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Alison Parker and Adam Ward – WDBJ Alison Parker and Adam Ward – WDBJ MONEAT, Virginia – A reporter and photographer from a local news station in Roanoke were shot and killed during a live news interview on Wednesday morning. The shooting occurred at Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Virginia. WDBJ confirmed the deaths of…
Plumbing Trump’s psyche is as productive as asking American Pharoah why he runs. The point is what happens when he does. Credit Illustration by Christoph Niemann Barrier Status: ‘none’ On July 23rd, Donald Trump’s red-white-and-navy-blue Boeing 757 touched down in Laredo, Texas, where the temperature was climbing to a hundred and four degrees. In…
There’s this man in the Book of John who storms into a church, and flies into a rage when he sees the salesmen and moneychangers in this house of worship. He begins violently breaking down the tables where these people are seated. In the book, he is so angry he literally takes the time to…
Justice Republicans Say You Should Be Able To Carry Guns Everywhere. This Proves They Don’t Mean It. by Scott Keyes Aug 25, 2015 8:00am “Get rid of gun free zones,” Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump tweeted after a gunman massacred five in Chattanooga last month. “Gun-free zones an easy target for killers” an opinion…
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has ignited a firestorm once again — saying his use of the controversial term “anchor babies” is “more related to Asian people.” Bush, who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border today, has refused to back down from using the term, a derogatory phrase used to refer to the children of undocumented…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. The Trump campaign moved tonight’s rally to a larger stadium to accommodate demand. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images) Donald Trump went to Mobile, Ala., over the weekend, and thousands of people came to hear the Republican…
AddThis Button Begin WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The IRS is getting pressured to begin cracking down on televangelists following a John Oliver segment on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” Oliver blasted televangelists this past Sunday for what he called “seed faith,” where they tell donors they will reap the rewards by giving money to them. “They preach something…
Photo Credit Harry Campbell ACCIDENTS like the one that critically injured the comedian Tracy Morgan, killed his friend and fellow comedian James McNair, known as Jimmy Mack, and hurt eight others on the New Jersey Turnpike last year are going to continue to happen unless Congress stops coddling the trucking industry. More people will be…
Real estate tycoon Donald Trump flashes the thumbs-up sign as he arrives onstage for the start of the prime-time Republican presidential debate in Cleveland Aug. 6, 2015. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images /sl-art-illo-cap /sl-art-illo-cntr Donald Trump offered a bold, new idea to curb the arrival of undocumented immigrants to the United States: Strike down part of…
The news about North Carolinians’ thirst for Deez Nuts forced local news operations across the country to cover the story of everyone’s favorite fake presidential candidate. So here’s a supercut of baffled TV anchors saying “Deez Nuts.” To contact the author of this post, write to tim@deadspin.com (PGP key) or find him on Twitter @bubbaprog….