me from doing that until Bruce comes up and punches me in the face.
AP: Do you like the Kardashians?
McHale: They're incredibly nice. I've never witnessed diva behavior from them, which means they're pretty easy to work with, which is one of the reasons they continue. So many reality stars are, their egos become so awful and then they just ... peter out.
AP: How many shows do you actually watch for "The Soup"?
McHale: Not as many as you'd think because I almost went insane when we first started when I was watching a lot of television and I got to the point where I was watching TV all day and going home and watching TV and I was going, `I'm going to jump through this plate glass window if I have to watch another two hours of `Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' which was a fine show but after eight hours of television. ... So, we got a bigger staff and they cover, they find things that I didn't even know existed, like `Felt' on Logo, which you should check it out because they take people's sex therapy sessions and have puppets act them out. Yeah. They do.
AP: Are you amazed that some of these shows are actually broadcast?
McHale: I'm amazed all the time by what gets broadcast. It goes back to what an old friend told me back in college is that 90 percent of all art is pretty much crap and 10 percent is terrific, and so I think that's the same for television. I think we are in an era right now of some of the best television ever, and I think there's also the worst television ever, and I benefit from the worst part.
AP: Are you surprised at the success of "Community"?
McHale: I knew the show was kind of a special kind of different show ... because (creator) Dan Harmon's brain is like nobody else's brain. Getting out of your first season is a nutso process as well. But to be in our fifth season, I can't believe it. And we've always had this lousy time slot. We've always been up against `Big Bang Theory,' which is a juggernaut. And NFL football and March madness, and survived it. We're syndicated on Hulu which, whenever I look at the list, we're doing pretty well. I think the success is that our viewers are so young that they don't watch the shows at the broadcast time. But they still watch. ... I hope we get to six seasons and a movie.
AP: What is the Klondike Celebrity Challenge?
McHale: People will Facebook or tweet what they would like a celebrity to do for a bar, and it can't be too crazy because the person suggesting it has to do it themselves. So you can't say, `I would like Alfonso Ribeiro to commit arson.'
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The 41-year-old actor is busy with his E! reality spoof "The Soup" and preparing for the fifth season of the NBC comedy series "Community," which starts shooting Aug. 20.
He's moving outside his comfort zone with a starring role in the upcoming supernatural thriller "Beware the Night." He plays a New York City police officer in the film, and at the time of the interview, was shooting on location in the Bronx.
McHale calls the role a dream come true, especially because he gets to work with Eric Bana.
He's also the host of the Klondike Celebrity Challenge, a social media effort. Fans decide the fate of three retro stars, including Alfonso Ribeiro of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and `80s pop singer Tiffany, by asking what they would do for a Klondike bar. A third star will be announced Aug. 12.
McHale has taken a "one-at-a-time" approach to his various projects and says E! has been "superflexible." In a recent interview with The Associated Press, he talked about his various projects.
AP: How would you describe "Beware the Night"?
McHale: Just to be in it, I was so thrilled, and then knowing I got to work with Eric Bana, who is one of my all-time favorites, was just a dream come true. Then you've got Olivia Munn in there and Edgar Ramirez is amazing. ... This cast is dynamite, except for myself.
AP: What's it about?
McHale: It's kind of a horror film at some points but it's about these cops in the Bronx ... and it's a very violent, harsh movie, but with a really good story, and I'm thrilled I got cast in it.
AP: You make fun of the Kardashian family quite a bit on "The Soup." Their show also airs on E! Are you ever told to tone it down?
McHale: Well, the Kardashians are incredibly savvy and they know if they are being talked about then that's good. And now Kris (Jenner) has a new talk show. They've got every single product. They are a machine and they actually now work very hard at what they're doing – I'm not sure what it is. ... For a while I know that they weren't (happy) and the Kardashians were going, `Can you stop doing that?' But when we make fun of Bruce (Jenner,) no one has stopped me from doing that until Bruce comes up and punches me in the face.
AP: Do you like the Kardashians?
McHale: They're incredibly nice. I've never witnessed diva behavior from them, which means they're pretty easy to work with, which is one of the reasons they continue. So many reality stars are, their egos become so awful and then they just ... peter out.
AP: How many shows do you actually watch for "The Soup"?
McHale: Not as many as you'd think because I almost went insane when we first started when I was watching a lot of television and I got to the point where I was watching TV all day and going home and watching TV and I was going, `I'm going to jump through this plate glass window if I have to watch another two hours of `Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' which was a fine show but after eight hours of television. ... So, we got a bigger staff and they cover, they find things that I didn't even know existed, like `Felt' on Logo, which you should check it out because they take people's sex therapy sessions and have puppets act them out. Yeah. They do.
AP: Are you amazed that some of these shows are actually broadcast?
McHale: I'm amazed all the time by what gets broadcast. It goes back to what an old friend told me back in college is that 90 percent of all art is pretty much crap and 10 percent is terrific, and so I think that's the same for television. I think we are in an era right now of some of the best television ever, and I think there's also the worst television ever, and I benefit from the worst part.
AP: Are you surprised at the success of "Community"?
McHale: I knew the show was kind of a special kind of different show ... because (creator) Dan Harmon's brain is like nobody else's brain. Getting out of your first season is a nutso process as well. But to be in our fifth season, I can't believe it. And we've always had this lousy time slot. We've always been up against `Big Bang Theory,' which is a juggernaut. And NFL football and March madness, and survived it. We're syndicated on Hulu which, whenever I look at the list, we're doing pretty well. I think the success is that our viewers are so young that they don't watch the shows at the broadcast time. But they still watch. ... I hope we get to six seasons and a movie.
AP: What is the Klondike Celebrity Challenge?
McHale: People will Facebook or tweet what they would like a celebrity to do for a bar, and it can't be too crazy because the person suggesting it has to do it themselves. So you can't say, `I would like Alfonso Ribeiro to commit arson.'
