Far-right activist Laura Loomer interrupts Twitter CEO during Congress hearing

Far-right activist Laura Loomer interrupts Twitter CEO during Congress hearing

Far-right “citizen journalist” Laura Loomer caused a ruckus over her lack of Twitter verification during Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. Twitter revoked Loomer’s blue checkmark signaling verification during a crackdown last November on white supremacists and users who identify as Nazis. A C-SPAN clip shows Loomer standing up during Dorsey’s hearing to make … Read more

Robert Mueller subpoenas conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi

Robert Mueller subpoenas conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi

Jerome Corsi, a right-wing conspiracy theorist, has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Corsi is required to appear before a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. on Friday morning, according to his attorney. A former associate of InfoWars’ host … Read more

Top immigration hire loses job offer over Islamophobic Facebook posts

Top immigration hire loses job offer over Islamophobic Facebook posts

An Army director who was hired for a top post at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) won’t be filling the role after all. On Friday, it was discovered by BuzzFeed News that the former brigadier general had made of a string of anti-Muslim Facebook posts, and he has since been let go. Between 2015 … Read more

Alec Baldwin to play Trump-inspired version of Batman’s dad in Joker movie

Alec Baldwin to play Trump-inspired version of Batman’s dad in Joker movie

The upcoming Joker spinoff movie has a unique ability to make superhero fans stop in their tracks and ask: “Wait, what?” After casting Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, the latest update is that Alec Baldwin will play Thomas Wayne—although probably not a familiar version of the character. Directed by The Hangover‘s Todd Philips, Joker is set in the 1980s with a gritty, mature tone. … Read more

Beto O’Rourke’s viral defense of NFL protest brings out celebrity praise

Beto O’Rourke’s viral defense of NFL protest brings out celebrity praise

Ellen DeGeneres, LeBron James, and several other major celebrities are gushing over Texas Democratic Senate candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, after his response to a question about protesting NFL players went viral this week. O’Rourke’s stance on NFL players protesting during the national anthem came in response to a question at a recent town hall. The U.S. Representative for Texas’ 16th congressional … Read more

Reigns: Game of Thrones puts the fate of Westeros in your hands

Reigns: Game of Thrones puts the fate of Westeros in your hands

Think you could sit on the Iron Throne and rule the Seven Kingdoms better than the Game of Thrones characters vying for it? Now here’s your chance. HBO has teamed up with Nerial and Devolver Digital for Reigns: Game of Thrones, a new mobile game that puts you in control as you play out any … Read more

Muslim woman says she was forced to show bloody menstrual pad to TSA agents

Muslim woman says she was forced to show bloody menstrual pad to TSA agents

A Muslim graduate student was patted down by TSA agents at a Boston airport, touched in the groin area, and forced to pull her pants and underwear down for the agents searching her to show them her bloodied menstruation pad. According to HuffPost, Merchant, 27, was patted down by a TSA officer while on her … Read more

Channing Tatum posts heartfelt goodbye to ‘very first best friend’

Channing Tatum posts heartfelt goodbye to ‘very first best friend’

Channing Tatum is mourning the loss of a childhood friend who passed away suddenly earlier this week. The actor made a statement on his Instagram account about his “very first best friend” Corey Vaughn. The two met when Tatum’s family moved to Pascagoula, Mississippi, when the actor was just 6 years old. “All the laughs and … Read more

Ariana Grande blasts Barstool Sports for calling Pete Davidson ‘butthole eyes’

Ariana Grande blasts Barstool Sports for calling Pete Davidson ‘butthole eyes’

Ariana Grande is angry over a joke Barstool Sports made about her fiance Pete Davidson. The sports humor website posted an article yesterday asking “Does Pete Davidson have butthole eyes?” In the first line of the piece, author Uncle Chaps explains, “First of all, I don’t mean that to offend. It’s an honest question. Let me clarify for a second.” Here’s what … Read more

Dele Alli one-ups his #delechallenge—and it’s almost impossible now

Dele Alli one-ups his #delechallenge—and it’s almost impossible now

Dele Alli’s hand celebration went viral this month as the world tried to emulate the soccer player’s post-goal move. Many succeeded. Unfortunately, the soccer star is adding another step to the #delechallenge, and the finger manipulation is damn near impossible. The original Dele challenge involved making an upside-down OK symbol and putting it over your eye … Read more