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Trump Applauds Cancellation of Award for Tom Hanks

September 9, 2025 at 9:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump applauded West Point Academy’s decision to cancel an award ceremony for actor and veterans advocate Tom Hanks, accusing the celebrity of being “woke,” Politico reports.

Filed Under: Celebrities

Mark Teixeira to Run for Congress

August 29, 2025 at 6:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Former Major League Baseball player Mark Teixeira launched his campaign for Texas’ 21st Congressional District on Thursday, becoming one of the first Republicans to declare for the Central Texas district since the incumbent, Rep. Chip Roy, announced he would give up the seat to run for attorney general,” the Texas Tribune reports.

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Trump Comments on Taylor Swift’s Engagement

August 26, 2025 at 3:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump commented on the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement: “I wish them a lot of luck. I think he’s a great player. I think he’s a great guy and I think that she’s a terrific person, so I wish them a lot of luck.”

Just 20 days ago he called Swift “woke” and “no longer hot.”

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Trump Says Roger Clemens Should Be in the Hall of Fame

August 25, 2025 at 7:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump demanded that Roger Clemens be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after golfing with him.

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Quote of the Day

August 19, 2025 at 11:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I’ve got all the qualifications to be president. I’m rich, I’ve been arrested a few times, and I always say crazy shit.”

— Comedian Tiffany Haddish, quoted by The Wrap.

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Trump Will Host Kennedy Center Honors

August 13, 2025 at 12:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump said he would host the Kennedy Center Honors himself in December, as he announced this year’s honorees: the actor Sylvester Stallone, the rock band Kiss, the recording artists George Strait and Gloria Gaynor, and the British actor Michael Crawford,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Trump has been intensely interested in the center, naming himself its chairman and purging its traditionally bipartisan board, and said he had rejected prospective honorees he called ‘wokesters.’”

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What Fox News Is Talking About

August 6, 2025 at 2:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Fox News shows mentioned actress Sydney Sweeney and her jeans ad 766 times in the span of a week, CNN reports.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Epstein’s name came up just 53 times that same week.

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‘Diddy’ Has Looked Into Trump Pardon

August 5, 2025 at 8:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A member of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ all-star legal defense team told CNN that the music mogul’s team has reached out to the Trump administration about a potential pardon following his conviction on two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution last month.

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Trump Praises Sydney Sweeney’s Controversial Ad

August 4, 2025 at 10:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle ad may have divided some of her fanbase, but she has a new supporter in President Donald Trump,” The Wrap reports.

“The commander-in-chief praised the ‘Americana’ actress’ Great Jeans campaign on Sunday after a reporter told him she supposedly registered as a Republican voter in Florida ahead of the 2024 election.”

Said Trump: “She’s a registered Republican? Now I love her ad. You’d be surprised at how many people are Republicans. That’s one I wouldn’t have known, but I’m glad you told me that. If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic.”

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Trump Considers Pardon For Sean Combs

July 29, 2025 at 10:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump is heavily weighing giving Sean “Diddy” Combs a full presidential pardon ahead of the convicted Bad Boy Records founder’s sentencing later this year, Deadline reports.

Filed Under: Celebrities, White House

Trump Demands Beyoncé Be Prosecuted

July 27, 2025 at 6:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Wrap: “Donald Trump hit out at Beyoncé, Oprah, and Al Sharpton on Sunday, insisting without evidence that they were paid millions of dollars to endorse Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election — allegations that were quickly discredited.”

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Hunter Biden Goes Off on George Clooney

July 21, 2025 at 3:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Hunter Biden went off on actor George Clooney and other high-profile Democrats in an expletive-filled response to their calls for his father, former President Biden, to drop out of the 2024 election, The Hill reports.

Said Biden: “Fuck him, fuck him, fuck him and everybody around him. I don’t have to be fucking nice. No.1, I agree with Quentin Tarantino… George Clooney is not a fucking actor. He is a fuck, like… I don’t know what he is. He is a brand.”

The full interview is extraordinary and worth watching.

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Rosie O’Donnell Responds

July 14, 2025 at 9:06 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rosie O’Donnell responded to President Trump’s claim that she’s a “threat to humanity” by sharing an old photo of the president and Jeffrey Epstein together with the caption: “18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours.”

Said O’Donnell to Irish broadcaster RTE Radio 1: “I am proud to be opposed to every single thing he says and does.”

Filed Under: Celebrities, White House

Trump Threatens To Revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship

July 12, 2025 at 11:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump posted on Saturday that he is giving “serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, Deadline reports.

Said Trump: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her.“

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Sam Altman Says He’s ‘Politically Homeless’

July 4, 2025 at 11:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he finds himself “politically homeless” as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a “culture of innovation and entrepreneurship,” CNBC reports.

Said Altman: “I’d rather hear from candidates about how they are going to make everyone have the stuff billionaires have instead of how they are going to eliminate billionaires.”

He added: “We should encourage people to make tons of money and then also find ways to widely distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism. One doesn’t work without the other; you cannot raise the floor and not also raise the ceiling for very long.”

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Baby Gaetz

June 25, 2025 at 12:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is expecting a child with his wife Ginger.

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Meghan McCain Goes Full Grift

June 4, 2025 at 11:37 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Status: “Is Meghan McCain that desperate for some extra cash? On Wednesday, she announced a partnership with a fringe ‘detox’ product marketed to people who ‘regret taking’ the Covid vaccine. On social media, she warned of ‘concerning data’ about mRNA shots and spoke of friends who she said suffered heart and menstrual issues after the jab—before plugging a supplement she claimed can flush the vaccine from your system…”

“For someone who spent years portraying herself as the voice of reason on the right, this is quite the grift.”

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Joe Walsh Is a Democrat

June 3, 2025 at 6:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) announced he’s now a registered Democrat.

Said Walsh: “After Trump’s first election, I woke up. Seven years ago, I came out publicly against Trump. Five years ago, I left the Republican Party. I’m still a conservative, but I’m not a conservative jerk.”

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