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BuzzFeedThese 19 Hysterical Pet Tweets Prove Our Fur Babies Steal The Spotlight No Matter The Occasion
"i love my dog but this mf gotta pay rent." —@dinosaurs1969
- The Independent
Selena Gomez says she’ll no longer announce her frequent social media breaks
Billionaire beauty founder has opened up about her regular habit of announcing her intention to step back from the apps
- Reuters
Russia focusing on American social media stars to covertly influence voters
Russia is increasingly turning to American social media stars to covertly influence voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to U.S. officials and recently unveiled criminal charges. “What we see them doing is relying on witting and unwitting Americans to seed, promote and add credibility to narratives that serve these foreign actors’ interest,” a senior intelligence official said in a briefing on Friday. The approach is widely viewed by American security agencies as one of Russia’s preferred tactics this cycle in order to make their foreign psychological operations appear more authentic.
- CNN
Don’t Tell Comedy is changing stand-up. Comics say that’s a good thing
Don’t Tell Comedy’s secret pop-up comedy shows aim to help comics find an audience in a changing stand-up landscape — sometimes making them go viral in the process.
- HuffPost
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Blows The Whistle On Trump's 'Very Vile' Plan To Beat Kamala Harris
Former Rep. David Jolly said Trump "has no ground to gain," leaving him with just one strategy.
- Futurism
Trump Loses $4 Billion as Truth Social Stock Crashes
Billion Dollar Wipeout The value of former president Donald Trump's Truth Social meme stock has cratered. The drop has wiped out a whopping $4 billion in value of Trump's enormous 114.75 million share stake, leaving a sizable hole in his net worth. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group hit an all-time low last week, […]
- The Daily Beast
Reporter: What I Learned When Trump Let Me Inspect His Ear
Donald Trump’s ear that was injured in July’s assassination attempt appears to be just fine after all—at least according to a reporter who had an unusually intimate encounter with it.New York Magazine reported Monday that, in a sit-down interview at Mar-a-Lago, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi got a very detailed look at Trump’s right ear—the one he infamously bandaged up for the RNC—and declared that it appeared to be “normal” and “fine.” “An ear had never appeared to have gone through less,” wrote
- Elle
Jennifer Lopez Wears Semi-Sheer Tiered Nude Dress to TIFF Party
Jennifer Lopez attended the Road to the Golden Globes Party at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival in tiered asymmetrical skirt by Chloé.
- Deadline
Donald Trump Hit With White Stripes Lawsuit, As Promised — Update
UPDATE, 1:08 PM: “This machine sues fascists.” Jack White said he was going to take Donald Trump to court for using his music, and today, with a tribute to the late great Woody Guthrie, he has. In a jury trial seeking complaint filed Monday in federal court in New York, the musician and his White …
- The Daily Beast
Barron Faces NYU Professors Who Signed Trump ‘Threat’ Letter
Eighteen-year-old Barron Trump’s first day of college at New York University’s Stern School of Business allegedly began by meeting his school’s once outspoken anti-Trump dean.Interim dean J.P. Eggers was one of 14 NYU Stern administrators to sign an October 2020 open letter warning business leaders of then president Donald Trump’s “threat” to “our republic.” The letter included over 1000 signatories from business schools across America, including from Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Columbia. Harvard
- The Canadian Press
Wife of California inmate wins $5.6 million in settlement for strip search
The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said Monday.
- InStyle
King Charles Reportedly Has an Ultimatum for Prince Andrew and Royal Lodge
The disgraced royal has two options, according to palace insiders.
- HuffPost
Newsmax Host Lidia Curanaj Makes Startling Political Confession And Apologizes
"I didn't know any better," the conservative host told her audience.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Botches New BFF Elon Musk’s Name And You Know What Happened
Hilarity ensued over the former president's latest stumble.
- The Independent
Kimberly Guilfoyle forced to ask audience to clap as awkward speech falls flat
‘We are ready, we are willing, and we are able to spark a new era of American exceptionalism,’ Donald Trump Jr’s fiancée says to sparse applause
- The Daily Beast
Melania Trump Breaks Silence to Complain About 2020 Defeat
Melania Trump sort of teased her upcoming memoir again Sunday in a text-based video with voiceover, in which she bemoans the cost of living in America and attempts to “silence” her husband, former President Donald Trump, before a cut to an image of the cover of Melania."The 2020 election results changed our lives forever,” said Melania in the video, posted to her X account Sunday, with each word illustrated in an italicized serif font. “It impacted our quality of life, cost of food, gasoline, sa
- People
Donald Trump's Great-Nephew William, 25, Is Nonverbal and Uses a Wheelchair. Here's What William's Dad Wants You to Know
"William is the most courageous and inspirational person I've met," Fred Trump III tells PEOPLE of his son, after recently alleging that Donald said severely disabled people "should just die"
- The Daily Beast
French Rape Monster Whines That HIS Life Has Been Ruined by Arrest
A husband accused in France of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her has complained that HIS life has been ruined by the trial.Dominique Pelicot, 71, blamed his wife, Gisele, because she refused to go along with his “swinging” demands, a court in Avignon was told.Prison psychologist Marianne Douteau said Pelicot, a retired electrician, believed his marriage would have continued if he hadn’t been caught out after drugging his spouse and subjecting her to sex with other me
- HuffPost UK
Former Friends Star Admits They Almost Turned Out Iconic Guest Role: 'I Was A Snob'
"I was like, ‘No way. I’m not doing that show’. And my agent was like, ‘Yes, you are’.”