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Following Joe Biden‘s win on Saturday, the president-elect gave his victory speech that night, where he promised several sweeping changes to take place during his first days in office. Most immediately, the president-elect will tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and establish a coronavirus task force on Monday. The Washington Post reports that the task force will be co-chaired […]
Americans are gleefully rubbing salt in the Trump campaign’s wounds. According to anonymous campaign staffers, the president’s “voter fraud” hotline has been flooded with prank calls from people gloating over Joe Biden‘s 2020 presidential win. The insiders told ABC News that the callers are heard laughing or mocking the team over the president’s defeat before quickly hanging up—making the bitter pill even harder to […]
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, as the likelihood of a second term began to fade, President Donald Trump prematurely announced a victory for himself in a way that Jake Tapper from CNN unflinchingly called “undemocratic, false, and premature.” And while we await the final certified tallies, we now know, days after the election, […]
Donald Trump is not ready to concede to Joe Biden’s victory. After it was revealed that Biden would be the 46th President of the United States, the incumbent released a statement denouncing Biden’s win, claiming that the election is “far from over.” “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the […]
Joe Biden has won the 2020 election, and will become the 46th president of the United States, the Associated Press reports. Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris will become the next vice president of the United States, the first woman to ever hold the office. After a tight race, the Scranton, Pennsylvania native secured the win on Thursday, winning key states like Michigan […]
While it seems that Joe Biden is poised to win the presidency and clinch the 270 Electoral College votes he needs from either Pennsylvania, Nevada, or Georgia, not everyone is elated—including Chris Rock. The comedian took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the election. “Oddly I don’t feel like celebrating. I feel like Tom […]
In the months leading up to the 2020 election, many wondered how Donald Trump would handle an impending defeat. Would he accept the results and bow out with dignity? Or, would he take the less graceful route and refuse to concede? According to CNN, the president has refused to prepare a concession speech despite Joe Biden‘s expanding lead. Some outlets have already declared […]
As he stares down defeat, Donald Trump sowed doubt in American democracy by questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election results. The president reiterated baseless claims during a Thursday night speech from the White House, accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election through fraudulent ballots. “If you count the legal votes I easily win,” he said. “If you […]
A small town in northern Kentucky has elected a dog as its mayor. Wilbur Beast, a 6-month old French Bulldog, was chosen as the new mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky on Tuesday. The town has never had a human elected to the position, NBC News reports. Wilbur’s owner, Amy Noland, told the outlet that the […]
Paula White, a prosperity gospel hawker and so-called “spiritual adviser” to Trump, has careened into headlines this week thanks to a video featuring some startling nonsensicality centered around the 2020 presidential election. The clips in question, which are rife with memeable bullshittery, come from a recent livestream event during which White attempted to passionately pray (i.e. scream into […]
