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Early And Awesome
early and awesome
June 23, 2011
Tom Hanks Is the Only Liberal Ecstatic About President Obama
No complaints from Mr. Hanks.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
June 11, 2011
Watch Jane Lynch and Bill Maher Read Anthony Weiner’s Facebook Messages
It’s priceless.
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
May 19, 2011
Illinois State Senator Heeds Financial Advice From Wu-Tang’s Raekwon
She recites lyrics from “C.R.E.A.M.” on the Senate floor.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 27, 2011
Obama Stops By Oprah to Talk Birth Certificates
“When it first came up, were you thinking, I hope I was born here?”
By
Julie Gerstein
early and awesome
Apr. 27, 2011
President Obama Has Released His Long-Form Birth Certificate [Updated]
BREAKING X 1,000,000!!!
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 21, 2011
Guy Who Backs Abortion, Pot Legalization, and Gay Rights Running for GOP Nomination
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson announced that he’s running for president.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 15, 2011
Dick Grasso vs. Eliot Spitzer Gets a Bit More Likely
Yesssss.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 13, 2011
Mitch Daniels Has Found His Campaign Slogan
“At least he’s not a freak.”
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 10, 2011
Did the White Stripes Help Prevent a Government Shutdown?
Watch Donna Edwards’s impassioned poetry slam.
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
Apr. 4, 2011
Jon Huntsman, Governor, Ambassador, Dropout Keyboardist for a Band Called Wizard
WIZARD!
By
Nitasha Tiku
early and awesome
Mar. 30, 2011
Scott Walker Prankster Ian Murphy on Running for Congress and Why Buffalo Sucks
Not your typical candidate, or your typical Q&A.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Mar. 10, 2011
Stephen King Eloquently Rips Into the Tea Party, Taxes, Reagan
Watch a video of the rally.
By
Nitasha Tiku
early and awesome
Feb. 18, 2011
To Defend Planned Parenthood, Congresswoman Talks About Her Own Abortion
California’s Jackie Speier kicks ass on the floor of the House.
By
Nitasha Tiku
early and awesome
Feb. 7, 2011
Someone Named Jonathon the Impaler Sharkey Is Running for President
In fact, 85 people, many of them with weird names, have already filed.
By
Dan Amira
good-bye to all that
Jan. 29, 2011
George W. Bush Wants Nothing to Do With Politics
“I don’t want to be on talk shows giving my opinion or second-guessing the current president.”
By
Mike Vilensky
republicans exposed
Jan. 8, 2011
Republican Congresswoman Caught in Saucy ‘Photo Scandal’
Spotted: Mary Bono Mack, letting loose at a fund-raiser.
By
Mike Vilensky
ask … tell!
Dec. 18, 2010
Senate Takes Historic Step, Repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ [Updated]
“No longer will many thousands more be asked to live a lie in order to serve the country they love.”
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
Dec. 2, 2010
Bronx Congressman Accuses GOP of Favoring Wealthy Dogs Over Middle-Class Humans
Specifically, Leona Helmsley’s dog.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 31, 2010
Dancing With the Stars
Is the Most Bi-partisan Show on Television
The show has brought in the most ad purchases for both parties.
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
Oct. 29, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg Makes a Charlie Sheen Joke
Who’s been writing his material?
By
Matt McCue
early and awesome
Oct. 26, 2010
Sandra Lee Is Dressing Up Like a Ren Faire Wench for Halloween
“I’m actually riding a horse and jousting, and I knock a guy on his tushy.”
By
Jessica Pressler
early and awesome
Oct. 20, 2010
Cross-Dressing Korean Bassist Rocks the California Gubernatorial Race
A tweet gone amazingly awry.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 19, 2010
In Case You Missed Jimmy McMillan Last Night
Here are some highlights from the debate.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 18, 2010
Jimmy McMillan Shares His Debate Strategy
One: Say Obama a lot. Two: Talk about rent regardless of the question. And three: Be bad.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 15, 2010
The Best and Worst of the 2010 Campaign Ads
From the “Most Inappropriate Comparison” to the “Best Use of a Human Liver,” 38 campaign ads that went above and beyond this year.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 15, 2010
This Is How They Do Attack Ads in Canada
Especially when one’s opponent has kicked a child in the face.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 6, 2010
Latest Defector From the Obama Camp: Presidential Seal Falls Off Podium During Speech
“That’s all right. All of you know who I am.”
