Getty Image The list of things Donald Trump has taken credit for: the Covid vaccine, the Supreme Court abortion ban, peace with North Korea, the revival of the phrase “Merry Christmas,” and now, the death of late night TV. Trump, who guested on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC talk show during his 2016 presidential run, logged onto …
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‘They are hiding at least one half-eaten baby corpse’: QAnon world loses its collective mind over suit claiming abortion is a Satanic ritual
The latest lawsuit challenging restrictions on reproductive freedom is the weirdest one yet. It also inspired a frenzy of responses and served as fodder for QAnon conspiracy theorists. Earlier this week, the Satanic Temple sued to block abortion bans in Idaho on the basis that it violates religious freedom. It filed a similar suit in …
Conspiracy theorists are already claiming the COVID vaccine killed Coolio
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Dozens Of ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Crew Members Are Claiming That All The Talk Of On-Set Drama Is ‘Completely False’
Warner Bros. Don’t Worry Darling is the number one movie in America, grossing more than double the re-release of the biggest ever moneymaker (not adjusted for inflation, of course). Did it do that thanks to all the bizarre gossip and social media nonsense surrounding it? Probably, at least in part. But just as “spitgate” turned …
Meta hit with 2 class-action lawsuits claiming it is circumventing Apple’s privacy protections
Meta faces two class-action lawsuits after both Facebook and Instagram were found to track iPhone users even after users denied permission to do so via Apple’s App Tracking Transparency function. In recent iOS updates, iPhone users have been able to decline in-app tracking, barring any app from tracking their data. The decision by Apple sent …
Trump Is Now Claiming He Could Basically Declassify Highly Sensitive Government Documents With His Mind
Getty Image For over a month, Donald Trump and his cronies have been throwing anything they can find at the wall to explain away why he absconded with thousands of government documents, some of them highly classified. One of the most frequent excuses was that as president, Trump could allegedly declassify anything he wanted. He …
Amazon Is Claiming That ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Stormed Out Of The Gate With Record-Breaking Viewership
Amazon If you love nothing more than prequel shows to fantasy juggernauts, then you’re in luck. Right now, HBO and Amazon are duking it out. The former has House of the Dragon, which brings viewers back to the world of Game of Thrones. The latter has The Rings of Power, set thousands of years before …
‘Felines, not the musical’: Malala Yousafzai responds to Deuxmoi post claiming she’s ‘terrified’ of cats
The Instagram gossip account Deuxmoi has been the source of some truly baffling and controversial blind items—but one from earlier this week involving activist Malala Yousafzai is a head-scratcher. On Thursday, the account posted an anonymous submission about a “Nobel Peace Prize winner who experienced a traumatic injury” being “terrified of cats (felines, not the …
Conspiracy theorists keep claiming that the government is purposely burning food crops
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Trump Is Now Reportedly Claiming As President He Could Have Simply Declassified Any Document He Wanted (He Couldn’t)
Getty Image Donald Trump has come close to being punished for his actions without being busted so many times he must feel invincible. But this time, the jig really might be up. On Monday, the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, emerging with 11 boxes of intel. Later in the week, sources claimed that among the items were …
Fox News Is Claiming Trump May Have Taken Those Classified Documents Because He Was Too Busy With The Fallout Of The Jan. 6 Riot
Getty Image After a long life of dodgy legal behavior, Donald Trump may finally be heading to jail. If he does, it’s not for one of his more known potential crimes. It’s because he may have violated the Espionage Act. Sources claim that the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago early last week may have been due …
Kari Lake is claiming victory online in Arizona—despite the race not being called
Kari Lake, one of the GOP candidates for governor in Arizona, is attempting to tweet her way to victory in the Republican primary, despite the race being too close to call. Lake, a far-right former journalist who has modeled her campaign after former President Donald Trump, claimed victory Wednesday morning despite no clear indication that …
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