In an order-by-tweet that caught many people—including some preeminent members of the Department of Defense—by surprise, President Donald Trump announced in July that transgender men and women would no longer be allowed to serve in the military, reversing an Obama-era policy that allowed transgender recruits to openly serve. Now, a federal judge has blocked parts…
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Following the repeated failures to officially repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump has taken the task of unraveling his predecessor’s signature legislation into his own hands—and has been looking for ways to incrementally undermine health care for millions of Americans. One of the most drastic measures came earlier this month when the…
Read moreIn the wake of a barrage of sexual assault and harassment allegations made against disgraced Hollywood mega-producer Harvey Weinstein—ones that show no sign of slowing—there’s more news on the allegations front, now pertaining to President Donald Trump and his upsetting history with women. Summer Zervos, a former contestant on Trump’s reality show The Apprentice, alleged…
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PHOTO: Scott Legato/Getty Eminem—who’s been sporadically working since his last album dropped in 2013—has released a new freestyle rap that tears into everything related to Donald Trump. Titled “The Storm,” Eminem debuted the track alongside a music video at Tuesday’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, in which he sharply criticized how poorly the President has handled just…
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PHOTO: CBS Sunday Morning Once upon a time, namely from 2008-2016, there was a president who tweeted presidentially. His name was Barack Obama, and while we will not get swept into any sort of comparative nostalgia here, his sanity (or that of his aides) using the social media platform kind of formed a baseline for…
Read moreJust when you thought President Donald Trump couldn’t find another way to demean the suffering U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, he managed to find a way. Speaking at an event celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, Trump broke out an imitation of a Puerto Rican accent when talking about the hurricane-ravaged territory. “Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico.…
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