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Weiner Spox Apologizes for Trashing 'Slutbag' Ex-Intern
An Anthony Weiner spokeswoman apologized Tuesday night for a tirade in which she called a former intern for the New York City mayoral candidate a "slutbag,""c*nt," and a "fu*king twat."
Barbara Morgan, the spokeswoman, said that she thought her conversation with a Talking Points Memo reporter was "off the record" and apologized to ex-intern Olivia Nuzzi. The profanity-laced rant was inspired by an unflattering article Nuzzi had written about Weiner and her in the New York Daily News.
“In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation,” Morgan said in a statement to Business Insider. “It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.”
In the Daily News article, Nuzzi wrote about how Weiner's staff only worked for him to get close to Hillary Clinton confidante Huma Abedin, thus putting them in prime position to join a Clinton 2016 presidential campaign team. Nuzzi also detailed how Weiner had mistakenly referred to her as "Monica" and that Weiner had lied about the timeline of his sexting escapades.
“Fu*king slutbag. Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again,” Morgan told Talking Points Memo in response to the article.
“And then like she had the fucking balls to like trash me in the paper," she continued. “You know what? Fu*k you, you little c*nt. I’m not joking, I am going to sue her.”
Reported by Breitbart 1 day ago.
Barbara Morgan, the spokeswoman, said that she thought her conversation with a Talking Points Memo reporter was "off the record" and apologized to ex-intern Olivia Nuzzi. The profanity-laced rant was inspired by an unflattering article Nuzzi had written about Weiner and her in the New York Daily News.
“In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation,” Morgan said in a statement to Business Insider. “It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.”
In the Daily News article, Nuzzi wrote about how Weiner's staff only worked for him to get close to Hillary Clinton confidante Huma Abedin, thus putting them in prime position to join a Clinton 2016 presidential campaign team. Nuzzi also detailed how Weiner had mistakenly referred to her as "Monica" and that Weiner had lied about the timeline of his sexting escapades.
“Fu*king slutbag. Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again,” Morgan told Talking Points Memo in response to the article.
“And then like she had the fucking balls to like trash me in the paper," she continued. “You know what? Fu*k you, you little c*nt. I’m not joking, I am going to sue her.”
Reported by Breitbart 1 day ago.
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Branford Dog For Adoption: Olivia
Patch Branford, CT --Want a dog? Well, here is your chance to help out one that really needs a home, Olivia. Olivia is a female puggle who is up for adoption in Branford. She can live with other dogs and children, according to petfinder.com. She is spayed, house-t Reported by Patch 18 hours ago.
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Weiner Aide Barbara Morgan Lambastes Ex-Intern Olivia Nuzzi In Profanity-Laced Tirade, Apologizes
PoliticsIn one of the more memorable rants in recent political history, a top aide to sexting-scandal-plagued New York mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner, unleashed a potty-mouthed tirade against a former intern who had published a tell-all article about Weiner’s dysfunctional campaign.
Speaking to the blog Talking Points Memo in a conversation she now claims was intended to be off-the-record, Weiner’s Communcations Director Barbara Morgan described ex-campaign intern Olivia Nuzzi as a “slutbag,” and a “twat,” also employing an even-less-polite term for the female anatomy in her characterization of her erstwhile underling. Morgan also asserted that Nuzzi “sucked” at her job. Morgan said she had attempted to fire Nuzzi but was persuaded to give the intern a “second chance” when Nuzzi “begged” her.
Weiner resigned his congressional seat after admitting in 2011 that he sent sexually explicit pictures of himself to women he met online. His mayoral campaign took a major hit when it was revealed recently that he continued to send digital photographs of his penis to young women online even after his resignation, when he told the public he had stopped.
The source of Morgan’s ire was a New York Daily News article under Nuzzi’s byline in which Nuzzi claimed that Weiner would refer to female interns incorrectly as “Monica” while paying staffers considerabley less than the salaries they had been promised. The article was accompanied by a photograph of the blonde, pouty-lipped Nuzzi, which prompted Morgan to sneer, “Nice f******g glamor shot ... see if you ever get a job in this town again.”
On Tuesday evening, Morgan issued a statement apologizing for her “inappropriate language” and saying that she had telephoned Nuzzi to apologize. Morgan also said in the statement that she had believed her conversation with Talking Points Memo, whose reporter called Morgan to ask about an unrelated subject, was off the record.
Sources: TPM, Mediaite, NY Daily News
1 Reported by Opposing Views 11 hours ago.
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Barbara Morgan, Anthony Weiner Aide, Lashed Out At Former Intern Olivia Nuzzi
NEW YORK -- The chief spokeswoman for embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner went on an expletive-laced tirade about a former campaign intern in an interview with a political news website.
Barbara Morgan later apologized for using vulgar language to describe former intern Olivia Nuzzi. She said she believed her interview with Talking Points Memo was off the record.
Talking Points said it contacted Morgan on Tuesday for an unrelated story when she launched into her attack on Nuzzi for writing an unflattering first-person article for the Daily News about her experience working on Weiner's campaign.
In the Tuesday cover story, Nuzzi wrote that Weiner often called interns "Monica," a reference to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and that many people worked on the campaign only to get close to Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin. Abedin is an ex-aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Nuzzi also said many of the campaign staff had "short resumes," including Morgan, noting that the communications director "last worked as the press secretary for the New Jersey state education commissioner."
Morgan said Nuzzi was bad at her job and threatened to sue her.
"She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen. ... she would just not show up for work," Morgan said, adding that she tried to fire Nuzzi but "gave her a second chance" when Nuzzi begged to come back.
Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign about four weeks ago, Morgan said.
Later, she issued an apology.
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation. It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize," she said.
Nuzzi, a college student and writer, declined to comment on Morgan's tirade.
Last week, Weiner acknowledged exchanging sexually explicit messages online after similar behavior spurred his resignation from Congress in 2011. He released a new campaign video Tuesday evening saying he won't quit the race, despite pressure from politicians and newspaper editors.
