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Syracuse, NY, United States

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The "White Pendragons" Try To Arrest London Mayor Sadiq Khan With An Actual Gallows

President Trump's populist, anti-immigrant message has roused a number of far-rights groups in the United States, but it appears that his influence has spread to supporters across the globe. On Saturday, a far-right, anti-Islamic nationalist group in… → Read More

Poop Emojis Were Projected Onto The Trump Hotel In D.C. & You Need To See The Photos

The president received widespread criticism this weekend from politicians, world leaders, and immigrants for calling Haiti and African nations "sh*thole countries," during an immigration briefing last week, and one activist stepped his criticism up a… → Read More

Trump's 'Wall Street Journal' Interview Is Completely Bonkers & You Shouldn't Miss It

President Trump has been known to make some pretty shocking statements in interviews with news organizations. In an interview with the Associated Press in July, he even admitted to calling NATO "obsolete" because he didn't know what the agency is. St… → Read More

Sexual Assault Allegations Aren’t A Trend, They Are The Truth

2017 has been the year of the silence breakers: the year that women across the country brought down some of the world's most powerful men by having the courage to share their stories of abuse, harassment, and sexual misconduct. While some of the alle… → Read More

Mar-A-Lago Is Reportedly Planting Trees For Trump To Hide Behind While Golfing

President Trump has received quite a bit of flack for the amount of time he's spent golfing at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida, and according to a recent CNN broadcast, the criticism appears to be getting under his skin. CNN reports that while … → Read More

Chrissy Teigen’s Daughter Got Yanked Into Pizzagate & Chelsea Clinton 100 Percent Had Her Back

The infamous Pizzagate sex-ring theory that once led a man to bring a rifle to a pizzeria in Washington, D.C. is far from over. In fact, the debunked theory is only growing and being propagated by trolls on Twitter — and on Saturday, Chrissy Teigen's… → Read More

Did Obama Say Merry Christmas? This Video Proves Trump's So-Called "War" Is All In His Head

On Sunday, President Trump announced via Twitter that America is winning the "War on Christmas" entirely thanks to him, claiming that he's the reason Americans are saying "Merry Christmas" again as opposed to "Happy Holidays." But as many Twitter use… → Read More

Who Is Robby Strong? Steve Mnuchin's Poop Present Was His "Secret Santa Project", He Says

On Saturday, a package of gift-wrapped horse manure was left outside of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's house as a Christmas gift from "the American people." While the debacle originally baffled law enforcement officials and even the Los Angeles P… → Read More

Melania Trump's Christmas Pictures Got Some Super Intense Reactions On Twitter

After joining the president for a Christmas Eve mass near the Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida, first lady Melania Trump posted a Christmas selfie for her followers to enjoy early Christmas morning. The image, which was taken using a Snapchat filter… → Read More

Trump's Reverend Gave A Christmas Eve Sermon & People Think It Might Be A Blunt Message To POTUS

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump continued their family tradition of attending a public Christmas Eve midnight mass at an Episcopal Church in Florida, but the message of this year's sermon may have been a little more personal than they ha… → Read More

Steve Mnuchin Got Horse Manure For Christmas From "The American People" & There's A Video

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin received a Christmas surprise on Saturday — but it wasn't exactly full of holiday cheer. A gift-wrapped bag of horse manure was found near Mnuchin's Bel Air home this weekend, prompting the bomb squad to be calle… → Read More

Will The GOP Tax Bill Raise My Taxes? What The Republican Plan Means For The Short & Long Term

After weeks of debate (and protests), a major tax overhaul is on the way — and there's a lot you need to know about it. Both House and Senate Republicans passed the bill Monday evening without a single Democratic vote, all but assuring that the new t… → Read More

Do They Celebrate Christmas In North Korea? Kim Jong Un Bans Alcohol & Singing For The Season

Kim Jong Un is no fan of Christmas. The North Korean leader has been cracking down on the holiday within his nation's borders for years, even outright banning Christmas in 2016. This year he's taking things a step further: North Korea has banned sing… → Read More

This Trump & Hillary Clinton Robot Conspiracy Is So Bonkers It Might Be True

On Monday, an animatronic robot version of President Trump was officially unveiled in Disney's Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, and the result was...interesting, to say the least. While a number of recent presidents have been c… → Read More

Hillary Clinton's "Song For Women 2017" Cameo Is The Cherry On Top Of This Year

If there's one thing "The Daily Show" wants you to know about 2017, it's that it was a really, really terrible year for women. In the show's end-of-year special that aired Monday night, correspondents performed an entire song about just how much wome… → Read More

The White House Petition Site Will Shut Down Briefly After Trump Refused To Respond To Any

It turns out that President Trump may not be a fan of online petitions like "Immediately Release Donald Trump's Full Tax Returns," which has over a million signatures. At least, that's what a recent announcement from his administration suggests. Acco… → Read More

Doug Jones Dismissed The Trump Allegations & His Reasoning Is Actually Dangerous

Over the past few months, dozens of powerful men have been fired from high-profile positions as decades-old allegations of sexual assault continue to be brought to light. Yet somehow, the most powerful man in the country has remained immune from faci… → Read More

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Says Trump Defeated ISIS & Twitter Is More Than Confused

The Trump administration has been engaged in a pretty brutal war with the media throughout President Trump's first year in office, repeatedly claiming that mainstream news outlets are unfair in their coverage of Trump. On Sunday, White House Press Se… → Read More

ICE Separated An Immigrant Father From His 1-Year-Old Son & He Doesn't Know Where They Took Him

Over the weekend, Buzzfeed News reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents separated an immigrant father from his 1-year-old son when the man requested asylum at the U.S. border. According to ICE, he couldn't prove his relationshi… → Read More

Sex Trafficking Victim Cyntoia Brown Was Jailed As A Teen For Killing Her Rapist

A Tennessee teen who helped rewrite the state's human trafficking laws is gaining national support now that the story of her own experience as a human trafficking survivor has gone viral. Cyntoia Brown, a former child sex slave, is currently serving … → Read More