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Anna Merlan
annamerlan
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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I’ve enjoyed your work here and all over the Gawkerverse, Brendan. And my god, that photo with Kelly above... what a gem. Best of luck ahead, looking forward to reading whatever at wherever comes next! Read more

Brendan, for dunking on Milo along with a bunch of other DSA members, I will forever be in your debt. That was a genuinely amazing moment. Read more

I used to know a guy who called his old hearse his ‘vampire camper’.
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It wasn’t unusual to see one of the movie stars stalking around Santa Fe wearing what he probably imagined was local garb: an absurdly fringed leather jacket, a precarious 10-gallon hat, gleaming boots looking like six months of someone’s salary. Read more

I’m from Albuquerque, and I used to joke that you could always tell the transplants because they were old, white, short hair, and decked out head to toe in turquoise shit. Santa Fe was always the worst: people think it’s this portal to another dimension and rarely venture beyond the Plaza. Which is too bad, because Read more

despite having never tried a case Read more

The only realistic answer to how to remove a federal judge is murder, to be honest. Since 1789, a grand total of eight judges have actually been removed by the proper process. Barring a judge being caught doing something incredible illegal or incredibly corrupt, there’s virtual zero chance that any judge is going to Read more

Thank you for the post. Jezebel pursued an open secret story inside of an industry that’s incredibly male dominated and where misogynist views (women aren’t and can’t be funny) still exist. The nature of CK’s comedy added icky complexity to the endeavor. Strong CK defenders (outside the comedy world) are to CK what Read more

More Justine fun facts:
She referred to herself as “Juzzy Wuzzy” (her maiden name is/was Rusczyk) whenever she was talking about “woo woo” stuff. Read more

Justine was a dear friend who was horrified about police violence and committed to making the world better in every way. She had just picked out her wedding dress last week and was so excited to show me. She was texting me trying to get me to go to “dance church” with her on sunday morning, but instead I went to a Read more

Sorry to be narcissistic, but someone took this video of me saying goodbye to Emma and I think it’s really sweet.

Kellyanne - When you say, “Collusion? No. We don’t have that yet,” it implies that we will eventually. You might want to refrain from using “yet” in future bullshit sessions. Read more

Someone should just create an interview bot to fill in for Kellyanne Conway and the not quite a Nazi, but wishes he were guy. Gorka’s could just repeat variations of “Donald Trump is an alpha male. I am an alpha male. Our penises are like locomotives made of gorillas”. It would save everyone a lot of time and energy. Read more

And both of them are firmly of the belief that Obama’s farts turn frogs gay. Read more

Sounds to me like the author of this article is a fluoridated kool-aid sipper. Pull your ego from out your rearend and do some real research, instead of getting your information from ‘mainstream’ science. You reiterate the ‘official story’ reported by the corporate media, due to your willful ignorance and solipsistic Read more