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No doubt you’re aware of the international spectacle rapper Nicki Minaj caused when she informed her 156 million followers on social media why she was not attending the Met Gala on Monday night. It all began when she posted a series of tweets, explaining that she could not provide the proof of Covid vaccination required,… Read more.
There appears to be a Covid-19 cluster mushrooming inside the White House and beyond. President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, as have first lady Melania Trump … White House adviser Hope Hicks, [campaign manager Bill Stepien, former counselor Kellyanne Conway, and countless others who attended a mask-free function at the White House… Read more.
After another night of peaceful protests outside Lafayette Square, workers were seen putting up new fencing barriers around the White House complex Thursday morning, adding to the 8-foot fence that was erected around the entrance to Lafayette Square earlier this week. Reporters arriving at the White House as early as 5:30 a.m. ET Thursday described… Read more.
The few A-list advisers Trump appointed to his cabinet represented the one redeeming feature of his presidency at the outset. The prevailing wisdom was that the triumvirate of James Mattis at Defense, Rex Tillerson at State, and H.R. McMaster at National Security would provide the kind of steadiness for Trump’s White House that training wheels… Read more.
Famous Americans have always snubbed US presidents to make political points. But never before in the history of this republic have so many snubbed any president the way they are snubbing Donald Trump. This trend began famously enough on the first day of his presidency. That’s when celebrities of every stripe boycotted his inauguration ceremonies.… Read more.
Given all of President Obama’s political rhetoric about gender equality and diversity, you’d think this would be a very progressive and transformative portrait. But it’s not. (“Women Complain about Obama’s All-Boys Club,” The iPINIONS Journal, September 21, 2011) This, in part, is how I lamented the portrait acclaimed journalist Ron Suskind painted in his book,… Read more.
No doubt you’ve seen Republicans and their right-wing hit men (most notably pundit Charles Krauthammer) all over the media accusing the White House of compromising nationality security just to make President Obama look good. Their accusations pertain to disclosures (aka leaks) that enabled the New York Times and other publications to report on how the… Read more.
The couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who crashed the Obamas’ first State Dinner last week are exhibit A for how grownups are dumbing deviancy down in their insidious quest for instant fame on reality TV. Because all indications are that this whole farce was concocted by these two nincompoops as an audition to appear on… Read more.
