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  • Sarah Palin Calls Stacey Abrams a ‘Literal Loser’ and Twitter Quickly Reminds Her That She’s Sarah Palin

    Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s entire Alaskan house—you know the one where she can see Russia from her front yard—is made of glass. So as the old proverb goes: Never throw stones when you’re dumb as a goddamn rock. But when has that ever stopped Sarah Palin? On Tuesday, Palin was attempting to post…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2019
  • Trump Just Berated His Own Intelligence Chiefs, Called Them 'Passive and Naive' for Disagreeing With Him

    President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to berate his own intelligence officials for not understanding the true danger that Iran poses. Yes, it is the job of the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to assess the threat levels of possible enemies of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2019
  • Former NFL Running Back Clinton Portis Explains Why He Drank Hennessy Before Games, and He Kind of Makes Sense

    Former NFL running back Clinton Portis—who also did interviews as his alter egos: Choo Choo, Dolemite Jenkins, Prime Minister Yah Mon, Bud Foxx, Electra, Southeast Jerome, Dr. I Don’t Know, Sheriff Gonna Getcha, Dollar Bill, Reverend Gonna Change, Kid Bro Sweets, Coach Janky Spanky, Inspector 2-2, and Mr. Angel Southeast Romie Rome—announced recently he took Hennessy…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2019
  • Trump Met With Vladimir Putin In Private, Again Because No One Can Stop This Love. No One!

    One would think that after learning that Russian influenced the 2016 election, causing an investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the president would be smart enough to know that maybe he needs to cool down his love affair with Vladimir Putin. Well, one would be wrong. According to the Financial Times, Trump…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 30, 2019
  • Trump Lied On Obama During White House Visits, Claimed the Former President Watched Basketball All Day

    President Donald Trump, the president who spent at least a year of his presidency visiting golf courses that he owns and basically bullshitting the rest of the time, had the audacity to come for arguably one the best presidents to ever do it. During these impromptu White House visits when the president basically takes anyone…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 29, 2019
  • Trump Adviser Roger Stone Pleads Not Guilty to 7 Criminal Counts. Are We Sure He Even Knows What's Going On?

    Since his arrest early Friday morning, former Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,” Roger Stone walked out of jail like he’d just been nominated for several awards for his portrayal of an incompetent political operative. Literally after he emerged from jail, he stood on the steps holding up his outstretched arms and wagging his Richard…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 29, 2019
  • Your Bigoted Grandpa Trump Is Wacky Tweeting, Again

    When President Trump packs up the family Ford Monarch and straps his sleeping coffin to the roof, he will be remembered as the president who tweeted a lot and did his best to destroy the world as we know it. Oh, there will be talk of how he saved the white man’s riches with his…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 29, 2019
  • What's That Snowflake? Fox News Anchor Blasts Trump: 'Bullying Journalists Is Not Presidential'

    Ohhhhhhh, now you’ve got something to say? Every since the President Trump stole the White House with the help of Russian bots and Facebook, he’s been attacking journalists. He’s stated several times that journalists are the enemy of the people and consistently calls news that is unflattering or critical of his draconian policies or his…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 29, 2019
  • ‘I’m Told This Is Where Bill and Monica…’: Trump is Giving White House Tours Because He Doesn’t Have Anything Else to Do

    Continuing his role as a world-class embarrassment, Donald Trump reportedly asks his White House guests if they want to see where former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and former president Bill Clinton carried on their illicit activities. The Washington Post obtained an early copy of Team of Vipers, a new book by former White House…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 28, 2019
  • Definitive Proof That Trump Is Losing His Base: Now He’s Beefing With Fox News

    First, the Fat Boys break up, then the Fugees and now it looks like the love affair between Donald Trump and Fox News might be coming to an unceremonious end. The president of people who like foam designs on the top of their overpriced coffee did the unthinkable Sunday when he dragged a pair of…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    January 28, 2019
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