Politics
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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Cancels Thanksgiving Plans After Realizing He’s Full of Shit
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told New Yorkers not to have people over during Thanksgiving. We are in a fucking pandemic after all and having people outside of your household, even during the holidays, isn’t safe. Then Cuomo went on radio station WAMC and announced that he planned to have his 89-year-old mother, Matilda, and…
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GTFOH Trump: Thank You, Mr. President
Thank you, President Trump for raising the sun this morning and keeping my car console fully stocked with throw-away masks. Thank you for the Supreme restock on the Air Force 1s, and thank you for Starbucks unlimited supply of chocolate croissants. And since we are thanking Trump for shit he had nothing to do with,…
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NC's 1st Black Female Supreme Court Justice May Lose Her Seat to the Most Conservative Man on the Court
North Carolina’s first Black woman to serve as the state’s chief justice is still fighting for her seat as a recount begins in a race where only 406 votes separate Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley from her challenger, Justice Paul Newby, after nearly 5.4 million votes were cast. As Slate outlines, the race could have…
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Report by Former Military Physicians Says Trump’s Transgender Ban Hurt the Military. Who Would’ve Guessed?
Man, who would’ve thought barring an entire group of people from joining the U.S. military would have lasting, negative effects on the organization? According to a group of former military physicians, that’s exactly what happened as a result of the Trump administration banning transgender people from enlisting. I promise I’m just as not-surprised as you…
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White Nationalist President to Veto Defense Bill if Military Bases Don’t Keep Confederate Names
Temporary President Trump is on his fuckshit again. Since he didn’t win the election, and it’s looking like he can’t steal the election, he’s now threatening to veto legislation to fund the military unless military bases continue to honor Confederate military leaders. The president is a fucking disaster. I mean, there’s a bipartisan movement to…
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Biden Names Woman to Lead Intelligence and Latino to Lead Department of Homeland Security
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. isn’t waiting on Trump to hand him the reins. In fact, he’s moving on with his top national security picks. On Tuesday, his transition office noted that Biden plans to name “the first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security, the first woman to head the intelligence community and…
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GTFOH Trump Watch: Trump Released the Kraken. Turns Out the Kraken Was Sidney Powell
Imagine this: You are a lawyer and your potential client wants to file lawsuits against multiple states alleging imaginary crimes. Literally, crimes no one can see. There is no proof, no receipts, no video, Maury isn’t there, Tekashi 6ix9ine isn’t there—literally nothing to prove your potential client’s case. But he’s got two things that work…
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Rahm Emanuel Reportedly Being Considered for Biden's Cabinet, a Choice That Would Be a Slap in the Face to Black Voters
President-elect Joe Biden’s credentials in terms of supporting the Black Lives Matter movement haven’t been unimpeachable. His campaign for president was marked by him explaining away and apologizing for policies widely seen as contributing to racism and racist policing, among them his one-time opposition to desegregating schools and his support of the later-maligned 1994 crime…
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We See You, COVID-19. We See You
There are really only two kinds of people in this world: Those of us who wear masks, practice social distancing and stay inside as much as possible, and assholes. Or Republicans. Same thing, really. As such, Republican states and Republican operatives are basically breeding grounds for COVID-19. So it is with a heavy heart that…
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Tucker Carlson Asked a Trump Campaign Lawyer for Proof and That’s When She Shut Him Down
It isn’t like hot windbag and white hotep—he even wears bowties—Tucker Carlson to want proof before spouting out wild conspiracy theories in support of his president for life, Donald Trump. So maybe that’s what scared Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell from appearing on Carlson’s show, Bedroom Time with Baby, on Republican OnlyFans, Fox News. Carlson…