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Trump’s closing act: I am racist, hear me roar The Trump campaign billed yesterday’s Madison Square Garden rally as his closing message. Fittingly, it featured speaker after speaker spewing racist bile that would make even David Duke blush. A so-called comic warmed up the crowd with a set so vile that ridiculing Puerto Rico “a… Read more.
Bezos: democracy is no match for billions Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. More to the point, he has more money than he could spend in ten lifetimes. Yet, only a mix of greed and fear explains his decision to spike the Post’s endorsement of Kamala. His editor-at-large Robert Kagan resigned, showing the… Read more.
Even in this age of relentless oversharing, Nicole Kidman blabbing about her on-set orgasms takes the cake. It’s one thing to share that she kicked the crew off the set to screw comfortably while making her latest movie, Babygirl. But boasting that she had to pause filming because she was having too many orgasms? That’s… Read more.
‘Trump’s generals’ say he’s unfit to serve John Kelly is just the latest former military officer to warn that Donald Trump wants to rule America like a dictator. Other notable officers include: Mark Milley (the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who in his fiery retirement speech at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall reminded us… Read more.
Dr. West’s campaign: A Spoiler in the Making Dr. Cornel West entered the 2024 race fully aware of the damage a third-party run could do. Ralph Nader spoiled Al Gore’s chances in 2000, and Jill Stein spoiled Hillary’s in 2016. But West naively believed he could attract voters who never touched a Democratic or Republican… Read more.
The long nightmare is finally over for New York’s WNBA fans. After a 28-year drought, the Liberty clinched their first championship, defeating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in a decisive Game 5. Sure, this drought wasn’t as bad as the Knicks’ ongoing 50-year struggle, but at least the Knicks have two NBA titles to their name.… Read more.
This is sad, but all too predictable. Drug addiction and mental illness often conspire to end in death. On Wednesday, Liam Payne, 31, fell from his hotel balcony in Argentina. Moments earlier, hotel staff complained he was behaving erratically, appearing “overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol.” His ransacked room only supported their claim. But Payne’s well-known… Read more.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead. And Israel will celebrate like America did after killing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. But killing Sinwar won’t “destroy Hamas” any more than killing bin Laden destroyed al-Qaeda. In its “war on terror,” America invaded and destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq. It killed hundreds of thousands of innocents to get… Read more.
