By Drew Grant 5/22 11:41am

Tweet the press

Laurie Penny (Twitter)

Update: Woman Saved From Taxi By Ryan Gosling Claims Police Brutality, Gets Twitter Backlash

Update: After speaking to Ms. Penny, she told The New York Observer she was shoved by the police, but not a victim of police brutality. And although the retweets have disappeared from her timeline, Ms. Penny said they were not deleted by herself.

You guys remember Laurie Penny? She’s the world’s luckiest woman: not only did she miss getting ht by a car, but she missed getting hit by a car by Ryan Gosling! As a writer and a feminist and a gentlewomen, the British journo was a tad ungrateful to Mr. Gosling for being famous enough that the media picked up her story and cast her as “the ditzy damsel in distress.”

Well she might not be ditzy, but Ms. Penny is certainly in distress…She’s been writing from the Chicago NATO protests, where she claims to be the victim of police brutality. Read More

By Steve Huff 5/20 10:31am

Scary Things

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Anti-Racist Action Group Claims Credit for Attack Inside Chicagoland Restaurant

An Anti-Racist Action group has taken credit for a bizarre attack on a suburban Chicagoland eatery Saturday afternoon. At least ten people meeting inside the Ashford House Restaurant on W. 159th St. in Tinley Park were injured when a group of up to 18 attackers wearing black hoodies and carrying hammers and bats entered and assaulted them.

On AntiRacistAction.org, the group stated the alleged motivation behind the incident: Read More

By Steve Huff 5/19 2:18pm

OCCUPY EVERYTHING

From Brent Betterly's Facebook profile

Chicago Police Arrest 3 Anti-N.A.T.O. Occupy Protesters, Allege Plans to Attack Obama’s Chicago H.Q.

Three men who allegedly planned attacks on President Obama’s Chicago headquarters and the mayor’s residence have been arrested by Chicago police. Reuters reports anti-N.A.T.O. and Occupy Chicago-associated protesters Brian Church, Jared Chase and Brent Betterly were charged Friday with “conspiracy to commit terrorism, providing material support for terrorism, and possession of an explosive incendiary device.” In a report published Saturday afternoon the Associated Press said prosecutors allege the men also planned attacks on police vehicles and substations. Read More

By Nate Freeman 10/01/10 10:07pm

GiftsParting Shots

Staffers Give Emanuel Dead Fish Upon White House Departure, Claim It Has Deep Meaning

Rahm Emanuel is officially leaving the White House, President Obama announced today in a press conference that was, at this point, a foregone conclusion. To commemorate the f-bomb-dropping Chief of Staff’s time in Washington, Austan Goolsbee, the new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, got Rahm a little going-away present. This morning Emanuel held Read More