A very strange video appearing to show large objects being thrown out of a window at the White House went viral over Labor Day weekend. President Donald Trump was asked about it during a press conference on Tuesday, and he insisted it must be AI. Curiously, White House staff told Time magazine it was just […]
The Right Wants to Claim Superman While Tearing Him Down
The release of Superman this weekend has naturally led to a culture war it’s largely managed to avoid before now. But come it has, and the occurrence speaks to how much grifters refuse to engage with art on its actual terms, instead trying to twist it to their own ends. After Fox News and other prominent alt-right […]
White House Panics After Report Claims Amazon Will Display Tariff Prices
White House officials held a press conference Tuesday morning to talk about the economy, as Americans get extremely nervous about the tariffs on China that are starting to cause prices to rise. And while Trump’s goons put on a brave face, it was clear they’re in panic mode. In fact, one question about Amazon really […]
Trump Turns Covid.gov Into a Lab Leak Theory Fan Page
The White House has changed covid.gov into a website for promoting the so-called lab leak theory for the origins of covid-19. Donald Trump, who was president during the first year of the covid pandemic in 2020, has long sought to claim the virus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, in an effort to suggest […]
Tim Pool Podcast Reportedly Joins the White House Press Pool
The Trump administration has bucked decades of precedent by denying some legacy media outlets access to the White House. In place of real journalists, the government increasingly seems to prefer the presence of partisan hacks and infotainment-style influencers. The newest addition to the White House press pool would appear to be a man who was […]
Trump Family’s DeFi Project Stocked Up on Crypto Assets Ahead of White House Crypto Summit
Say what you will about the Department of Government Efficiency, but there are some ways that the Trump administration has significantly cut down on bloat. For example, it used to take at least a little digging to identify if a President was favor-trading and self-dealing. Now it seems like it just happens out in the […]
Trump Says Putin Agreed to Negotiations for Ending Ukraine War as U.S. Releases Cybercriminal
The U.S. government is releasing Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cybercriminal who allegedly laundered millions, as part of a prisoner exchange with Russia, according to a report from the Associated Press. Vinnik ran BTC-e, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, and allegedly laundered crypto for Fancy Bear, the Russian group that’s believed to have hacked […]