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Lana Del Rey‘s Twitter mentions are, once again, in shambles. On Friday afternoon, the singer-songwriter made a surprise appearance at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble, where she met with fans and signed physical copies of her poetry book, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. Lana announced the event in an Instagram video, in which she […]
The latest Trump-adjacent Republican to announce a positive COVID-19 test is none other than Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey and noted fan of traffic jams. Early Saturday, Christie said he had “just received word” that he was positive for COVID-19. In his tweeted statement, he added that he will be “receiving medical attention” […]
↵ Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien has COVID-19. Stepien, who took the role back in July and replaced Brad Parscale, is revealed in a new Politico report from Friday as having received the diagnosis that evening. At the time, according to an unnamed senior campaign official, Stepien was experiencing “mild flu-like symptoms.” He is expected to […]
A day after announcing he had tested positive for the coronavirus, Donald Trump took to Twitter to provide a quick update on his condition. “I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. I’m going to Walter Reed Hospital,” he said in the pre-recorded video. “I think I’m doing very well but we’re going to make sure that things work […]
Hope Hicks, a close aide to Donald Trump, has tested positive for COVID-19, Bloomberg reports. Hicks was reportedly experiencing symptoms related to the virus. Hicks was among those who traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from Tuesday’s presidential debate. She also attended his rally in Minnesota on Wednesday. Bloomberg Sr. White House reporter […]
California Rep. Katie Porter presented another masterclass in political interrogation. On Wednesday, the Democratic lawmaker began trending on Twitter after she grilled a pharmaceutical CEO on his wildly high salary and the significanct price surge for Revlimid—a cancer drug commonly used to treat multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome. Porter presented her argument during a House Oversight Committee hearing that centered on an […]
Employees who work for Disney parks in Florida and California got some grim news this week when they learned from a memo that their employer (The Walt Disney Co.) was planning to lay off 28,000 people. This was attributed to the substantial COVID-19-induced attendance losses experienced by those tourist attractions, which is perhaps something you saw coming if […]
COVID-19 continues to become one of the world’s biggest medical mysteries as it claims the life of a seemingly healthy North Carolina teenager. Appalachian State University sophomore, Chad Dorrill, died on Monday after contracting COVID-19, The Charlotte Observer reports. His mother, Susan Dorrill, stated in a now-private Facebook post that her son didn’t exhibit any known symptoms […]
Another Karen had another meltdown and this time at a Subway location when asked to wear a mask. In the viral video, which was uploaded to Reddit this week, the male Sandwich Karen tells workers the health department will be “abolished” when he’s asked to wear a mask. “The health department’s over, don’t listen to them,” […]
It appears that consuming black licorice daily can be fatal. CNN reports that a 54-year-old man in Massachusetts died after eating too much of the candy. The man was a construction worker who was generally healthy: he had no history of heart problems, walked his dog regularly, and worked as a construction worker. He also […]