A new poll released Monday found Weiner's support fell from 26 percent last week to 16 percent. Reported by Huffington Post 16 hours ago.
Barbara Morgan later apologized for using vulgar language to describe former intern Olivia Nuzzi. She said she believed her interview with Talking Points Memo was off the record.
Talking Points said it contacted Morgan on Tuesday for an unrelated story when she launched into her attack on Nuzzi for writing an unflattering first-person article for the Daily News about her experience working on Weiner's campaign.
In the Tuesday cover story, Nuzzi wrote that Weiner often called interns "Monica," a reference to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and that many people worked on the campaign only to get close to Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin. Abedin is an ex-aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Nuzzi also said many of the campaign staff had "short resumes," including Morgan, noting that the communications director "last worked as the press secretary for the New Jersey state education commissioner."
Morgan said Nuzzi was bad at her job and threatened to sue her.
"She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen. ... she would just not show up for work," Morgan said, adding that she tried to fire Nuzzi but "gave her a second chance" when Nuzzi begged to come back.
Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign about four weeks ago, Morgan said.
Later, she issued an apology.
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation. It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize," she said.
Nuzzi, a college student and writer, declined to comment on Morgan's tirade.
Last week, Weiner acknowledged exchanging sexually explicit messages online after similar behavior spurred his resignation from Congress in 2011. He released a new campaign video Tuesday evening saying he won't quit the race, despite pressure from politicians and newspaper editors.
A new poll released Monday found Weiner's support fell from 26 percent last week to 16 percent. Reported by Huffington Post 16 hours ago.
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HUFFPOST HILL - President Thinks We Suck :-(
The president told lawmakers not to believe what they read in the Huffington Post, prompting Steny Hoyer to disregard everything he thought he knew about Larry Summers' sideboob. After a tense conversation on the Senate floor, Lisa Murkowski switched her vote on President Obama's ATF nominee from 'nay' to [DEL: 'new terminal at Fairbanks International Airport' :DEL] 'aye.' And a now-fired drunk intern earned a place in Washington lore -- not to mention P90X's next ad campaign -- when he lost his shoe stalking Paul Ryan. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Wednesday, July 31st, 2013:
*OBAMA TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS ABOUT NSA* - Sabrina Siddiqui: "President Barack Obama continued to defend the National Security Agency's widespread surveillance programs behind closed doors to Senate Democrats on Wednesday, but on Thursday he faces a tougher audience. *A group of lawmakers who have expressed concerns about privacy and transparency in the wake of the NSA revelations will meet with the president at the White House Thursday*. The meeting was confirmed by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), who told The Huffington Post he would be in attendance and 'looked forward' to further discussion around possible changes to the scope of the NSA's data collection. Other senators whose attendance was confirmed to HuffPost include Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), as well as two of the NSA's top defenders -- Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and ranking member Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). Politico reported that some members of the House of Representatives will also participate, including Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)." [HuffPost]
*ORDER ON NSA INFO ACCESS DECLASSIFIED* - Ryan Reilly: "Government agents may only access a National Security Agency database of all domestic phone calls in the United States when an executive branch official decides there is a 'reasonable, articulable suspicion' that a phone number is associated with terrorism, according to a formerly secret court order revealed Wednesday. An April ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was declassified by the Obama administration just ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act programs. The so-called telephone metadata can only be accessed by 'authorized personnel who have received appropriate and adequate training,' according to the court order. The April 25 order, signed by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, served as the basis for a separate order, disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that forced a Verizon subsidiary to turn over its phone logs." [HuffPost]
*We give it a month until the Texas legislature mandates doctors ask women to "answer me these riddles three" before performing an abortion*. Laura Bassett: "A new bill being advanced in the Texas state Senate *would require women to take a three-hour class on adoption before legally being allowed to have an abortion*. Senate Bill 42, filed by Texas State Sen. Eddie Lucio, an anti-abortion Democrat, would direct the state's Health and Human Services Commission to develop a three-hour course 'regarding a pregnant woman's option to place her child for adoption.' Women would be required to complete the course at least 24 hours before having an abortion. Lucio said the bill is intended to change women's minds about ending their pregnancies." [HuffPost]
Now you tell all your friends that you've seen Bo Obama poop.
*ATF VOTE NEARLY TORPEDOES FILIBUSTER DEAL* - Somewhere, Heidi Heitkamp just burned half her office budget on a last-minute ticket to D.C. Mike McAuliff and Luke Johnson: "The approval of Todd Jones to head the ATF hinged on the vote of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who at first voted no on a procedural question but then switched after an intense hour of heated discussion on the Senate floor. Murkowski was one of six Republicans who agreed earlier this month not to filibuster seven of the president's nominees... It was unclear why Murkowski initially balked at Jones, although some Republicans have charged he was somehow culpable in the Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal...Murkowski was surrounded by more than a dozen of her colleagues at one point... and their raised voices could be heard from the Senate press gallery...Indeed, *one person familiar with the showdown thought that Murkowski might have been convinced to vote no on her way to the floor, only to find [John] McCain, [Harry] Reid, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and others reminding her of the agreement they reached* and the fact that filibustering Jones could blow up the entire deal...Even with Murkowski's aye, Jones was one vote short, with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) unexpectedly away. The count was being held open until 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday for her return." [HuffPost]
*Edward Snowden is somehow making broccoli prices skyrocket, which will deprive President Obama of his favorite food*: "Blame Edward Snowden if you soon find yourself paying more for frozen broccoli at the grocery store, or your special someone doesn’t bring you roses on your anniversary. Ecuador President Rafael Correa has been using the National Security Agency leaker’s surveillance scandal as a reason to pull out of trade agreements with the United States that, until now, have kept Ecuadorian imports of frozen broccoli, canned artichokes and flowers tariff-free. But as trade agreements expire and political tensions intensify between Ecuador and the United States, the consumer may begin to feel the pinch." [Politico]
Everyone in Washington is talking about The 50 Hills Most Beautiful. Number 17 is easily the most gorgeous.
