Enraged pastor's angry rant against Trump goes viral
Charlotte, North Carolina megachurch Pastor Loran Livingston excoriated Donald Trump in an angry sermon that has gone very, very viral, calling the serially indicted fraudster's appalling American Bible grift "disgusting" and nothing but a blasphemous "ploy." Livingston condemned not only the intrusion of politics into the church, but those who exploit religion as a means to profit for themselves. Without naming Trump, Livingston absolutely ripped into the MAGA cult leader's Easter-week Bible con and warned his congregation against falling for Donald's self-serving grift to enrich himself. In 2020, a staggering 85% of white evangelicals voted for the disgraced ex-president. Will Trump's obnoxious Bible stunt compel any of them to reconsider in 2024? We aren't holding our breath, but they would be wise to give Livingston's sermon at least a passing listen.
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Joe Biden says he'd be "happy" to debate Donald Trump
President Biden told Howard Stern on Friday that he would be "happy" to debate the serially indicted con man after suggesting earlier that doing so would depend on Donald's "behavior" on the campaign trail. The MAGA cult leader and his Republican enablers have fundamentally broken politics in America, so long-established norms are clearly out the window. Biden and his team should tread carefully to hammer out the terms and conditions for such an encounter, consequential as it could most certainly prove to be. Maybe a mute button for Donald's mic? An airhorn in Lester Holt's hands to drown out Trump's incessant lies? A trapdoor dunk tank beneath his podium? Shall we go on?
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GOP banker drops dark money bomb in must-win Senate race
Tammy Baldwin for Senate: Eric Hovde, McConnell’s hand-picked candidate for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat, spent over $5 MILLION on TV and digital ads so far in his transparent attempt to try and buy himself trailblazing Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin’s seat. Hovde used that money to unleash a torrent of GOP lies against Baldwin and President Biden, making it clear that he will rubber-stamp the GOP’s draconian anti-abortion agenda and roll back all the accomplishments that Senator Baldwin and President Biden have delivered for the American people. Polling shows that 15% of voters are still undecided — and in the most fiercely contested partisan battleground in the country, every single vote counts more than ever before. Will you chip in to fight the GOP’s lies, re-elect Tammy Baldwin and protect our Senate majority?
Ohio company to sell a "flamethrower-wielding robot dog" called the Thermonator
Ripped straight from the script of a terrifying Black Mirror episode, Throwflame, an Ohio-based company that manufactures flamethrowers, unveiled its latest invention — a battery-powered robot dog featuring, yep, a f*cking flamethrower with a 30-foot firing range, light detection, range mapping, and laser sighting. Touted as "your ultimate firepower companion," the company claims the robot’s uses include wildlife control and prevention, agricultural management, ecological conservation, and snow and ice removal, as well as entertainment and special effects. What could possibly go horribly wrong?
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NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe
An NBC News investigation into seven deadly airstrikes has found Palestinians were killed in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones. “People are fleeing to roads that the government told them to use to places where the Israeli government told them to go. And when they go there, they get killed,” said Human Rights Watch program director Sari Bashi. 34,845 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war against Hamas, including 14,500 children.
Self-described "misogynist influencer" and massive scumbag Andrew Tate’s sex-trafficking and rape trial will proceed, Romanian court rules
Couldn't happen to a slimier dirtbag. May justice be severely served.
Trump finally meets his match as his campaign craters
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: There it is.
America, the beautiful?
What a wonderful world?
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