Last Friday, a group of students from Kentucky’s Covington Catholic High School mocked a Native-American protester named Nathan Phillips outside of the Lincoln Memorial. As their behavior was criticized, video emerged of a small group of Black Israelite protesters yelling insults at the students prior to the run-in with Phillips. …
Read More »Trump Made a Mess of His Trip to Visit Troops in Iraq
President Donald Trump had been scheduled to close out 2018 with a 16-day vacation at Mar-a-Lago, up from the 11 days he spent at the “Winter White House” to bring home his first year in office. But prior to Christmas, the president decided to shut down the government because Congress …
Read More »26 Famous Figures Given Small Penises in New Portrait Series
Tiny penises may soon be trending. On Wednesday, the painter Illma Gore unveiled the first of what will be 26 depictions of political and cultural figures, both contemporary and historic, ranging from international terrorists to saints to superheroes. The roster includes Harvey Weinstein, Brett Kavanaugh, Richard Spencer and Osama Bin …
Read More »Here's What's at Stake in the Fight Over Trump's New Judges
With the number of days in the 115th session of Congress rapidly dwindling, GOP senators are turning on their turbojets, determined to confirm a slate of federal judges before the term ends and they are forced to start the process of nominating and holding hearings from scratch. The problem, for …
Read More »Rihanna: BMI Sends Trump Campaign Cease and Desist Over Music Usage
BMI, the performing rights company that handles Rihanna‘s music publishing, has anted up the singer’s efforts to keep the Trump campaign from using the singer’s music. The organization, Broadcast Music, Inc., sent a letter informing the campaign that it may no longer use her music. In the past, the campaign …
Read More »Stormy Daniels Identifies Trump's Penis From Mushroom Lineup on 'Kimmel'
Stormy Daniels took her description of President Trump’s penis to an awkward, hilarious new level on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, selecting which variety of mushroom she says most closely resembles the president’s junk. In a now-infamous passage from the adult entertainer’s newly released memoir, Full Disclosure, Daniels writes in granular …
Read More »Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty to Avoid Second Trial, Will Cooperate With Mueller
WASHINGTON —Paul Manafort, the disgraced Republican lobbyist and former chairman of Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign, was set to face trial later this month over allegations of money laundering, illegal foreign lobbying, witness tampering, and conspiracy against the United States brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It would have been the …
Read More »As Summer Ends, the Smoke Around Trump Is Leading to Fire
President Trump finds himself backed into a corner, wagging a fire poker at anyone or anything that dares cross him — the liberal media, his former lawyer-fixer, defenestrated White House aides, a dead senator. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation continues to gain strength with each passing week, and more …
Read More »Why Did Reality Winner Do It?
Reality Winner stood in a county jail in rural Georgia, phone receiver pressed to her ear, staring at a brick wall and racking her brain, trying to remember the minimum sentence for violating Chapter 18, Section 793(e) of the U.S. Criminal Code. She’d signed papers acknowledging the penalty so many …
Read More »Trump's End of Week Message on Immigration: Give Up!
The White House strategy for handling the family separation backlash has mostly been to blame lawmakers. Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters, falsely, that Congress created the problem and that “only Congress can fix it.” Two days later, the administration titled the executive order …
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