Today, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation Muslim student and USC‘s valedictorian, would have delivered her speech before thousands of her peers at this year’s graduation ceremony. Instead, amid pressure from pro-Israeli groups citing her social media support for Palestinians, university leaders chose to cancel her commencement speech, citing safety concerns. In …
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JusticeClarence Thomas took the opportunity during a judicial conference in Alabama on Friday to criticize the “nastiness” and “lies” he’s faced following bombshell reports that conservative megadonor Harlan Crow had funded the justice’s lavish lifestyle for decades. According to Politico, while addressing a room of judges, attorneys and other court …
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“You’ve acted and had sex in over 200 porn movies, right?” “And there are naked men and naked women having sex in those movies?” “But according to you, seeing a man sitting on a bed in a T-shirt and boxers was so upsetting, you became light-headed and almost fainted?” In …
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Uncle Sam might soon be knocking on Donald Trump’s door — to the tune of more than $100 million. A joint investigation by the New York Times and ProPublica found the former president and real estate mogul had claimed the same construction project as a tax write-off twice, reporting hundreds …
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Former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s bid to avoid prison time over his defiance of a congressional subpoena has been rejected by D.C.’s Circuit Court of Appeals. On Friday, the court ruled that Bannon’s conviction stands, and rejected arguments from the far-right media personality that he did not “willfully” flout …
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Rudy Giuliani’s refusal to stop pushing election conspiracies has already cost him plenty, and on Friday the former New York City mayor and Trump sycophant was dealt another blow — this time through the cancellation of his radio program. WABC, the radio station that hosted Giuliani’s program Rudy Giuliani, suspended …
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Barron Trump, Donald Trump‘s youngest son, will not be making his political debut at this summer’s Republican National Convention (RNC). “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” former first ladyMelania Trump’soffice said …
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A Virginia school district voted on Friday to undo a 2020 decision that removed the names of three Confederate military officers from schools in the district. The Shenandoah County school board voted to rename Honey Run and Mountain View, two schools under their purview, Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High. …
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As hundreds of international climate scientists predict global warming will blaze past a dangerous threshold, the oil and gas industry is preparing for a potential second Donald Trump presidency with a slate of executive orders ready to be signed on Day One. Trump seems ready to play ball. The Washington …
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Donald Trump’s hush money trial once again veered into uncharted waters on Thursday, this time in the form of a debate over who’s an “orange turd.” The answer, according to Stormy Daniels is Trump, which may partially explain why at the end of the day Trump’s team requested Judge Juan …
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