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In a very strange turn of events, Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto “El Osito” Escobar launched a GoFundMe campaign in an attempt to impeach Donald Trump. Hoping to raise at least $50 million for his company Escobar Inc., it’s not entirely clear what Roberto’s precise plans for the money are. On the page, which has since been […]
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg suggested Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “sit still” and “learn the job” in light of comments made by the U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district in an interview with 60 Minutes. Ocasio-Cortez was critical of how her own Democratic Party has operated as a whole over recent years. “We as a party have compromised too much,” Ocasio-Cortez says in […]
On January 3rd, Congress ushered in the most diverse assembly of freshman lawmakers in history. During the swearing-in ceremony, the House gallery was filled to the brim with reporters, civilians, and a record number of newly elected female Congresswomen. Alongside famed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest female legislator, the first Somali-American, Palestinian-American and two Native American women were […]
Right-wing trolls are obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Even before she secured a congressional win back in November, the democratic socialist has had to endure out-of-touch smear campaigns; The most recent attack is, perhaps, the most desperate yet. Earlier this week, a number of right-wing Twitter accounts posted a college video of Ocasio-Cortez that was intended to shame […]
Things got testy in the Oval Office on Tuesday. America loved every second of it. In his effort to secure funding for his long-promised border wall, President Donald Trump held a heated meeting with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The debate—which, of course, played out in front of cameras—delivered clapbacks, finger-pointing, and shady interruptions. But, perhaps, […]
Stephen Colbert is taking the age-old idiom “liar liar pants on fire” quite literally—presenting us with an hour of Donald Trump’s lies to keep us warm this winter. The Late Show host and his team introduced the “pants-on-fireplace” yule log this week, writing, “Curl up with some hot cocoa and enjoy the relaxing sounds of the Donald […]
On Sunday, images of migrants at the border being shot at by U.S. border patrol agents and military with tear gas circulated online. One disturbing photo of a mother pulling her barefoot children away from a cloud of gas quickly spread on social media, drawing widespread outrage. A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from […]
Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pretty quick with the comebacks. On Friday, a panel on Fox News sat down to discuss the incoming congresswoman’s wardrobe. Ocasio-Cortez learned about the talk when a viewer tweeted that the news channel was examining Ocasio-Cortez’s shoes “in prime time.” The Bronx native fired back on Saturday, quoting lyrics to a Spanish […]
A Fox News host apologized on air on Thursday, when a guest equated Hillary Clinton to herpes. On Thanksgiving, the network ran a segment on a recent New York Times report which revealed Donald Trump thought about instructing the Department of Justice to prosecute Clinton. To discuss the report, Fox host Rick Leventhal brought on Anna Paulina, the director […]
On the day after Thanksgiving, the government decided to crush our spirits by reminding everyone that climate change is only getting worse, and will have devastating consequences for our country and beyond. As CNN reports, the fourth National Climate Assesment outlines what impact climate change could have on our economy, as the U.S. could slose billions of […]