*DAILY DELANEY DOWNER* - The House Agriculture Committee's farm bill would have denied food stamp benefits to as many as 5.1 million Americans, or more than 10 percent of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's enrollment, according to a new analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The estimate, based on an exhaustive analysis of how new asset tests would disqualify applicants, reveals a deeper impact than the one estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, which said the House bill would cut fewer than 2 million from benefits. The new report doesn't estimate how many fewer people would receive benefits after Republicans added harsher amendments before the legislation died on the House floor. [Health Impact Project]
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*HOUSE FAIL FEST* - Jake Sherman: "What a week. House Republicans are calling a last-minute Rules Committee meeting to ensure three bills that deal with what they consider government abuse do not fail on the House floor before the August recess. The bills — part of a themed week called “Stop Government Abuse” — were coming to the floor as part of a fast-track process that required support from two-thirds of lawmakers for passage. *Instead, Republican leadership has decided to construct a process that would allow the bills to be slapped together and passed with by a simple majority of the House*.... This comes the same day House Republicans abandoned a plan to consider a $44 billion transportation and housing spending bill. GOP leadership says they’ll finish the bill in September, but Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said he doubts that will happen."[Politico]
*OBAMA DEFENDS LARRY SUMMERS IN MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL DEMS* - Jen Bendery and Sabrina Siddiqui: "President Barack Obama gave a 'full-throated defense' of Larry Summers in a closed meeting with House Democrats Wednesday, according to a lawmaker in the room...Summers, along with Janet Yellen, are reportedly the top contenders for the Fed post... During Wednesday’s meeting, one Democratic lawmaker, who requested anonymity, said the president became agitated and rose to Summers’ defense in response to Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) walking up to the microphone and simply saying, 'Larry Summers. Bad Choice.' *In paraphrasing Obama's response, the lawmaker said the president replied, 'Hey, don't talk sh*t about him because he's actually a pretty good guy. And then he said, 'If somebody talked sh*t about you like that, I'd defend you too'* (The lawmaker added that Obama didn't use the expletive.)... According to two Democrats in the room, Obama also ripped The Huffington Post for making Summers, in the president’s words, 'a progressive whipping boy.' The Hill reported that Obama told Democrats 'not to believe everything you read in the Huffington Post.'" [HuffPost]
*The female members of the House made perfectly clear who they want to be then next Fed chair*: "A majority of the Democratic women serving in the House of Representatives are urging President Barack Obama to nominate Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve, putting additional pressure on the president to reject economist Larry Summers, who is rumored to be the frontrunner. *Thirty-eight of the 62 Democratic women in the House have signed on to a letter circulated by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), saying that Yellen, currently the Fed vice chair, would be the 'best choice' to lead the institution*...Many Yellen supporters are worried that Summers would follow in the footsteps of his mentor and dial back the Fed's efforts to lower unemployment in order to appease the bond market...Summers also served as president of Harvard University, but he resigned in 2006 after he suggested that women may be inherently less talented at math and science than men are." [HuffPost]
*Confused old man walks into strange place*: "There was confusion Wednesday after [Sen. John McCain] mistakenly strolled into President Obama’s meeting with Senate Democrats at the Capitol. The room full of Democrats — who happened to be meeting in the same room where the Senate GOP usually holds their weekly policy luncheons — erupted in applause and laughter as the former Republican presidential candidate made his entrance. As McCain, 76, walked out of the Dem-filled space, reporters pressed him as to why he stepped foot in the room. Saying he “had to give a speech,” McCain was eyed walking away sporting a big grin." [The Hill]
"Back in 2008 Weiner introduced a bill to make it easier for high-end foreign models to enter the United States."
*OBAMA CHOOSES WOMAN FOR DEPUTY 'PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STOP HARASSING US ABOUT LARRY SUMMERS' DIRECTOR* - It's a shame that the next deputy treasury secretary will be so bad at math and science. Bloomberg: "*President Barack Obama plans to name Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin as deputy Treasury Secretary, making her the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Treasury department*, according to two people familiar with the matter. Raskin, 52, has been vetted for the position and Obama plans to nominate her in the coming weeks, according to the people, who asked for anonymity to discuss the personnel decision before an announcement. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has been told of the choice, according to one of the people. Prior to serving as Maryland’s top financial regulator from 2007 to 2010, Raskin was a managing director at Promontory Financial Group, which advises banks. She was nominated to the Fed in March of 2010." [Bloomberg]
*JOHN MCCAIN REGRETS HIS SEQUESTRATION VOTE, MY FRIENDS* - Sam Stein: "When the Obama administration and congressional Republican leadership crafted the policy of sequestration in the summer of 2011, the idea was relatively simple: Onerous budget cuts that affected the top priorities of each political party would never take place because it was in the interest of both parties to avert them...Now, in retrospect, even the authors of sequestration concede that they oversold the willingness and ability of lawmakers to come together on a replacement. And in an interview with The New Republic, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) placed it among the biggest legislative regrets of his career. 'TNR: Were you surprised that the GOP allowed sequestration? JM: I think the way it was sold, that the Sword of Damocles would never fall, was a contradiction. *You should never point a gun unless you were going to pull the trigger. The leadership said this would never happen. It is the worst vote I have cast in many years.*'" [HuffPost]
*Republican Rep. Tom Cotton is running for Mark Pryor's Senate seat, sweat beads on Michael Bennet's head confirm *: "The freshman congressman has scheduled an event Tuesday with supporters in his hometown of Dardanelle. A person who has spoken with Cotton said the congressman intends to enter the race against Pryor, who faces re-election next year... Cotton, 36, is a former management consultant who served in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was elected to the 4th District in November, after racking up endorsements during his primary bid from national Republican leaders including U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and conservative groups such as the Club for Growth.:" [AP]
*WOMEN BREAKING THROUGH THE SELLOUT GLASS CEILING* - The women of Seneca Falls would be so proud. National Journal: "While it’s no secret that men outnumber women in Washington’s lobbying corps, individual lobbying contracts held by women are worth more on average than those held by men, according to an analysis of lobbying disclosures by LegiStorm. *The average contract between a client and a single female lobbyist was worth more than a contract between a client and a single male lobbyist in 2002, 2007, and 2012, the years analyzed by LegiStorm*, a nonpartisan group that provides information on Congress. Moreover, a two-woman team held contracts with a greater average worth than those held by a two-man team, and contracts with a mixed-gender team tended to be worth more than contacts held by two men. For example, the average contract amount between a single woman and a client in 2012 was $33,289, while that for a single male lobbyist was $26,299. Contracts between two women and a client averaged $23,542; for two men, contracts averaged $17,855. For a mixed-gender team, the average was $22,992." [National Journal]
Thomas Roberts called Anthony Weiner sexting partner Sydney Leathers "batshit" on air.
