Donald Trump decided to take time during Rosh Hashanah — the start of the Jewish High Holy days and the celebration of the New Year — to blame “liberal Jews” for voting to destroy America and Israel. “Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & …
Read More »'The Jennifer Hudson Show' Delays Premiere Amid Actors, Writers Strikes
The Jennifer Hudson Show will not be returning as originally planned amid the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Rolling Stone has learned. The news follows Drew Barrymore’s announcement that her show would also pause production following intense criticism when she initially announced plans to resume the show. …
Read More »Election Deniers Are Overseeing Elections in 17 States
Fully one-third of U.S. states have election deniers in some of the highest positions overseeing elections. That’s according to a new report from States United Democracy Center highlighted by Mother Jones. Although many election deniers lost their races in the 2022 midterms, States United, a non-partisan organization, found that a …
Read More »See U2 Debut New Song 'Atomic City' at Surprise Las Vegas Pop-Up Show
U2 premiered a new, Las Vegas-inspired song titled “Atomic City” during a surprise pop-up concert/music video shoot Saturday on Sin City’s Fremont Street. Taking the stage two weeks before the band opens their U2 UV: Achtung Baby residency at the massive MSG Sphere, Bono and company performed the track a …
Read More »Boebert Claims She Was Booted from 'Beetlejuice' for Being 'A Little Too Eccentric'
Rep. Lauren Boebert addressed the incident where she was kicked out of a Denver performance of the musical Beetlejuice, claiming in an interview with One America News that she was removed from the theater for being “a little too eccentric.” That’s certainly one way of framing it. Theater surveillance footage …
Read More »Bacon Prices and 'Ballot Stuffing': Trump's Biggest Lies on 'Meet the Press'
Donald Trump told so many lies during his Meet the Press interview that aired Sunday that NBC released a lengthy fact check chronicling his numerous mistruths. He claimed that bacon prices have increased five fold (they have not), that the 2020 election was “rigged” (there is no evidence of this), …
Read More »Irish Grinstead, Singer in R&B Girl Group 702, Dead at 43
Irish Grinstead, a member of the R&B girl group 702 best known for the 1999 hit “Where My Girls At?,” has died at the age of 43. Grinstead’s sister and fellow group member Lemisha Grinstead announced Irish’s death on Instagram. “It is with great sadness that I have to let …
Read More »Jesse Dayton and Samantha Fish Make the Blues Cool and Current as an Unlikely Duo
It’s late afternoon in the back of the Princess Theatre in downtown Decatur, Alabama. Sitting in front of a brightly-lit mirror in the green room of the historic venue, blues-rocker Samantha Fish is readying herself for the show alongside her musical-partner-in-crime of late, Jesse Dayton. The duo is in the …
Read More »'The Other Black Girl' Exposes the Horror of Being a Black Woman in Corporate America
Zakiya Dalila Harris rarely saw another natural-haired Black woman in the office. But one time it did. She was an assistant editor at Knopf Doubleday, a publishing group within Penguin Random House, and a woman stepped into the bathroom. Instead of a serendipitous smile, though, Harris received the cold shoulder …
Read More »Trump Says He Doesn't 'Think About' Going to Jail Because He's Too Busy Thinking About 'Making America Great'
When Meet the Press host Kristen Welker asked Donald Trump if he ever worries about “going to jail” for the crimes he’s been charged with, the former president claimed he is too busy thinking about “making the country great, making America great” to even consider it. “No, I don’t really. …
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