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Though Sacha Baron Cohen‘s contributions to the history of exposing political leaders as ethically bankrupt is well-documented, the vast majority of these instances have occurred while Cohen was in character in pursuit of reliably hilarious satire. In a new piece for Time magazine out Thursday, the comedian—whose Borat sequel soon hits Amazon—references moments in his career […]
For whatever reason, this is going to be an article with the sole purpose of further drawing unnecessary attention to Kanye West‘s most recent tweets, namely the ones about so-called campaign merch. Notably, West shared this merch teases (and linked to the official Kanye 2020 site) amid Wednesday night’s VP debate that most compellingly saw a fly […]
Amid his publicity stunt-laden COVID-19 experience, Donald Trump—the constant coverage of whom surely benefits no one—is once again pushing false narratives about the virus that’s taken the lives of more than 209,000 Americans. In messages shared to his Twitter and Facebook pages on Tuesday, the frequent pandemic downplayer recklessly compared the coronavirus to the seasonal flu. “Many […]
Though Dr. Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization (WHO) declined during a recent special session to directly agree with the assessment that Donald J. Trump‘s reported COVID-19 diagnosis was “inevitable” given his general disregard for pandemic-appropriate behavior, one would be hard-pressed to approach anything nearing shock regarding the failed steak salesman’s current situation. Instead, […]
One of Donald Trump’s aides has also tested positive for COVID-19. It was confirmed that Nicholas Luna caught the virus a little more than 24 hours after Trump was hospitalized at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bloomberg reports. As one of Trump’s “body men,” Luna runs Oval Office operations for the White House, […]
Sean Conley, a guy roundly referred to in the press as the “White House physician,” arguably only added further confusion to the chain of events leading up to Trump claiming a COVID-19 diagnosis during a presser on Saturday. After getting through a round of thanks and a mention of prayer, Conley gave some opening comments before […]
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 […]
Once again, Trump‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been made the target of an act of widely publicized vandalism. This time, however, the act is said to have been carried out by a guy in an Incredible Hulk costume. TMZ’s report on the pickaxe-assisted incident, which is said to have went down […]
After some apparent reluctance, Donald Trump has finally denounced white supremacy (for now). As reported by TMZ, the newly COVID-19-positive president called into Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Thursday night, where Trump discussed the debate and the Proud Boys controversy. “Let me be clear again: I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud […]
