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Though it certainly feels like the 2020 election cycle has been going on for literal eons, complete with the constant barrage of fuckery we’ve come to expect here in the States, we are only just now approaching the concentrated madness of Super Tuesday. The days leading up to the crucial March 3 date have included […]
SNL returns after a two week break with host John Mulaney and musical guest David Byrne. For tonight’s cold open, SNL parodied a White House press conference addressing the worldwide concern over the coronavirus outbreak. Beck Bennett was Mike Pence, Kenan Thompson appeared as Dr. Ben Carson, Fred Armisen returned as Mike Bloomberg, and Larry […]
The United States and the Taliban have signed a “comprehensive peace agreement” that could bring an end to the war in Afghanistan. As The Associated Press reports, the agreement was signed on Saturday with the aim of ending conflict and bringing home U.S. troops. If Taliban militants uphold the deal, U.S. and NATO allies will withdraw […]
Barack Obama‘s camp has denounced a political ad targeting former Vice President Joe Biden. According to The Hill, Obama’s legal team says it intends to take legal action over an ad that suggests Obama once criticized Biden for harming and taking advantage of the black community. The spot was created by pro-Trump super PAC The Committee to Defend the […]
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former VP Joseph Biden Jr., former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at the Democratic debate at Las Vegas‘ Paris Theatre on Wednesday night and things got tense. A highlight from the evening featured Warren going after Bloomberg over […]
Things got extremely tense at Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. It all started when Trump seemingly decided to ignore House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she tried to go in for a handshake after he handed off copies of his prepared remarks to Mike Pence and Pelosi. For what it’s worth, […]
Donald Trump is getting criticized after a video of him joking, fidgeting, pointing, and pretending to conduct the music while the national anthem played during his Super Bowl LIV watch party at Trump International Golf Club in Florida surfaced online. Said footage was posted by a real estate agent who works for a Russian-American firm, the Miami Herald reported. Trump caught […]
After being on a hiatus for a month, Saturday Night Live decided to play catch up on all the current events the show missed with a hilariously dark cold open. For the scene, SNL went after President Trump‘s pending impeachment trial. Former cast member, Jon Lovitz, returned to play Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz. While practicing his […]
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, claiming the former Secretary of State attempted to derail her presidential campaign by suggesting she was being supported by the Russians. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, about three months after Clinton appeared […]
Lev Parnas is throwing Donald Trump under the proverbial bus. During a Wednesday interview with Rachel Maddow, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani claimed the president was fully aware of his dealings in Ukraine. The sit-down aired months after Parnas and another Giuliani associate, Igor Fruman, pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally funneling foreign donations to U.S. officials and political […]
