Disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly cracked that he found a Super Bowl ad so bad that it almost turned him into a socialist. O’Reilly, who left the network in 2017 in the middle of a sexual harassment scandal, even referred specifically to the cost of the Burger King spot that he found so […]
This doughnut shop just got a lot sweeter. A Dunkin’ Donuts worker’s joyous dance with a customer who has autism will give you the feels by the dozen. Donald Simon, who is nonverbal, was visiting a Dunkin’ in Staten Island, New York, with his aid when he was approached by employee Bryan Lara, People reports. […]
Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, said he wants the country’s leaders to set their egos aside and end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Carson told NPR, in an interview aired Thursday, that he hopes elected officials “will recognize that this is an easy problem to solve.” “I mean, just […]
By Tim Henderson Activists in North Carolina’s two largest cities, Charlotte and Raleigh, knocked on an estimated 12,000 doors last year to talk to voters about immigration and upcoming sheriff elections. Thanks in part to that push, Democratic sheriff candidates in two counties won in November on a pledge to end participation in 287(g), a […]
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett told police in a follow-up interview that the two men who attacked him in Chicago early Tuesday morning yelled “MAGA country” during the racist and homophobic assault. According to CBS News, Chicago police say Smollett told them the two masked attackers cited President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan after physically […]
A blast of super cold Arctic air known as a “polar vortex” is whipping through the Midwest this week, freezing over lakes and cityscapes and creating life-threatening conditions for residents. Wind chill temperatures on Wednesday were expected to drop to as low as -60 in Minnesota and -50 degrees in Illinois, prompting school districts to cancel […]
The Trump administration recalled thousands of furloughed Internal Revenue Service employees last week to process tax refunds despite the government shutdown. However, many staffers are reportedly skipping work, which could mean a delay. According to The Washington Post, hundreds of IRS employees have been granted absences due to financial hardship, and their union said that an […]
After questioning how the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” had “become offensive” in a recent interview with The New York Times, Republican congressman Steve King of Iowa was harshly rebuked by GOP leaders and stripped of all his committee assignments in the current Congress. “We will not tolerate this in the Republican Party,” House […]
Rudy Giuliani admitted this week that he feared “He lied for Trump” would end up becoming the stand-out line on his tombstone. “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” offered up some other tombstone epitaph suggestions for the former New York City mayor, who is now a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, on Tuesday […]
Joe Scarborough’s Friday morning analogy to describe the tactics President Donald Trump is using to argue for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall was enough to put viewers off their breakfast. The host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said Trump “failed historically” in his bid to scare voters ahead of the 2018 midterms with fearmongering talk of […]