*PRO TIP: DON'T CALL A FORMER COLLEAGUE 'SLUTBAG,' EVEN IF YOU'RE OFF THE RECORD* - That also includes the neologisms "whorecase,""skanksack" and "portman-ho." HuffPost: "In an interview with Talking Points Memo, [Anthony] Weiner communications director Barbara Morgan attacked Olivia Nuzzi, the former intern whose story on the campaign was published by the Daily News Tuesday. In the story, Nuzzi accuses Weiner of incorrectly calling several female interns by the name 'Monica,' and claims that many interns joined the campaign with hopes of landing in the good graces of Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton...*'Fucking slutbag,' she said. 'Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again.'*...Morgan apologized for her remarks in a statementTuesday evening. 'In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation,' Morgan said. 'It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.'" [HuffPost]
*HuffPost Hiccup*: Yesterday we incorrectly attributed the video that Steve King mistakenly featured on his campaign website to Media Matters when the video belonged to American Bridge. Apologies. We're also sorry about the many previous errors not acknowledged with a hiccup.
*BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR* - Here is a fearless toddler.
*DRUNK INTERN IS DRUNK, OBSESSED WITH PAUL RYAN* - Gawker, who has reprinted the email detailing these shenanigans in full, summarizes: "Briefly: An underage congressional intern rolled into work two hours late this morning, 'absolutely hammered,' 'reeking of booze,' and vigorously declaring his love for failed vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan — standard Mitt Romney stuff. After checking in with his supervisors, the intern abruptly ran out of his office to get a jumpstart on stalking Congressman Ryan, left his shoe on the ground to hold his place in a line that didn't exist, and hobbled into a nearby restaurant to score a breakfast burrito. (He also had a plan for meeting and seducing an unknown hottie in the interim that didn't pan out for him.) When he returned to collect his shoe, it was gone. And he was fired." [Gawker (full email)]
*COMFORT FOOD*
- The ten weirdest insured celebrity body parts. [http://bit.ly/12FCdtz]
- A history of "Oregon Trail," the cause of 99.98 % of dysentery cases among millennials. [http://bit.ly/1e9V1Rq]
- Cat won't let owner play ukulele. [http://huff.to/1bJwGGk]
- A collection of old school video games reimagined in the first-person. [http://bit.ly/14DJjZT]
- A 1999 commercial for Corn Pops starring "Breaking Bad"'s Aaron Paul. [http://bit.ly/11v1ML7]
- 79 commonly mispronounced words and the correct way to say them. [http://bit.ly/15b1OLp]
- Photos of Fortune 500 boardrooms. [http://bit.ly/1coSSDA]
*TWITTERAMA*
@elisefoley: Who's launching a Kickstarter to buy the drunk intern a new shoe? He lost it in pursuit of Democracy and love of country.
@pourmecoffee: Monica Lewinsky is at the top of Drudge and the Backstreet Boys are releasing a new album. Who turned the Hot Tub Time Machine to 1998?!
@LOLGOP: The GOP telling people not to sign up for health insurance will be in the same wing as climate change denial in the Misanthropy Hall Of Fame
*Got something to add? Send tips/quotes/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to Eliot Nelson (eliot@huffingtonpost.com), Ryan Grim (ryan@huffingtonpost.com) or Arthur Delaney (arthur@huffingtonpost.com). Follow us on Twitter @HuffPostHill (twitter.com/HuffPostHill). Sign up here: http://huff.to/an2k2e* Reported by Huffington Post 11 hours ago.
*OBAMA TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS ABOUT NSA* - Sabrina Siddiqui: "President Barack Obama continued to defend the National Security Agency's widespread surveillance programs behind closed doors to Senate Democrats on Wednesday, but on Thursday he faces a tougher audience. *A group of lawmakers who have expressed concerns about privacy and transparency in the wake of the NSA revelations will meet with the president at the White House Thursday*. The meeting was confirmed by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), who told The Huffington Post he would be in attendance and 'looked forward' to further discussion around possible changes to the scope of the NSA's data collection. Other senators whose attendance was confirmed to HuffPost include Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), as well as two of the NSA's top defenders -- Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and ranking member Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). Politico reported that some members of the House of Representatives will also participate, including Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)." [HuffPost]
*ORDER ON NSA INFO ACCESS DECLASSIFIED* - Ryan Reilly: "Government agents may only access a National Security Agency database of all domestic phone calls in the United States when an executive branch official decides there is a 'reasonable, articulable suspicion' that a phone number is associated with terrorism, according to a formerly secret court order revealed Wednesday. An April ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was declassified by the Obama administration just ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act programs. The so-called telephone metadata can only be accessed by 'authorized personnel who have received appropriate and adequate training,' according to the court order. The April 25 order, signed by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, served as the basis for a separate order, disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that forced a Verizon subsidiary to turn over its phone logs." [HuffPost]
*We give it a month until the Texas legislature mandates doctors ask women to "answer me these riddles three" before performing an abortion*. Laura Bassett: "A new bill being advanced in the Texas state Senate *would require women to take a three-hour class on adoption before legally being allowed to have an abortion*. Senate Bill 42, filed by Texas State Sen. Eddie Lucio, an anti-abortion Democrat, would direct the state's Health and Human Services Commission to develop a three-hour course 'regarding a pregnant woman's option to place her child for adoption.' Women would be required to complete the course at least 24 hours before having an abortion. Lucio said the bill is intended to change women's minds about ending their pregnancies." [HuffPost]
Now you tell all your friends that you've seen Bo Obama poop.
