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A West Virginia educator received quite the morning jolt on Monday when a black bear poked its head out of the school’s dumpster as he stood just inches away. Zela Elementary principal James Marsh was in the process of removing a recently-installed lock bar when he saw the bear’s head emerge from the dumpster. Marsh immediately ran […]
First and foremost, get a damn vaccine. I’m begging you. Secondly, in news of the inoculation variety, this week has brought us the case of a restaurant owner in California who’s hell-bent on refusing to provide service to would-be customers who are vaccinated. Tony Roman, owner of Basilico’s Pasta e Vino, has been making headlines […]
Facebook said Friday that Donald Trump will remain suspended from the platform until at least 2023. In a lengthy statement shared by Nick Clegg, Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs, the Oversight Board’s decision in May to uphold Trump’s suspension was mentioned. At the time, the board also recommended that the site make a number of […]
As should have been expected, and while it assuredly deserves no amplification whatsoever, Ted Cruz attempted to make light of the controversy surrounding his recent mid-pandemic (and mid-Texas tragedy) Cancun trip during a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) speech on Friday. “God bless CPAC,” Cruz, speaking in a sort of half-scream manner, said on Friday. […]
Ted Cruz, whose public history includes everything from supporting a guy who suggested his dad could have been involved in the Kennedy assassination (and insulted his wife’s appearance) to dangerously platforming baseless election theories, is now being called out by a number of prominent voices for his latest act of nonsensicality. In a recent interview with conservative figure […]
Sadly, the 2008 Coen Brothers crime comedy Burn After Reading wasn’t trending early Monday morning as a result of a random communal appreciation of the somewhat overlooked entry in the auteurial duo’s catalog. Instead, this increasingly tiresome existential trap known as Reality has birthed a troublingly Burn After Reading-esque story about one of the participants […]
Trump is expected to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on the final full day of his single-term presidency, according to a new report. Early Monday, i.e. the first day of a week that will feature Joe Biden‘s inauguration, CNN reported the failed steak salesman—at least according to three sources close to such talks—is prepping […]
Robert Keith Packer, the MAGA cult member who was photographed during the Capitol attack last week wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” hoodie, has been arrested. Packer was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities in Virginia on a D.C. warrant, per a report from CBS News citing a senior law enforcement official. The anti-Semite is now facing federal charges that include […]
Melania Trump, whose husband is a failed steak salesman, has finally carved out enough time in her schedule to respond to last week’s violent (and ultimately fatal) invasion of the Capitol by MAGA supporters. In a statement shared to the official White House site on Monday, Melania said she was “disappointed and disheartened with what happened […]
A seven-foot fence is being put up around the U.S. Capitol following this week’s violent and ultimately fatal insurrection attempt from MAGA cult members. On Thursday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced that a seven-foot “non-scalable” fence would be erected around the property and will remain in place for “at least” 30 days. The fence, per a report […]
