Nathan Phillips, the Native American man involved in last week’s widely covered standoff with Nick Sandmann, said Thursday that the MAGA-hat-wearing teen’s recent “Today” show interview was insincere and seemed “coached.” Footage showed Sandmann and his Covington Catholic High School peers ― a group of white, mostly male teens from Kentucky ― surrounding Phillips in […]
As federal workers toil through history’s longest government shutdown, one CNN anchor changed gears from journalism to advocacy in an on-air plea to help those in need. “The stories are becoming more desperate,” Victor Blackwell told audiences on Saturday morning’s “New Day” broadcast. “People are pawning their wedding rings to pay rent, deciding between buying […]
It’s unknown when federal workers affected by the shutdown will be back at work, but there is one bit of good news: At least they can get some free pot. A website called BudTrader.com, which bills itself as “the largest cannabis social media platform,” is offering to donate up to an ounce of the wacky […]
The owner of the New England Patriots NFL team praised President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News’ morning show “Fox & Friends” on Friday. Robert Kraft, whose Patriots face the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl on Sunday, said Trump was “working very hard to serve the best interests of the country.” […]
Patton Oswalt has once again proved he’s even better at compassion than he is at Twitter ― and he’s great at that! It all started Thursday when a man named Michael Beatty came after Oswalt on Twitter for a tweet the comedian posted Wednesday making fun of President Donald Trump’s border wall plan. To say Beatty wasn’t […]
The remains of the Confederate statue known as “Silent Sam” were removed from the University of North Carolina campus early Tuesday, hours after the school chancellor announced her resignation and said she had ordered the monument taken away. Chancellor Carol L. Folt on Monday said she would step down at the end of the academic […]
The family of a teen who was criminally charged after fighting back against an alleged bully is planning to sue a Georgia school district. “Where are we going to be as a society if we allow this to continue?” the teen’s father, Jorge Santa, asked the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Santa’s son, 15-year-old Jorge Santa-Hernandez, was suspended […]
A herd of elephant seals that moved onto a California beach during January’s government shutdown shows no sign of giving up its newly gained territory in the immediate future. “As you may have heard, Drakes Beach is under new management,” Point Reyes National Seashore wrote on Facebook on Friday afternoon. “Elephant seals have taken over!!!” The post […]
Two Republican congressmen met with noted Holocaust denier and white nationalist Chuck Johnson to discuss “DNA sequencing,” less than a day after the House voted to disavow white supremacy and white nationalism in reaction to racist comments by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). HuffPost’s Matt Fuller tweeted an image of Johnson walking alongside Reps. Andy Harris (R-Md.) […]
Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has added her voice to those disagreeing that Vice President Mike Pence is a “decent guy,” citing his views on LGBTQ issues and his role in the Trump administration as reasons she doesn’t share that opinion. Warren, speaking to reporters in Waterloo, Iowa, on Saturday, recoiled at the recent kindly characterization of […]