*ATF VOTE NEARLY TORPEDOES FILIBUSTER DEAL* - Somewhere, Heidi Heitkamp just burned half her office budget on a last-minute ticket to D.C. Mike McAuliff and Luke Johnson: "The approval of Todd Jones to head the ATF hinged on the vote of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who at first voted no on a procedural question but then switched after an intense hour of heated discussion on the Senate floor. Murkowski was one of six Republicans who agreed earlier this month not to filibuster seven of the president's nominees... It was unclear why Murkowski initially balked at Jones, although some Republicans have charged he was somehow culpable in the Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal...Murkowski was surrounded by more than a dozen of her colleagues at one point... and their raised voices could be heard from the Senate press gallery...Indeed, *one person familiar with the showdown thought that Murkowski might have been convinced to vote no on her way to the floor, only to find [John] McCain, [Harry] Reid, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and others reminding her of the agreement they reached* and the fact that filibustering Jones could blow up the entire deal...Even with Murkowski's aye, Jones was one vote short, with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) unexpectedly away. The count was being held open until 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday for her return." [HuffPost]
*Edward Snowden is somehow making broccoli prices skyrocket, which will deprive President Obama of his favorite food*: "Blame Edward Snowden if you soon find yourself paying more for frozen broccoli at the grocery store, or your special someone doesn’t bring you roses on your anniversary. Ecuador President Rafael Correa has been using the National Security Agency leaker’s surveillance scandal as a reason to pull out of trade agreements with the United States that, until now, have kept Ecuadorian imports of frozen broccoli, canned artichokes and flowers tariff-free. But as trade agreements expire and political tensions intensify between Ecuador and the United States, the consumer may begin to feel the pinch." [Politico]
Everyone in Washington is talking about The 50 Hills Most Beautiful. Number 17 is easily the most gorgeous.
*DAILY DELANEY DOWNER* - The House Agriculture Committee's farm bill would have denied food stamp benefits to as many as 5.1 million Americans, or more than 10 percent of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's enrollment, according to a new analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The estimate, based on an exhaustive analysis of how new asset tests would disqualify applicants, reveals a deeper impact than the one estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, which said the House bill would cut fewer than 2 million from benefits. The new report doesn't estimate how many fewer people would receive benefits after Republicans added harsher amendments before the legislation died on the House floor. [Health Impact Project]
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*HOUSE FAIL FEST* - Jake Sherman: "What a week. House Republicans are calling a last-minute Rules Committee meeting to ensure three bills that deal with what they consider government abuse do not fail on the House floor before the August recess. The bills — part of a themed week called “Stop Government Abuse” — were coming to the floor as part of a fast-track process that required support from two-thirds of lawmakers for passage. *Instead, Republican leadership has decided to construct a process that would allow the bills to be slapped together and passed with by a simple majority of the House*.... This comes the same day House Republicans abandoned a plan to consider a $44 billion transportation and housing spending bill. GOP leadership says they’ll finish the bill in September, but Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said he doubts that will happen."[Politico]
*OBAMA DEFENDS LARRY SUMMERS IN MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL DEMS* - Jen Bendery and Sabrina Siddiqui: "President Barack Obama gave a 'full-throated defense' of Larry Summers in a closed meeting with House Democrats Wednesday, according to a lawmaker in the room...Summers, along with Janet Yellen, are reportedly the top contenders for the Fed post... During Wednesday’s meeting, one Democratic lawmaker, who requested anonymity, said the president became agitated and rose to Summers’ defense in response to Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) walking up to the microphone and simply saying, 'Larry Summers. Bad Choice.' *In paraphrasing Obama's response, the lawmaker said the president replied, 'Hey, don't talk sh*t about him because he's actually a pretty good guy. And then he said, 'If somebody talked sh*t about you like that, I'd defend you too'* (The lawmaker added that Obama didn't use the expletive.)... According to two Democrats in the room, Obama also ripped The Huffington Post for making Summers, in the president’s words, 'a progressive whipping boy.' The Hill reported that Obama told Democrats 'not to believe everything you read in the Huffington Post.'" [HuffPost]
*The female members of the House made perfectly clear who they want to be then next Fed chair*: "A majority of the Democratic women serving in the House of Representatives are urging President Barack Obama to nominate Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve, putting additional pressure on the president to reject economist Larry Summers, who is rumored to be the frontrunner. *Thirty-eight of the 62 Democratic women in the House have signed on to a letter circulated by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), saying that Yellen, currently the Fed vice chair, would be the 'best choice' to lead the institution*...Many Yellen supporters are worried that Summers would follow in the footsteps of his mentor and dial back the Fed's efforts to lower unemployment in order to appease the bond market...Summers also served as president of Harvard University, but he resigned in 2006 after he suggested that women may be inherently less talented at math and science than men are." [HuffPost]
*Confused old man walks into strange place*: "There was confusion Wednesday after [Sen. John McCain] mistakenly strolled into President Obama’s meeting with Senate Democrats at the Capitol. The room full of Democrats — who happened to be meeting in the same room where the Senate GOP usually holds their weekly policy luncheons — erupted in applause and laughter as the former Republican presidential candidate made his entrance. As McCain, 76, walked out of the Dem-filled space, reporters pressed him as to why he stepped foot in the room. Saying he “had to give a speech,” McCain was eyed walking away sporting a big grin." [The Hill]
"Back in 2008 Weiner introduced a bill to make it easier for high-end foreign models to enter the United States."