By
Nitasha Tiku
early and awesome
Oct. 5, 2010
Now You Can Watch Hillary Clinton Bodycheck Sarah Palin
In a video game!
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Oct. 4, 2010
Illiterate Clown Elected to Brazilian Congress
Literally.
By
Dan Amira
paladinosaur
Sept. 30, 2010
Did the
Post
Make Paladino’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Cry?
Carl Paladino says yes, the ‘Post”s Fred Dicker says “I don’t know.”
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Sept. 27, 2010
David Axelrod Plays Pac-Man on His iPad During White House Meetings
“I break in my personal records all the time, which is a bad sign.”
By
Nitasha Tiku
paladinosaur
Sept. 26, 2010
Carl Paladino’s Wife Really Loves Him
His pickup line: “You don’t have the uncle that’s the crook, do you?”
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
Sept. 24, 2010
Stephen Colbert Invents New Gay Slang in Testimony to Congress
“Corn packer.”
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Sept. 13, 2010
Neil Barofsky Only Floyd Fan in the Treasury?
A bold assertion about the special inspector general overseeing TARP.
By
Jessica Pressler
early and awesome
Aug. 16, 2010
The Latest Crazy Campaign Ad Is an Old Spice Guy Parody
Vermont Senate candidate Daniel Freilich is on a cow!
By
Lindsay Robertson
early and awesome
Aug. 12, 2010
Incoherent Internet Star Basil Marceaux Not Doing
That
Bad in Hypothetical 2012 Matchup
Obama only leads him by 25 points. It’s a good start!
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Aug. 4, 2010
Every Once in a While, One Vote Really Does Make a Difference
Two candidates in Michigan are separated by just one vote out of more than 54,000.
By
Dan Amira
people who doth protest too much
Aug. 2, 2010
Bank-Hating Maxine Waters Charged With Improperly Steering Federal Funds to Bank
It’s always the loud ones.
early and awesome
Aug. 1, 2010
Barney Frank Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny That Kathy Griffin Is a Pill Popper
“I said what I said.”
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
July 23, 2010
Connecticut Senate Candidate Linda McMahon Isn’t Ashamed of Her Wild Side
Oh, yeah.
By
Mike Vilensky
early and awesome
July 14, 2010
Dead People Now Campaigning Against Harry Reid
An obituary’s plea.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
July 8, 2010
Meet Your New Best Campaign Ad of All Time, Ever
This is a real ad for a real candidate.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
June 24, 2010
New York’s Secret Purpose: Supplying the Rest of the States With Governors
Why are so many governors of other states born in New York?
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
June 17, 2010
Dale Peterson Will Kill You If You Steal His Yard Signs
The failed Alabama agriculture commissioner is back.
By
Dan Amira
weird al greene
June 9, 2010
Unemployed Guy Nobody Has Ever Heard of Wins Democratic Senate Primary
Best. Election. Upset. Ever.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
May 25, 2010
GOP Tries to Stop Its Own Candidate From Ruining the Country
He’s maybe the worst candidate for Congress, ever.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
May 19, 2010
Inevitable Spoof of Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Candidate Is Finally Released
Hooray, Internet.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
May 17, 2010
Candidate for Agriculture Commissioner Seconds Away From Rounding Up a Posse
One of the best political ads of the year.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 28, 2010
TARP Watchdog Neil Barofsky Puts the Treasury Secretary on Notice
Individuals at the New York Federal Reserve under Tim Geithner “will face criminal or civil charges” over AIG, he says.
By
Jessica Pressler
early and awesome
Apr. 9, 2010
State Assemblymen Promise to Do Gross Things With Water for Google’s Amusement
Two men who really want some high-speed Internet for their districts.
By
Dan Amira
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