trump administration
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Steve ‘Satan’s Stepson’ Bannon Loses Job on National Security Council
Steve Bannon, the man who Lucifer says “gives me the heebie-jeebies” and Hitler’s ghost deemed “a little too racist for me,” will no longer serve on the most important and powerful foreign policy and security committee in the world. The Associated Post and the BBC both report that President Donald Trump has removed Bannon from…
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Dear Republicans: Start Snitching
Dear members of the GOP and the Trump administration: Remember when “stop snitching” was a thing? Do you remember how you laughed at its self-destructive stupidity and said it was harmful to our people? Can you recall how you said that anyone who cared about his or her community wouldn’t allow criminals to break the…
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April Ryan, Maxine Waters and Now Susan Rice: Black Women Are Natural Enemies of Trump Administration
Nature shows us many examples of “natural enemies” in the wild. Mongooses will take on poisonous snakes without a thought, sea lions will mob up and attack killer whales, and a pack of hyenas will take on a lion three times their size. When you know who your enemy is; when you know you’re just…
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So, How Are You All Surviving Trump? I’m Getting My Zen Doing Yoga
It’s been 51 days since the White House became orange. That means we have only roughly 1,400 days left in this presidency, with its penchant for frivolous executive orders, constant lies, maligning of the press and sharing way too many problematic tweets. It’s OK. I know. I’m rocking back and forth wailing, too. But on…
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Trump Administration Calls for Immediate Resignation of 46 Obama Administration US Attorneys
The Trump administration Friday requested the immediate resignation of 46 Obama administration U.S. attorneys, including Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. The New York Times reports that the firings came as a surprise, especially for Bharara, who said he was asked about staying on in November…
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Yeah, That Whole "Don't Allow Trump And His Administration To Be Normalized" Thing Lasted For Like A Month
Remember way back when in January? And December? And November? When we were all like “Yo…we need to protest and resist Donald Trump at all costs!” and that key term “normalized” — i.e. “don’t allow for Trump to be normalized” — became our new favorite word? I’ve had some health issues recently, so it’s possible…
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Spray Paint Marks Howard University as ‘Trump Plantation’
This probably won’t end well. Twitter user @Italia_calino shared the image above on Tuesday morning, depicting sidewalks in Howard University’s Yard with the spray-painted message “Welcome to the Trump Plantation. Overseer: Wayne A. I. Frederick.” That message was not the only one marked on school premises, with others claiming that Frederick, the university’s president, doesn’t…
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White House Will No Longer Send Officials on the Air on CNN: Report
The White House is reportedly giving CNN the cold shoulder and will no longer send spokespeople or surrogates on the air with the network, freezing it out from on-air administration voices, Politico reports. “We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” a White House official told the news…
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11 Quick and Dirty Facts About Donald Trump's Latest Cabinet Picks
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services. Prior to coming to Congress, he practiced as an orthopedic surgeon for 20 years. He served four terms in the Georgia Senate before being elected to Congress in 2005. He is chairman of the House Budget Committee and sits on the…
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The 9 Rings of Donald Trump’s Administrative Hell
In Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Divine Comedy, the titular character is guided through the nine circles of hell. The darker your crimes, the lower the levels of hell you descend to until you meet up with Satan himself, trapped at the center of it all. At the top are crimes…