Politics
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Melania Trump Is Petty AF, Publicly Calls for Ouster of a Top National Security Aide Because They’re Beefing
Instead of working on the three pillars (well-being, social media use, and opioid abuse) that make up her grammatically incorrect campaign, first lady Melania Trump is using her White House muscle to publicly call for the firing of deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel. Who is Ricardel? Who knows. But she’s apparently beefing with Melania…
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DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Has One Foot Out of the White House and the Other on a Banana Peel
President Trump is draining the swamp, and no that’s not a euphemism for the commandant in chief hitting the bathroom (well it kind of is). But if the rumors are true, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (the woman on Trump’s staff with a random misspelling in her own name) is on her way…
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Huge Legal Win for the Abrams Campaign: Judge Orders Provisional Ballot Review and Extends Certification Deadline
A new election ruling passed down by a Georgia federal judge could be significant for the Stacey Abrams campaign. Judge Amy Totenberg has ordered that the deadline for certifying the election be moved to this Friday at 5 p.m. instead of the original Tuesday 5 p.m. deadline imposed by interim Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden…
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For Once, Trump Was Right: Florida Officials Admit to Widespread Voter Fraud
In a midterm election where hypothetical allegations of voter fraud played strawman for voter-suppression efforts across the country, the conservatives who advocate for Voter ID and strict voter regulations finally uncovered a case of widespread voter fraud…by Republicans. The Miami Herald reports that a Republican election official allowed residents of Bay County, Fla., to vote…
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Iowa Congressman Steve King Compared Immigrants to Dirt Because…Of Course, He Did
The Diplomats reunion was unexpected. Jim Jones having the best verse on the Sauce Boyz was crazy. Juelz Santana spitting a whole verse with no front teeth was shocking. Iowa Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) being a racist, white nationalist isn’t unexpected. The revelation that he compared Mexican immigrants to dirt isn’t crazy. Denying that he…
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GOP Mississippi Senator Jokes About ‘Public Hanging’ and If You’re Offended, Well Tough On You
Apparently, all of us offended by Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s “joke” about being in the “front row” of a “public hanging” are overreacting. Yep, that’s the spin that Hyde-Smith and her people are putting on the Senate hopeful reprehensible remarks. Don’t forget that Hyde-Smith is running for Senate in the lynching capital of America.…
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A Supreme Flex: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Already Working From Home After Leaving Hospital
You can thank your auntie’s woke prayer circle for their hard work—or the world’s most potent calcium supplements—because Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital on Friday and apparently is already back at work. Working from home, that is, but as anyone who’s taken a WFH day knows, that definitely still counts (even if…
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Black Baby-Gate: Ivanka and Melania Trump are Beefing About Who Gets to Pose With Black Kids
The women of the White House are beefing over who can outpose whom with little black girls. It’s been no secret that first lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka (who acts a lot like she’s the first lady) are basically the generic singers in an all-girl group who pretend to like each other but…
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Stacey Abrams Keeps The Same Energy, Sues to Count Rejected Ballots In Georgia Governor's Race
Stacey Abrams’ campaign still has the time and the energy. Along with the Georgia Democratic Party, Abrams’ campaign has filed a federal lawsuit to get rejected absentee and provisional ballots counted for the extremely tight gubernatorial race. Brian Kemp’s lead in the race has slowly but surely been dwindling, inching closer and closer to the…
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Michelle Obama Still Swears by Taking the High Road, but That Doesn’t Involve Smiling for Trump
Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, drops tomorrow—and though dribs and drabs of tea from the #ForeverFirstLady’s new book have been circulating through various media outlets in the last week, we’re ready to receive the full kettle like manna from the heavens come Tuesday. Among the revealing new details Obama shares is how she actively stopped herself…