Jimmy Kimmel clearly got a kick out of Rolling Stone’s new report about former president Donald Trump’s futile efforts to get Disney to censor the late-night host. As he joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night: “In other words, President Karen demanded to speak to my manager.” On Sunday, we …
Read More »Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud
The fallout between former President Donald Trump and Fox News continued on Tuesday following the release of a deposition from Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch. The deposition stems from a defamation suit brought against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, which alleges the network knowingly misled the public about claims …
Read More »Is Donald Trump's Name-Calling Actually a Good Debate Technique?
With Donald Trump running for president again, and with his Republican rivals preparing to throw their hats into the ring, it is worth asking: how did the wholly unqualified reality TV star defeat sixteen GOP rivals — from governors to senators to CEOs —in his first race for his party’s …
Read More »Trump Lashes Out at Fox News for Acknowledging Ron DeSantis Exists
Donald Trump on Monday accused Fox News of downplaying his popularity with potential 2024 voters in favor of boosting potential challenger Ron DeSantis. “FoxNews is promoting Ron DeSanctus so hard and so much that there’s not much time left for Real News,” the former president wrote on Truth Social. “Reminds …
Read More »Bryan Cranston Offers Measured Take on MAGA Racism — Before Being Asked About Stuffing Fruit Down His Pants
Bryan Cranston offered a thoughtful and considered take on how we should teach American history and why Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan could be construed as racist — before joking about on-set pranks and putting fruit down his pants in a truly great moment of broadcast journalism whiplash. …
Read More »SNL's Trump Rants About Rihanna and 'Gay' Buttigieg in East Palestine
Tonight’s Saturday Night Live cold open centered on C-SPAN coverage of former president Trump’s visit to the people of East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment that unleashed toxic waste on the town. James Austin Johnson’s Trump, flanked by actual firemen from East Palestine, announced, “You know, earlier today, a …
Read More »Trump White House Pressured Disney to Censor … Jimmy Kimmel
In early 2018, the American national security apparatus was fixated on reports that North Korea was building nuclear weapons that could reach the U.S. or that Russia was plotting chemical weapons assassinations in Europe. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump was busy targeting his idea of an enemy of the state: late …
Read More »Trump Attorneys Push Theory That Georgia Election Investigation Is 'Compromised'
Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump claimed that the Georgia investigation into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has been “compromised” and that any indictments stemming from it would likely be “faulty” due to recent remarks made by a member of the special grand jury in the case. “We …
Read More »Biden Restricts Asylum Access After Vowing to Reverse Trump Immigration Policies
The Biden administration announced Tuesday a new proposal that could block tens of thousands of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from claiming asylum. The 153-page proposed regulation is the most restrictive policy yet by the president’s administration to bar unauthorized crossings and echoes Trump-era immigration policies. Although there are …
Read More »Trump Bashes Biden Then Jets to McDonald's During East Palestine Visit
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —Donald Trump traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday to try to make political hay out of the Feb. 3 train derailment that released hazardous toxins into the town on the state’s border with Pennsylvania. The former president spoke for around 10 minutes to a hand-selected group …
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