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In a very strange turn of events, Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto “El Osito” Escobar launched a GoFundMe campaign in an attempt to impeach Donald Trump. Hoping to raise at least $50 million for his company Escobar Inc., it’s not entirely clear what Roberto’s precise plans for the money are. On the page, which has since been […]
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg suggested Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “sit still” and “learn the job” in light of comments made by the U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district in an interview with 60 Minutes. Ocasio-Cortez was critical of how her own Democratic Party has operated as a whole over recent years. “We as a party have compromised too much,” Ocasio-Cortez says in […]
On January 3rd, Congress ushered in the most diverse assembly of freshman lawmakers in history. During the swearing-in ceremony, the House gallery was filled to the brim with reporters, civilians, and a record number of newly elected female Congresswomen. Alongside famed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest female legislator, the first Somali-American, Palestinian-American and two Native American women were […]
On Wednesday, Donald Trump held his first cabinet meeting of the year, and all anyone wanted to talk about was the poster strategically placed in front of him on the table. The poster was taken from an image that Trump posted back in November before placing sanctions on Iran. The font was clearly borrowed from […]
Donald Trump still hasn’t shut up about his wall, keeping the same energy he maintained throughout all of 2018 and carrying it through to 2019. On Sunday (Dec. 30), Trump claimed on his Twitter that Barack Obama had built a “ten foot wall” around their Washington D.C. home. “Totally necessary for their safety and security,” he […]
Netflix has reportedly removed an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj following complaints from Saudi Arabia. The episode of the show in question was highly critical of the way Saudi Arabia handled the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, bringing to attention Saudi Arabian Crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s rumored involvement in the killing. Minhaj also took aim […]
On Friday evening, Donald Trump issued a pay freeze for federal employees in 2019 amid a government shutdown that has left hundreds of workers on unpaid leave or furloughed. The scheduled pay bump would have instituted a 2.1% pay increase across the board and was set to take effect in January. Military personnel are still expected […]
President Trump blamed Democrats on Saturday for the death of two Guatemalan children who died while in U.S. custody earlier this month. In Trump’s first remarks about the incident, he politicized the death of two children by claiming the episode would not have occurred if a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border had been constructed. The comments were made via Twitter […]
Donald Trump became the first president not to visit the troops during the Christmas season since 2002. According to NBC News, Trump’s decision to stay off of a military base or hospital this month makes him the first Commander-in-Chief to duck such since George W. Bush skipped out during the Iraq War. Trump made calls to […]
‘Tis the season to love, give, and laugh and for those family members who don’t have the privilege of seeing their loved ones all too often, sometimes their presence is a present in and of itself. From active duty members of the military, to college students, to others, here are the most heartwarming homecoming videos from this […]
