15 posts tagged ‘biden’
Nikki Haley Calls Voter Who Asked Her About Civil War a 'Democrat Plant'
Jezebel,
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and supposed Republican party wunderkind running for president, found herself in hot water on Wednesday evening when she answered a voter’s question about what caused the Civil War and declined to talk about the role of slavery. “I think the cause of the Civil War was… Read more...
Err, John Schneider Seems to Have Taken The Masked Singer a Little Too Seriously
Few reality shows elide popular culture and the shitshow that is American politics like The Masked Singer, a show in which the famous and famous-adjacent pose as animals, perform, and compete for a shot at fleeting cultural relevancy. Case in point: Just last spring, the now-bankrupt Rudy Giuliani was revealed to be… Read more...
Rudy Giuliani to Sweat It Out in Bankruptcy Court
Rudy Giuliani, once hailed as “America’s Mayor,” continues his staggering, deeply funny fall from grace: On Thursday, Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The move comes one day after a federal judge allowed two Georgia-based election workers to… Read more...
Biden, Apparently Still Not a Fan of Abortion, Is Sending Kamala Harris on Abortion Tour
Move over, Taylor Swift: It’s Vice President Kamala Harris’ turn to go on tour. Starting next month, President Biden’s 2024 running-mate is set to travel the country talking to voters about abortion and what’s at stake with the upcoming presidential election. Harris’ first stop will be in Wisconsin on January 22, the… Read more...
The Strangest Gift Ideas From the Bowels of the Internet
Gizmodo,
Gather ‘round, weary shoppers, and rest with me for a moment beneath the veil of the celestial canopy, where stars twinkle like forgotten spells and the moon casts its silvery incantations upon the world. As the world around us transforms into a realm of holidays and merriment, I, a grizzled explorer of the online… Read more...
Trump Was as Courteous, Professional, and Respectful as We All Expected at His Fraud Trial
On Monday, former President Donald Trump took the witness stand in New York City Civil Court to testify in the civil fraud case brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James—and his testimony was a shining beacon of courtesy and professionalism. JK! Trump predictably used his time on the stand to… Read more...
Pregnant Women in Gaza Are Undergoing C-Sections Without Anesthesia as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens
In southern Gaza, a woman named Raneem Hejazi was 32 weeks pregnant when she was nearly killed by an Israeli airstrike on October 25, NPR reported last week. Shortly after being rescued from under the rubble, doctors at Nasser Hospital performed an emergency C-section guided by cell phone flashlights in order to save… Read more...