*OBAMA CHOOSES WOMAN FOR DEPUTY 'PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STOP HARASSING US ABOUT LARRY SUMMERS' DIRECTOR* - It's a shame that the next deputy treasury secretary will be so bad at math and science. Bloomberg: "*President Barack Obama plans to name Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin as deputy Treasury Secretary, making her the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Treasury department*, according to two people familiar with the matter. Raskin, 52, has been vetted for the position and Obama plans to nominate her in the coming weeks, according to the people, who asked for anonymity to discuss the personnel decision before an announcement. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has been told of the choice, according to one of the people. Prior to serving as Maryland’s top financial regulator from 2007 to 2010, Raskin was a managing director at Promontory Financial Group, which advises banks. She was nominated to the Fed in March of 2010." [Bloomberg]
*JOHN MCCAIN REGRETS HIS SEQUESTRATION VOTE, MY FRIENDS* - Sam Stein: "When the Obama administration and congressional Republican leadership crafted the policy of sequestration in the summer of 2011, the idea was relatively simple: Onerous budget cuts that affected the top priorities of each political party would never take place because it was in the interest of both parties to avert them...Now, in retrospect, even the authors of sequestration concede that they oversold the willingness and ability of lawmakers to come together on a replacement. And in an interview with The New Republic, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) placed it among the biggest legislative regrets of his career. 'TNR: Were you surprised that the GOP allowed sequestration? JM: I think the way it was sold, that the Sword of Damocles would never fall, was a contradiction. *You should never point a gun unless you were going to pull the trigger. The leadership said this would never happen. It is the worst vote I have cast in many years.*'" [HuffPost]
*Republican Rep. Tom Cotton is running for Mark Pryor's Senate seat, sweat beads on Michael Bennet's head confirm *: "The freshman congressman has scheduled an event Tuesday with supporters in his hometown of Dardanelle. A person who has spoken with Cotton said the congressman intends to enter the race against Pryor, who faces re-election next year... Cotton, 36, is a former management consultant who served in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was elected to the 4th District in November, after racking up endorsements during his primary bid from national Republican leaders including U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and conservative groups such as the Club for Growth.:" [AP]
*WOMEN BREAKING THROUGH THE SELLOUT GLASS CEILING* - The women of Seneca Falls would be so proud. National Journal: "While it’s no secret that men outnumber women in Washington’s lobbying corps, individual lobbying contracts held by women are worth more on average than those held by men, according to an analysis of lobbying disclosures by LegiStorm. *The average contract between a client and a single female lobbyist was worth more than a contract between a client and a single male lobbyist in 2002, 2007, and 2012, the years analyzed by LegiStorm*, a nonpartisan group that provides information on Congress. Moreover, a two-woman team held contracts with a greater average worth than those held by a two-man team, and contracts with a mixed-gender team tended to be worth more than contacts held by two men. For example, the average contract amount between a single woman and a client in 2012 was $33,289, while that for a single male lobbyist was $26,299. Contracts between two women and a client averaged $23,542; for two men, contracts averaged $17,855. For a mixed-gender team, the average was $22,992." [National Journal]
Thomas Roberts called Anthony Weiner sexting partner Sydney Leathers "batshit" on air.
*PRO TIP: DON'T CALL A FORMER COLLEAGUE 'SLUTBAG,' EVEN IF YOU'RE OFF THE RECORD* - That also includes the neologisms "whorecase,""skanksack" and "portman-ho." HuffPost: "In an interview with Talking Points Memo, [Anthony] Weiner communications director Barbara Morgan attacked Olivia Nuzzi, the former intern whose story on the campaign was published by the Daily News Tuesday. In the story, Nuzzi accuses Weiner of incorrectly calling several female interns by the name 'Monica,' and claims that many interns joined the campaign with hopes of landing in the good graces of Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton...*'Fucking slutbag,' she said. 'Nice fucking glamour shot on the cover of the Daily News. Man, see if you ever get a job in this town again.'*...Morgan apologized for her remarks in a statementTuesday evening. 'In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation,' Morgan said. 'It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.'" [HuffPost]
*HuffPost Hiccup*: Yesterday we incorrectly attributed the video that Steve King mistakenly featured on his campaign website to Media Matters when the video belonged to American Bridge. Apologies. We're also sorry about the many previous errors not acknowledged with a hiccup.
*BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR* - Here is a fearless toddler.
*DRUNK INTERN IS DRUNK, OBSESSED WITH PAUL RYAN* - Gawker, who has reprinted the email detailing these shenanigans in full, summarizes: "Briefly: An underage congressional intern rolled into work two hours late this morning, 'absolutely hammered,' 'reeking of booze,' and vigorously declaring his love for failed vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan — standard Mitt Romney stuff. After checking in with his supervisors, the intern abruptly ran out of his office to get a jumpstart on stalking Congressman Ryan, left his shoe on the ground to hold his place in a line that didn't exist, and hobbled into a nearby restaurant to score a breakfast burrito. (He also had a plan for meeting and seducing an unknown hottie in the interim that didn't pan out for him.) When he returned to collect his shoe, it was gone. And he was fired." [Gawker (full email)]
*COMFORT FOOD*
- The ten weirdest insured celebrity body parts. [http://bit.ly/12FCdtz]
- A history of "Oregon Trail," the cause of 99.98 % of dysentery cases among millennials. [http://bit.ly/1e9V1Rq]
- Cat won't let owner play ukulele. [http://huff.to/1bJwGGk]
- A collection of old school video games reimagined in the first-person. [http://bit.ly/14DJjZT]
- A 1999 commercial for Corn Pops starring "Breaking Bad"'s Aaron Paul. [http://bit.ly/11v1ML7]
- 79 commonly mispronounced words and the correct way to say them. [http://bit.ly/15b1OLp]
- Photos of Fortune 500 boardrooms. [http://bit.ly/1coSSDA]
*TWITTERAMA*
@elisefoley: Who's launching a Kickstarter to buy the drunk intern a new shoe? He lost it in pursuit of Democracy and love of country.
