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Despite the manifold challenges facing Americans, none may be greater than its vulnerable egomaniac of a president—and his inability to think beyond himself. President Donald Trump speaks at the C.I.A. headquarters on January 21, 2017 in Langley, Virginia. By Olivier Doulier – Pool/Getty Images. I once asked a friend of mine, a standup comic, why…
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GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container In recent months, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has deployed his daughter Ivanka to show that the family has a compassionate side, which, among other things, will push both her and her father to advocate for better lives for working people. Such…
With just a few weeks to go before the inauguration, President Donald J. Trump unceremoniously fired legendary announcer Charles Brotman by email. Never mind that Brotman had announced every inaugural parade since Eisenhower; never mind that the cold, abrupt dismissal left him shattered—as it turns out, Brotman found something better to do this weekend. Seems…
The National Park service retweeted some sick Donald Trump burns, noting how, uh, lightly attended his inauguration was compared to Barack Obama’s in 2009. But now, the NPS has been ordered by its Washington support office to “immediately cease use of government Twitter accounts until further notice,” according to an internal email obtained by Gizmodo….
Dan Scavino has shared articles from websites that claim 9/11 was an ‘inside job’, Michelle Obama is a man and Beyonce is funded by the CIA. scald=5187301:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] END scald=5187301 President Donald Trump speaks at the CIA headquarters on January 21, 2017 in Langley, Virginia. Olivier Doulier/Getty The man behind Donald Trump’s official presidential…
Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters at Trump Tower in New York last month, when she was the then-president-elect’s campaign manager . (Evan Vucci/ AP) A senior aide to President Trump said Sunday that he has no plans to release his tax returns, a marked shift from Trump’s pledge during the campaign to make them public…
Photo: AP Update 7:30pm: Donald Trump has since deleted the follow-up tweet, possibly breaking the rules regarding archiving official records a second time. As of now, there’s no proof on his Twitter account of it ever existing. Of course, that’s what archived images are for. We’re officially through the looking glass, and it’s time to…
Neo-Nazis met in Washington, D.C., last week to celebrate Donald Trump‘s presidential victory and proclaim that their time has come. Video captured by the Atlantic shows the group using Nazi salutes and shouting “Heil!” to the president-elect’s victory. Punching Nazis, otherwise known as “fash-bashing,” is part of a long, storied tradition of anti-fascist violence, carried…
Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States was an appropriately staid and stately affair. The inauguration party in virtual world Second Life was much more colorful. The biggest inauguration party in Second Life took place in the London City sim, oddly enough, where avatars of all sizes and shapes from around…