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Nazi-punching has become America’s new national pastime since a video of alt-right poster boy Richard Spencer getting decked at Donald Trump’s inauguration went viral. Thanks to Wavves’ Nathan Williams and his brother Joel, who make music together under the name Sweet Valley, those who want to slug white supremacists can now do so from the…
Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer falsely accused Iran of attacking a United States naval vessel, an incident which – if it had really happened – could constitute an act of war. Mr Spicer made the remarks during a press briefing called to explain a White House announcement that Iran had been officially “put on…
This story has been corrected since it was originally published. Kellanne Conway appears to be dabbling with “alternative facts” again. In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that aired on Thursday night, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and now an adviser in his administration, referenced the “Bowling Green massacre” when justifying the president’s controversial executive order…
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch founded and led a student group called the ‘Fascism Forever Club’ at his elite high school, DailyMail.com can reveal. The club was set up to rally against the ‘left-wing tendencies’ of his professors while attending a Jesuit all-boys preparatory high school near Washington D.C. The name may be inconvenient…
END scald=5204626 The blaze destroyed the mosque in Victoria, Texas Victoria Islamic Center People have raised over $800,000 (£638,000) in the space of a day for a Muslim community in Texas to help rebuild their mosque after the building was destroyed by a fire on Saturday. The blaze was discovered at the Islamic Centre of…
The White House has said a five-year-old boy was detained for more than four hours and reportedly handcuffed at an airport because he posed a “security risk”. The boy, reportedly a US citizen with an Iranian mother, was one of more than 100 people detained following President Donald Trump’s immigration order. In a press briefing, Mr…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” There should be nothing surprising about what Donald Trump has done in his first week—but he has underestimated the resilience of Americans and their institutions. Google Metadata Kevin Lamarque / Reuters I am not surprised by President Donald Trump’s antics this week. Not by the big splashy pronouncements…
Getty Images A journalism professor raises some excellent points. It’s damn near impossible to turn on a cable-news show and not see Kellyanne Conway sitting there, doing verbal parkour to try to explain how whatever awful thing Donald Trump (or his press secretary) just did was actually neither offensive nor terrifying, and really, it’s all…
NEW YORK—Admitting they badly need to turn their business around, executives at struggling media company Vidmark Interactive confided to sources Tuesday that their situation has become so dire they may have to consider giving a job to someone who is actually qualified to hold it. “We’ve had such a difficult time staying afloat in the…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” The phrase used by President Trump has been linked to anti-Semitism during World War II. Google Metadata Rick Wilking / Reuters President Trump’s speech Friday will go down as one of the shorter inaugural addresses, but it will also be remembered for its populist and often dark tone….