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Welcome back to the show. 0:02 Hey, how was your weekend? 0:03 Me, I didn’t do much– just went for a walk with a few friends. 0:07 [CHEERING] 0:08 Woo! 0:10 The president spent his Saturday in Langley 0:13 with his portable pep squad, attempting 0:15 to mend both his rift with the CIA and…
Country superstar Toby Keith, the biggest name in this week’s line-up for pre-inaugural festivities, describes himself as an unapologetic performer, playing concerts for both Republicans and Democrats and performing for the military. Keith came under fire when he agreed to headline the “Make American Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial Thursday, joined by…
It is hard to believe, but a man who lives in a golden tower threw an unbelievably tacky party. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new Wednesdays at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS! Coronation Street | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube.
Trump is in power, and one of his first acts has been to gag government agencies. After the National Park Service bruised his ego by retweeting a New York Times tweet showing Trump’s inauguration numbers to be lower than President Obama’s 2009 crowd, they were ordered to stop all tweets, including scheduled ones. He then…
Image: AP Remember how Donald Trump hammered on Hillary Clinton for using a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State? During the election, Trump went as far as wanting to put “Crooked Hillary” behind bars, because having staffers use emails not monitored by the government could be a bad thing. But according…
Water may become unaffordable for a third of American households within the next five years. Photo by Enid Martindale/via Flickr Remember this number: $120. It’s the average monthly water bill in America. Researchers at Michigan State University predict this figure will rise by $49 over the next five years. And if it does, water may…
Desperate officials pleaded with President Donald Trump to send federal assistance Monday after at least 20 people were killed by storms and tornadoes that caused devastation authorities likened to the impact of a nuclear blast. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he had dispatched a letter to Trump pleading for help after four people were killed…
President Trump on Wednesday conceded that U.S. taxpayers will foot the initial bill for his proposed wall on the nation’s southern border, a project that will start “in months.” Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign that he would make Mexico pay for the wall, which is meant to cut off the flow of drugs and illegal immigration…
Photo of a sign promoting the volunteer group welcoming Syrian refugees to Rutland, Vt via AP As protestors gathered in action against President Donald Trump’s executive order that would immediately halt funding to “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies, city officials across the nation prepare themselves for what will surely be…
President Donald Trump with the First Lady at the Freedom Ball, Friday, January 20, 2017, in Washington (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) It’s 2.5 minutes to midnight. We’re all fucked. Since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been using a clock to symbolize how close we are to a catastrophic event. The closer to “midnight”…