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Alex Jones Joins Coronavirus Scammers as New York Warns ‘Cease and Desist’

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2020

Alex Jones is the latest high-profile right-wing pundit to hawk a supposed cure for the coronavirus as scammers flood the market with fake cures, prompting a warning by New York’s Attorney General....

CRIME

Coronavirus Forces Fox News to Confront Reality of Trump’s Bungling

Keith GirardMarch 12, 2020

Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is causing a crisis of its own at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that have long parroted the president or looked the other way at his many gaffs....

CULTUREHEALTHPOLITICS

Amtrak Slams Brakes on 3 New York-Washington Trains; Here’s Latest on Coronavirus

Keith GirardMarch 11, 2020

Amtrak has slammed the brakes on three trains running between New York City and Washington, D.C. but only indirectly because of the coronavirus....

BREAKING NEWSCULTURETRAVEL

Donald Trump's delusional response to the coronavirus is causing a crisis of confidence at Fox News. (Photo: MPG Collage)

Trump Coronavirus Gaffs Flummox Fox News, Right-Wing Media

Keith GirardMarch 11, 2020

Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is causing a crisis of its own at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that have long parroted the president or explained away his many gaffs....

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Trump Incompetence Savaged on Late Night as Coronavirus Spreads (See!)

Keith GirardMarch 10, 2020

Donald Trump has been lampooned for a lot of things on late night television, but never before has his rote incompetence become the subject of comedy routines like it was last night....

COMEDYCULTURETELEVISION

Miley Cyrus Shows Hers, So Does Vanessa Hudgens in Tit-for-Tat Reveal (See!)

Keith GirardMarch 9, 2020

Miley Cyrus’s newest tattoo reveal has been upstaged by another former Disney teen queen… Vanessa Hudgens. See them both!...

CELEBRITIESENTERTAINMENT

Woody Allen Memoir Ditched After #MeToo Staff Protests Rock Publisher (Video

Keith GirardMarch 6, 2020

The New York Independent first reported two days ago that Allen’s memoir would finally be published in the United States next month, but staff protests forced its publisher to pull the book. ...

CELEBRITIES

Tom Hanks Goes Back to War in High Seas U-Boat Combat; See New Trailer!

Keith GirardMarch 5, 2020

Tom Hanks playes a newbie making his first trans-Atlantic crossing as commander of a destroyer escorting a convoy through Nazi submarine invested waters in a stunning new trailer for the upcoming movie “Greyhound.”...

ACTION/ADVENTURE

Dixie Chicks Return (Not a Moment Too Soon) With New Album, Fiery Video (See!)

Keith GirardMarch 5, 2020

The Dixie Chicks, one of the hottest country groups until they took on President Bush and caused country radio to turn on them in 2003, are back–and not a moment too soon....

COUNTRYPOP

Soon-Yi and Woody Allen. She’s steadfastly standing by her man. (Photo: David Shankbone)

UPDATE: Publisher NIXES Woody Allen Memoir as New Film Projects Languish (Video)

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

Woody Allen’s memoir will be finally be published in the US next month...

ArtBOOKS

NY Attorney General Turns Up Heat on Trump With New Border Wall Suit

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

New York Attorney General Letitia James and state attorneys general from 18 other states have filed a new lawsuit asking a federal court to block the use of federal funds to build Trump’s wall on the southern U.S. border....

CRIMECULTUREPOLITICS

President Donald Trump reviewing U.S. Customs and Border Protection's wall prototypes on the border in Otay Mesa, California. The President was joined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, CBP Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, Acting U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost and San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott.

Trump Fleecing Military for Border Wall Faces New Legal Challenge

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

Donald Trump’s plan to divert $3.8 billion in taxpayer dollars this year for the construction of an unauthorized border wall is facing a new legal challenge....

ADMINISTRATIONBUDGETCONGRESS

Trump Funds for Scottish Golf Properties May Have Been Laundered in Russia

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2020

Donald Trump has come under fire in Scotland for allegedly laundering Russian money to build or buy golf courses at Menie estate in Aberdeenshire in 2012 and Turnberry....

CRIMEPOLITICS

Coronavirus Likely to Spread Nationwide; Here’s What You Need to Know (Video)

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2020

Cases of the coronavirus have been limited in the United States so far, but before long it’s likely to reach every corner of the nation. Here’s what you need to know....

BREAKING NEWSHEALTH

Donald Trump has been accused of laundering Russian money to buy and refurbish his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland. (Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg)

Trump Allegedly Laundered Russian Money to Buy Scottish Golf Courses

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2020

Donald Trump has come under fire in Scotland for allegedly laundering Russian money to build or buy golf courses at Menie estate in Aberdeenshire in 2012 and Turnberry....

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