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Anna Merlan
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Anna Merlan was a Senior Reporter at G/O Media until September 2019. She's the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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yes the Meatpacking District is as sexually charged now as it once was, despite being less gritty, but it’s not just the grittiness that has disappeared — it’s the gay and transgender culture. We are looking at pictures of heterosexual “outdoor sexual politics” in a place that was once entirely for gay, lesbian, and Read more

I wasn’t too sure about the pictures until I got to the end of the interview. For some reason, I really, really love that last photo Read more

I will now just forward this every time someone wants me to explain my absolute fucking refusal to ever in a million years go to Meatpacking. While to some it may be fascinating, everything about it just screams desperation and elitism to me and I just cannot. Read more

I once danced with Freddie Mercury at the Anvil when I was 19 Read more

Trump has a long and proven history of abject racism going back for years, and he is likely focusing on Muslims because they are currently one of the few groups of people that are “okay” to openly hate (Okay as in sanctioned by multiple news stations) but the current anti Muslim sentiment has been growing for the past Read more

and someplace called the “inner city” isn’t safe to tread. Read more

The sign is a joke, the group (which I think was headed by Robert Smigel of “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog,” was mocking Westboro) and all of their signs were like that. Other signs said “God Hates Bangs,” “Anti-Christ Kevins” (with pictures of famous Kevins) and “God Hates Morning People.”

The reason is that the attack in Nice would push the veep announcement to the bottom of the front page and Trumplestiltskin cannot be having that Read more

You know, we need more vague in our country, lots of great vague, we’re going to have the greatest vague and really vague the spirits of the Mexicans and the blacks. Vague even the gays. We’re going to have the best vague of any country in the country. Read more

The most confusing element of this story for me is that it appears to involve a paranoid batshit conservative cabal that’s actively working to stop Donald Trump. Read more

Ugh. This stupid lawsuit gets more interesting everyday. Anna, the next scheduled hearing is in september. Lawyers are gonna meet with judge to discuss case plan. I fear we won’t get closure until then. Read more

This is such a weird story. I don’t understand what’s happening. I don’t understand any of this. Read more

Comment from my bestie on my outraged FB post this morning: Read more

This happened to my mother almost 15 years ago. They detained her, another woman and two younger men. All black. They accused my mom of stealing 1 earring.. Even though she had more expensive jewelry on her. It was costume jewelry. She moved it from one part of the shelf to another. She was harassed for payments Read more