@pourmecoffee: Monica Lewinsky is at the top of Drudge and the Backstreet Boys are releasing a new album. Who turned the Hot Tub Time Machine to 1998?!
@LOLGOP: The GOP telling people not to sign up for health insurance will be in the same wing as climate change denial in the Misanthropy Hall Of Fame
*Got something to add? Send tips/quotes/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to Eliot Nelson (eliot@huffingtonpost.com), Ryan Grim (ryan@huffingtonpost.com) or Arthur Delaney (arthur@huffingtonpost.com). Follow us on Twitter @HuffPostHill (twitter.com/HuffPostHill). Sign up here: http://huff.to/an2k2e* Reported by Huffington Post 11 hours ago.
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Weiner’s flack cracked: pals
Anthony Weiner’s young, frazzled flack is cracking under the pressure of his train-wreck campaign, sources told The Post. Communications boss Barbara Morgan, 33, was at her wits’ end when she blasted former campaign intern Olivia Nuzzi as a “slutbag,” “c--t” and “tw-t” in a profanity-laced tirade this week, friends...
Reported by NY Post 3 hours ago.
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Anthony Weiner's latest campaign hurdle is potty-mouthed aide
A former campaign intern who was slammed by embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner’s chief spokeswoman in an expletive-laced tirade has accepted her apology.
The ex-intern, Olivia Nuzzi, tweeted her acceptance of the apology by spokeswoman Barbara Morgan on Wednesday.
Morgan had ranted about Nuzzi in an interview with the political news website Talking Points Memo. She later apologized for using vulgar language to describe Nuzzi and said she believed her interview was off the record.
Related:
Weiner falls behind in mayoral race
Anthony Weiner’s campaign manager quits
When is it OK to sext a photo of your penis?
Talking Points said it contacted Morgan on Tuesday for an unrelated story when she launched into her attack on Nuzzi for writing an unflattering first-person article for the Daily News about her experience working on Weiner’s campaign.
In the Tuesday cover story, Nuzzi wrote that Weiner often called interns “Monica,” a reference to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and that many people worked on the campaign only to get close to Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, an ex-aide to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Nuzzi also said many of the campaign staffers, including Morgan, had “short resumés,” noting that the communications director “last worked as the press secretary for the New Jersey state education commissioner.”
Morgan said Nuzzi was bad at her job and threatened to sue her, calling her a range of obscene names including “slutbag” and “bitch.”
“She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen. . . . She would just not show up for work,” Morgan said, adding that she tried to fire Nuzzi but “gave her a second chance” when Nuzzi begged to come back.
Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign about four weeks ago, Morgan said.
Later, she issued an apology.
“In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off-the record-conversation,” she said. “It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.”
Nuzzi, a college student and writer, tweeted that she “of course” accepted Morgan’s apology.
Morgan tweeted a photo of a swear jar stuffed with $100 bills and said: “Not my best day yesterday. Should’ve known better, been better. Gotta pay up.”
Last week, Weiner acknowledged exchanging sexually explicit messages with women online after similar behaviour spurred his resignation from Congress in 2011. He released a new campaign video Tuesday evening saying he won’t quit the mayor’s race despite pressure from politicians and newspaper editors.
A poll released Monday found Weiner’s support fell from 26 per cent last week to 16 per cent. Reported by Toronto Star 23 hours ago.
The ex-intern, Olivia Nuzzi, tweeted her acceptance of the apology by spokeswoman Barbara Morgan on Wednesday.
Morgan had ranted about Nuzzi in an interview with the political news website Talking Points Memo. She later apologized for using vulgar language to describe Nuzzi and said she believed her interview was off the record.
Related:
Weiner falls behind in mayoral race
Anthony Weiner’s campaign manager quits
When is it OK to sext a photo of your penis?
Talking Points said it contacted Morgan on Tuesday for an unrelated story when she launched into her attack on Nuzzi for writing an unflattering first-person article for the Daily News about her experience working on Weiner’s campaign.
In the Tuesday cover story, Nuzzi wrote that Weiner often called interns “Monica,” a reference to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and that many people worked on the campaign only to get close to Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, an ex-aide to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Nuzzi also said many of the campaign staffers, including Morgan, had “short resumés,” noting that the communications director “last worked as the press secretary for the New Jersey state education commissioner.”
Morgan said Nuzzi was bad at her job and threatened to sue her, calling her a range of obscene names including “slutbag” and “bitch.”
“She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen. . . . She would just not show up for work,” Morgan said, adding that she tried to fire Nuzzi but “gave her a second chance” when Nuzzi begged to come back.
Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign about four weeks ago, Morgan said.
Later, she issued an apology.
“In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off-the record-conversation,” she said. “It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.”
Nuzzi, a college student and writer, tweeted that she “of course” accepted Morgan’s apology.
Morgan tweeted a photo of a swear jar stuffed with $100 bills and said: “Not my best day yesterday. Should’ve known better, been better. Gotta pay up.”
Last week, Weiner acknowledged exchanging sexually explicit messages with women online after similar behaviour spurred his resignation from Congress in 2011. He released a new campaign video Tuesday evening saying he won’t quit the mayor’s race despite pressure from politicians and newspaper editors.
A poll released Monday found Weiner’s support fell from 26 per cent last week to 16 per cent. Reported by Toronto Star 23 hours ago.
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Olivia Nuzzi Turns Barbara Morgan’s Words Into Twitter Bio
Olivia Nuzzi, the now-infamous intern for Anthony Weiner who was blasted earlier this week by his communications director, Barbara Morgan, has turned some nasty words around in a cheeky bio for her Twitter page. Nuzzi was slammed by Morgan on …
Reported by WebProNews 17 hours ago.
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