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Everyone is live-tweeting along with the Oscars, and that includes the CIA. The spy agency got Twitter users hackles up when they started tweeting about vibranium, the fictional metal in Black Panther‘s Wakanda that helps make the nation the most technologically advanced on Earth. The tweets were part of a series they are doing […]
On Sunday, Feb. 24, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will have “one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C.” with his upcoming “A Salute To America” Fourth of July event. However, city officials say this is no different than a regular July 4 in the nation’s capital. Trump announced this “new” event via […]
Two of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons have been charged with drug trafficking in a single-count indictment which was unsealed in Washington last week, according to The Associated Press. Prosecutors allege Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez conspired to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, and elsewhere in the world from […]
On Monday, 16 states filed a lawsuit again the Trump administration for declaring a national emergency to get funds for a wall along the southern border, with those suing calling that move “unconstitutional.” The states included in the suit are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, […]
Donald Trump is rewriting history. In his latest act of political theater, Mr. Trump asserted that during Obama’s tenure, the former president nearly went to war with North Korea, a nuclear-armed state on a continent which the United States has invaded multiple times, unsuccessfully. Yes, Donald Trump is rewriting history, and as we’ve come to expect, […]
With the overwhelming desire by Americans to legalize marijuana, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), has brought a new bill to floor, which proposes that the substance be taxed and regulated like alcohol, Rolling Stone reports. As a hat tip to weed culture, the bill has been named S. 420, […]
Donald Trump‘s second State of the Union —and his first time presenting to a divided legislature— was bound to garner some huge reactions from within the chambers of Congress. It delivered on that front, with stand-out moments from congresswomen paying tribute to the suffragettes and tailgate-recalling chants of “USA!” Outside of Washington, DC, the reaction […]
The NYC Department of Health is cracking down on the city’s bars and eateries that serve edibles infused with cannabidiol—an active chemical ingredient produced by the cannabis plant. According to Eater New York, DOH is prohibiting the sale of food and drinks containing CBD, despite the fact that it is legal. The office argues that the non-psychoactive chemical […]
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded over 17 tons of seized cocaine at a port in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday morning. The Coast Guard claims that they captured 34,780 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $466 million, in a series of stings in the Pacific Ocean. According to local news reports, the drugs were intercepted in […]
Donald Trump‘s meeting with Clemson football players was newsworthy, but not in the way that most of Trump’s attempted fetes for sports champions have been. While Trump has repeatedly made headlines when players refused to visit the White House, particularly in the NFL where Trump has made a point of inserting himself into the debate, the most recent […]
