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In this episode of “Trump supporters being absolutely terrible,” a venture capitalist who donated $2.5 million to a pro-Trump group that was investigating voter fraud during the election wants his money back because he was frustrated with the group’s efforts. Business Insider reported that Fred Eshelman is suing True the Vote Inc. to reclaim the money he […]
The Department of Justice has published a new rule that could allow for the use of more execution methods for federal death sentences. These could include death by electrocution or firing squads. According to ProPublica, the rule cleared White House review at the beginning of November and will go into effect on Christmas Eve, just weeks before Donald Trump exits […]
Trump’s reelection campaign has suffered another blow after a Pennsylvania federal appeals court rejected the sitting president’s attempts to invalidate the outcome of the state’s election. CNBC reports that the three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit—who were nominated by Republican presidents—ruled that the Trump campaign’s “claims have no merit.” The decision […]
Former POTUS Barack Obama‘s new book A Promised Land, released Nov. 17, bagged the largest first-day sales total for any book ever published by Penguin Random House. The publisher announced this week that Obama’s book sold more than 887,000 units in all formats and editions in the U.S. and Canada on its first day of […]
The 2020 edition of the notorious holiday centered around turkey and revisionist history, this year complicated by an ongoing pandemic, also brought with it a failed steak salesman appearance during which the bulk of the general public’s attention was centered on the symbolism of a hilariously small desk. Trump, expectedly, largely used the moment to […]
This week, with Trump still refusing to formally concede despite losing the election, the General Services Administration informed Joe Biden and his team that the usual transition processes could now begin. In a social distancing-friendly interview with Lester Holt on Tuesday night, Biden said key discussions immediately kicked off between his team and the current administration […]
Unfortunately, 2003 brought with it a feature-length monstrosity by the name of Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. And even more unfortunately, the Rudy-related events of 2020 have resulted in a particularly insufferable moment from the James Woods-starring concoction resurfacing in all its Very Bad Acting horror. While it’s generous to refer to this moment in […]
An invasive species of shovel-headed garden worms (which you can also reference as hammerhead worms, should you ever think about them again for whatever reason) has been sighted in plots throughout the Atlanta area. In fact, at the literal moment of this typing, the worms have been spotted 143 times by 135 observers in the region. […]
Despite the fact that cases of COVID-19 continue to climb in the United States and beyond, some people are still intent on politicizing the virus. Take for example, what happened at Donald Trump’s National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia on Saturday. Per TMZ, 61-year-old Raymond Deskins was charged with misdemeanor simple assault after arguing with anti-Trump protesters before purposely coughing on one of […]
Los Angeles County announced Sunday that outdoor dining will be suspended for at least three weeks starting Wednesday amid an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases in California. According to KTLA, county officials warned that a halt in outdoor dining would be necessary if the five-day average number of coronavirus cases exceeded 4,000. On Sunday, that number […]
