Racist Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) invoked the message of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when responding to a constituent’s praise over the weekend. A voter named Pamela called the congressman “proud and talented” at Saturday’s town hall event in Primghar, King’s first since facing a backlash for asking how the terms “white […]
Bill Maher agreed on Friday that America needs to build a wall. But not the barrier that President Donald Trump is advocating on the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, the “Real Time” host said the country should construct “a sea wall” to combat climate change “because the ice is melting and rising oceans are going to swallow Miami.” […]
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), rejecting President Donald Trump’s claims of an immigration crisis, said she would withdraw most National Guard troops deployed at her state’s southern border. “New Mexico will not take part in the president’s charade of border fear-mongering,” Lujan Grisham declared Tuesday shortly before Trump’s State of the Union address, adding that she rejects […]
Donald Trump attempted to paint himself as a victim of “presidential harassment” with his tweets on Thursday morning ― but fellow tweeters weren’t having it, and amusingly turned his own moan against him. Trump described the imminent incoming House investigations into his administration as “Unlimited Presidential Harassment.” He later repeated the claim ― but in […]
Twitter users mocked the Republican National Committee over its attempt to put a positive spin on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. The RNC promoted a page on its website Wednesday which detailed “just a few of the words” that were being used in the “rave reviews” people had given Trump’s speech: Trump’s address […]
In another sign of the partial federal government shutdown’s repercussions, the Transportation Security Administration closed a checkpoint at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, citing “excessive callouts.” The announcement was made Saturday evening by both the airport and the agency, which advised travelers to arrive early for their flights. Still, BWI said passengers wouldn’t feel much […]
There are few things certain in this world: death, taxes and, somewhere in the world, the Toto song “Africa” is playing. That last one isn’t hyperbole, thanks to an artist in Namibia who has made it so that the song will be playing in perpetuity in the Namib Desert. Max Siedentopf has set up a […]
Meghan Markle stopped by one of her new patronages, Mayhew, an international animal welfare charity, on Wednesday and got paid an interesting compliment. “You’re a fat lady!” one of the women said, motioning to the Duchess of Sussex’s stomach. Others on Twitter heard “fat baby.” “I’ll take it!” the former “Suits” star said, laughing along with […]
Roku had no problem giving a voice to notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, but then the backlash started. Now the company has decided to dump his content. “After the InfoWars channel became available, we heard from concerned parties and have determined that the channel should be removed from our platform,” the company announced in a […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Before Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams delivers her party’s rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, she’ll take her voting rights campaign to the airwaves during the Super Bowl. Abrams’ political group, Fair Fight, has bought airtime on Georgia affiliates during Sunday’s NFL broadcast so the Atlanta Democrat can push […]