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The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach President Trump for “incitement of insurrection,” making him the first president in American history to have been impeached twice. The vote comes exactly one week after Trump incited a mob of his followers to storm the U.S Capitol in a violent insurrection that left five people dead. The resolution passed by a vote of 232-197. House Republicans overwhelmingly opposed the measure, though 10 did join with Democrats to vote that a president who encourages his followers and his party to overthrow a U.S. election is no longer eligible for office. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Issa Rae’s breakout series, Insecure, will end after its upcoming fifth season, HBO has announced. Production on the fifth season is set to begin later this month and the show will debut later this year, although an exact date has yet to be announced. “Very excited to film our fifth and final season!” Rae wrote on Twitter. “We couldn’t have told a complete story without the tremendous support of our audience and the faith of @HBO. See y’all soon!” Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo: Merie W. Wallace/HBO
Snowflake Republicans are throwing tantrums over having to pass through metal detectors in the Capitol. It seems that supporting a president who inspires a violent attempt to overthrow the government has consequences. There are the obvious ones, like the fracturing of the foundation of representative democracy, the adrenaline shot to future right-wing extremist terror, and the growing specter of a new civil war. This isn’t what Republican members of the House of Representatives are concerned about, though. Instead, they’re whining that they’re being asked to pass through metal detectors as they enter the Capitol. Tap the link in bio to read the full story. Photo: Scott Applewhite/AP Images
Sheldon Adelson, who's died at the age of 87, embodied the post-'Citizens United,' money-drenched era of U.S. politics better than any other person. It now feels like ancient history, but the Supreme Court issued its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 11 years ago this month. Citizens United is arguably the most consequential Supreme Court decision of the 21st century when it comes to politics, democracy, and money. The court’s five conservative justices embraced what legal scholar Rick Hasen described as an “absolutist vision of the First Amendment,” one that freed up corporations and labor unions to spend unlimited sums of money to elect and defeat candidates for office. One major catch in the Citizens United decision: Corporations and unions could spend bottomless bags of cash so long as they did so independently of the candidates and campaigns themselves. And so, Super PACs were born. Tap the link in bio to read more about the effect of Citizens United, how it helped turn U.S. politics into a playground for the rich, and how Adelson established himself as a king — if not the king — of big-money politics. Photo: Kin Cheung/AP
Neil Young has responded to the violent assault on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., with an impassioned essay that blames President Trump, social media, and the partisan press for the tragedy. He also says the situation would have played out very differently had the rioters been black. “I was devastated to see the double standard,” he wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “The way people were treated in the Black Lives Matter demonstrations compared to the other day. There is no place here for white supremacy. People need each other to be truly free. Hatred will never find freedom.” “I was shocked to see the Confederate flag being waved inside the chamber; the destruction and disrespect,” he added. “But mostly I felt bad for the people. With social media, issues are turned into psychological weapons and used to gather hatred in support of one side or the other. This is what Donald J. Trump has as his legacy.” Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo: Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP
Jazmine Sullivan’s ‘Heaux Tales’ is a nuanced take on romantic realism. Throughout her new EP, Sullivan adds more nuance to common stories of romance, shifting the narrative lens to offer more perspectives on the messy business of love, sex, and everything in between. In the process, she gives voice to stories that don’t always get heard. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo by @myeshaevongardner
In today's two-show premiere, the new Rolling Stone/OBB Sound podcast 'Too Long; Didn't Watch,' hosted by Alan Sepinwall, tackles 'Gossip Girl' with Jon Hamm and 'Game of Thrones' with Alison Brie. @obb #heygoogle #TLDWpod. For our very special podcast premiere, we’re gifting you with a pair of episodes: one in which Alison Brie and Alan watch 'Game of Thrones' in this ridiculous way, the other in which Jon Hamm and Alan do the same with 'Gossip Girl.' Coincidentally, both episodes feature 'Mad Men' alums (who, you will hear, share a similar taste in recent TV). Tap the link in our bio to learn more and listen to both episodes.
As the threat of violence around inauguration day looms, the Michigan State Capitol Commission voted to end open carry of guns in the state’s Capitol building while still allowing those with a permit to bring concealed guns on the property. The Monday vote was originally scheduled for late next month but was moved up because of security concerns after the mob attack on the nation’s Capitol building last week. The move also comes after federal law enforcement officials issued a December 29th, 2020, warning to state and local officials that far-right individuals were planning violence specifically in Michigan and Minnesota’s state capitols. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo by Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News/AP Images
Without Samantha Jones, the 'Sex and the City' revival 'And Just Like That' flies in the face of everything the original series stood for — and leaves out its best part. As even the biggest SATC critics know, at its core Sex and the City is neither about sex nor the city, nor shoes nor Chris Noth’s cleft chin, nor inexplicably wearing belts around your midriff — it’s about the enduring power of female friendship. And the absence of one of the core group of female friends at its heart betrays that very idea. Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photo by HBO/Getty Images
He's a filmmaker. She's an author and raconteur. They're best friends and they love New York. Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz, longtime friends and collaborators open up about their Netflix series on life, the universe and the ins and outs of NYC. Tap the link in our bio to read the full interview. Photograph by NETFLIX
New to the Rolling Stone Shop. For the first time in Rolling Stone’s 53-year history, the June 2020 cover story was not only reported entirely remotely due to the pandemic — but photographed by none other than Bad Bunny’s girlfriend, 26-year-old Gabriela Berlingeri, while the two quarantined together in Puerto Rico. The cover captures the intimacy and power of this unique moment in history. Get the tee at the link in bio #RollingStoneShop
On this day five years ago David Bowie died. Revisit our 2016 feature on his final years at the link in our bio. Photograph by Hanekroot/Redferns/Getty Images
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