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Day 1: CNN drops a bombshell revelation that intelligence agencies briefed both President Obama and president-elect trump about compromising information Russian agents have on donald trump, and that they are possibly using this information to blackmail the future president.   Day 2: The story appears to fall apart as it is revealed that the 35-page memo released by Buzzfeed that contained the alleged compromising information turns out to be bogus. donald trump holds a press conference in which he accuses CNN of being a fake news agency, and refuses to allow them to ask him a question during the press conference. Internet trolls start celebratingRead More →

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That was the length of the synopsis appended to the intelligence briefing on Russian interference in the 2016 election that was presented to both President Obama and president-elect trump on Friday. It was leaked today that those two pages contained allegations that Russian operatives possess embarrassing and compromising information about president-elect trump’s personal and financial life. It was also revealed in those two pages that trump surrogates routinely met with intermediaries of the Russian government during the 2016 campaign. Information is still coming in, and nothing has yet been verified, but is it unlikely to, at this point, assume that Russia is blackmailing our incomingRead More →

President-elect donald trump blamed the hacking of DNC computers by Russian operatives on the DNC itself, tweeting “Gross negligence by the Democratic National Committee allowed hacking to take place.The Republican National Committee had strong defense!” On Saturday, trump continued his Putin love-fest, tweeting, “Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing.” He further concluded that only “stupid” people don’t want good relations with Russia. While it is arguable that good relations with all nations is a good thing, those good relations should not be based on us ignoring the bad things those nations do. Meanwhile, in trumpland, where plagiarismRead More →

It all began with an innocent-enough tweet on Thursday, December 22. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes [sic]” It continued with Kellyanne Conway appearing on Rachel Maddow’s show Thursday evening to tell us all that president-elect trump didn’t mean that he wanted to increase the number of nuclear weapons, but he didn’t not want to increase them, either. Then, in typical trump fashion, he spent the next morning making his apologist look like a fool (calling Mr. Gingrich?) by telling Mika Brzezinski “Let it be an arms race”Read More →

“You’re not a wartime consigliere.” These famous words were spoken in The Godfather: Part II to Tom Hagen by Michael Corleone when Michael decides that Tom his not equipped to counsel him as the family prepares for war. Today, president-elect donald trump rewarded his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway by naming her his wartime consigliere counsel to the president. It leaves one wondering if Kellyanne is a wartime consigliere. Meanwhile, in news that should concern us all… Here’s what our incoming president tweeted today: “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regardingRead More →

On Monday, December 19, senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said of the Russian Hacking Scandal, “There’s no question that the Russians were messing around in our election.” On Tuesday, December 20, he decided there was no reason to investigate just how the Russians messed around in our election. Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… There are rumors swirling that Drake and Jennifer Lopez are dating. Yeah, I didn’t care, either.Read More →

…in foreign lands. In Turkey, an 0ff-duty police officer shot and killed Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey while speaking at an art exhibit in Ankara. The gunman shouted, “Do not forget Aleppo! Do not forget Syria!” Meanwhile, in Berlin, at least 12 people were killed when a large semi-truck drove into a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market. And finally, donald trump secured his presidency when the electors met at all 5o sate capitals and officially voted him into office. Let the nightmare officially begin. Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… The Internet openly wept as Rob Kardashian took to snapchat toRead More →

For the past 16 years or so, every time we get a new president, China tests them. With George W. Bush, it was by flying one of their fighters too close to one of our Navy aircraft, causing a collision, killing the Chinese pilot, and forcing the U.S. Navy to make an emergency landing in China in what has become known as the Hainan Island incident. The Navy personnel were captured by Chinese officials and held for 10 days until U.S. officials gave in to Chinese demands and apologized for colliding with the Chinese fighter jet (though officials later adamantly denied they ever apologized, andRead More →

Standing behind a green and red podium poster that read, “Merry Christmas, USA; Thank You Tour 2016”; president-elect donald trump told his fawning supporters that they were vicious and violent during the campaign, and they happily cheered to be told this, apparently forgetting that they were quite sanctimoniously outraged to have been characterized as violent during the campaign.   Meanwhile, in news that doesn’t matter… MTV has a show called Teen Mom OG, and it “stars” people in their 20s, and they are feuding. You didn’t care? Neither did anyone else.   You should also know… Trump supporters have their own, special dating site. YouRead More →