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During a discussion of Melania Trump, who is scheduled to speak at the Republican Nation Convention Monday night, Newt Gingrich pointed out to Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren that Donald Trump’s wife is not only very hot, but also from a place that is not here. “Melania is not only very, very attractive as a…
Tonight at the Republican National Convention, potential first lady Melania Trump delivered the night’s headlining speech in what was her most important moment in the public eye since she married Donald Trump 11 years ago. The speech was praised by hacks on both sides of the aisle (and the middle), though there might unintentionally be…
Section 1 of 3 [00:00:00 – 00:14:05] (NOTE: speaker names may be different in each section) Al Letson: From the center of investigative reporting in PRX, this is revealed an outlet. Jessie: This is considered the northeast, Mayfair section actually, it’s nice and-[crosstalk 00:00:18] Al Letson: Jessie Suren is a 28 year old college grad….
Let July 17, 2016, forever be known as the day Kim Kardashian proved her worth to those who would say she’s famous for doing nothing, because on that day, she proved that she could do at least one thing: Ruin Taylor Swift’s reputation as a pristine angel in an industry otherwise populated by schemers, liars,…
Bedlam erupted at the Republican convention Monday afternoon as party officials used a procedural maneuver to put an end to the haphazard Never Trump movement. Rival chants of “shame-shame-shame” and “Trump-Trump-Trump” took over the Quicken Loans Arena shortly after 4 p.m. after efforts to vote down the rules for the quadrennial party convention failed. And while…
Alex Jones addresses the rally on Monday. David Corn This has never happened at a national party convention: At a rally for the party’s presidential nominee, an adviser to that nominee claims that the nominee of the other party broke the law by moving a dead body in order to mount a cover-up. And this…
High-profile Super Smash Bros. player Cristian “Hyuga” Medina lost his team and sponsorship Sunday at Evo 2016 after allegedly touching another player’s body while she slept. Victoria “VikkiKitty” Perez, who streams and commentates on several games including Smash, said Sunday that Medina groped her several times while she was sleeping in her hotel room in…
Monday Jul 18, 2016 · 1:33 PM PDT 2016/07/18 · 13:33 All hell has broken loose on the convention floor in this first session of the Republican National Convention, as the Republican chair refuses a request for a roll call vote on the Rules package. There appear to have been two separate voice votes to adopt…
Take this quiz to find out In the land of “two Americas,” it turns out Republicans and Democratsdon’t even like the same foods. Using exclusive data provided by Grubhub, an online food delivery service that partners with restaurants all over the country, we examined the aggregate ordering patterns of customers across nearly 200 congressional districts. Out of 175 popular…
Yahoo said it earned 9 cents a share today in its second quarter, which was a miss of already weak expectations. Wall Street had expected Yahoo to earn 10 cents a share on $1.08 billion in the quarter, dow from 16 cents a year ago. Revenue was up, though, to $1.3 billion. Does anyone care?…