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Jordan Klepper Declares Donald Trump ‘The King of Pettiness’
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Comedy CentralThat Donald Trump has a tendency toward pettiness is hardly surprising to those who have been paying attention to the former president’s antics in recent years. (See Exhibits A, B, C, D, and E.) But a late-night outburst on Wednesday attacking Bill Barr has The Daily Show correspondent and this week’s co-host Jordan Klepper declaring
Emory University’s Philosophy Chair Arrested at Campus Gaza Protest
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Reuters/Elijah NouvelageVideo taken by a witness and confirmed by local reporters captured the moment Noëlle McAfee, the chair of Emory University’s philosophy department, was dragged from a pro-Palestine campus protest in handcuffs Thursday evening—as she called on a student to let her peers know she’d been arrested. McAfee, who’s also the preside
Mitch McConnell Breaks With Trump on Absolute Presidential Immunity
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NBC NewsAs the Supreme Court weighs whether Donald Trump is shielded from prosecution for acts committed while president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he opposes Trump’s view of absolute immunity.McConnell spoke with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker Thursday for a pre-recorded interview set to air Sunday.During their ta
Missing Trucker’s Body Found in Field Months After Mysterious Disappearance
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GoFundMeThe search for a missing Iowa trucker came to a tragic end Wednesday, with loved ones revealing David Schultz’ body was found lying in a field, his cowboy boots still on and his keys in his pocket—details police used to identify him.Schultz, 53, disappeared without a trace on Nov. 21 in Sac City, Iowa, where his truck was left abandoned, lo
Jessica Lange Is Thrilling, Even if ‘Mother Play’ on Broadway Isn’t
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Joan MarcusLet us be clear: it is mesmerizing, a delicious treat, a little surreal, and utterly thrilling to watch Jessica Lange act on stage in Paula Vogel’s Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions (2nd Stage, to June 16). In this Broadway play, she plays Phyllis, the louche, erratic, loving, and extremely not-loving mother of Carl (Jim Parsons) and
White House Hits Back at Trump’s Bogus Charlottesville Comparison
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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s claim that the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 was less hateful than pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses lately was “repugnant and divisive,” the White House shot back Thursday night.After proceedings in his criminal trial in New York concluded for the day, Trump sa
Local TV Cameras Capture Passerby’s Fight With California Mayor’s Security Detail
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KRON-TVA passerby interrupted a local television interview Tuesday with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan to start a fight with one of Mahan’s security personnel, leading to an arrest for felony battery on a police officer, among other charges, local media reported.During an interview with KRON, which captured video of the altercation, Mahan was speaking o
‘Saltburn’ for Real: Meet the Young, Rich ‘Narco-toffs’ Who Party Hard
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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty The extraordinary claim by Rebel Wilson that she was invited to a drug-fueled orgy by a minor royal at an LA party was greeted with wry amusement by friends of some hard-partying members of the aristocracy and minor royals this week.Dubbed the “narco-toffs” by their peers, there has always been a sectio
Megan Thee Stallion’s Ex-Makeup Guru Talks. It’s Not Pretty.
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Prince Williams/WireImageFollowing news that Emilio Garcia, a former cameraman for rap star Megan Thee Stallion, is suing the rapper for withholding wages and creating a “hostile work environment,” including forcing him to watch her have sex in a car, another former employee of the rapper has come forward to corroborate some of his claims.Megan The
High School AD Framed Principal With Fake AI-Generated Racist Audio: Cops
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Wikimedia CommonsA Maryland high school athletic director was arrested Thursday after police said he used artificial intelligence to generate a fake audio clip of a principal making racist and antisemitic remarks—an alleged frame-job believed to have been in retaliation after the school official opened a probe into him. Dazhon Darien was arrested a
How Fox News Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Michael Avenatti
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyOnce upon a time Fox News gleefully mocked its cable-news rivals for their breathless promotion of disgraced former Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti, who was once hyped as Donald Trump’s “worst nightmare” and even floated as a possible presidential candidate.Now that the convicte
CAIR Calls On MSNBC to Ban ADL Boss Over ‘Iranian Proxies’ Remark
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JP Yim/GettyThe Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling for MSNBC to ban Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt from its airwaves over recent comments he made about college students protesting against the war in Gaza.During an appearance last Friday on Morning Joe, Greenblatt railed against the pro-Palestinian protests ragin
Weepy Weinstein Can’t Wait to Return to NYC
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Anthony DelMundo/NY Daily News via GettyThe news that Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction was overturned left his victims and #MeToo advocates reeling in disgust. But the disgraced Hollywood mogul was so happy he cried tears of joy.And now the 72-year-old, who has a host of medical problems that go far beyond his infamously deformed genital
Columbia Professor Says He Was Racially Targeted by School’s Security
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Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesA professor at Columbia University said he was the victim of targeted harassment from campus security officers after the school beefed-up safety protocols in response to the ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment.Dr. Carl Hart, a psychology professor at Columbia University, spoke to The Daily Beast about an “explosive in
USC Cancels Graduation After Firestorm Over Pro-Palestine Valedictorian’s Speech
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Wally Skalij/Getty ImagesFirst it canceled a valedictorian’s speech. Then it removed all non-university-affiliated speakers from the lineup. Now, in the latest axe to fall on the University of Southern California’s graduation festivities, the school will no longer hold its main commencement ceremony for the thousands of graduates and guests it had
The Onion Finally Finds Someone to Buy It From ‘Herb’ G/O Media CEO
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Justin Sullivan/GettyG/O Media rid itself of another property on Thursday, telling staffers in a company-wide memo that it has sold the satirical outlet The Onion.“We have been undergoing an extensive review of our portfolio with the intention of coring down to our leading sites in terms of audience and revenues,” CEO Jim Spanfeller wrote to staffe
Trump Claimed Trial Interferes With His Campaign, but on His Day Off He Went Golfing
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Mike StobeFormer president Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that his ongoing hush money trial constitutes “election interference,” by preventing him from connecting with voters, and so, the Republican presidential nominee spent his one day off from court diligently campaigning.Just kidding, Trump actually went golfing.A not-so aggrieved Trump sp
Battle of the Supermodels: DiCaprio’s Ex Hits Out at Hadid
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Stefania D'AlessandroIsraeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has taken a swipe at Bella Hadid, accusing the 27-year-old of spreading fake news with her post about Palestinian children.On Monday, Hadid, who is Palestinian on her father’s side, posted an image of children with the caption “Gaza on my mind.” However, the image was not from Gaza but from the Ya
What Weinstein Accusers Are Saying About the Shock Reversal
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Rodin Eckenroth/Getty ImagesMore than 80 women have accused producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. On Thursday, dozens of them expressed their shock and outrage when news broke that a New York court had overturned his 2020 rape conviction.The decision from the New York Court of Appeals means the Manhattan DA’s office will once again have to t
Inside Ronna McDaniel’s Six-Figure Severance From the RNC
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.As former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel fights for full payment on her unfulfilled six-figure NBC contract, she at least has a nice financial cushion f
Arrests Get Violent as Cops Deploy Tasers and Tear Gas on Campus Protesters
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Elijah Nouvelage/Getty ImagesDemonstrators at Emory University protesting in support of Palestinians and against a planned “Cop City” training center were subject to increasingly violent arrests on Thursday as Atlanta police attempted to shut down their protests.Around 10:20 a.m., officers from the Emory Police Department, Atlanta Police Department
‘Insecure’s’ Amanda Seales: I’m Done ‘Protecting’ Issa Rae
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Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicActress Amanda Seales, who starred on all five seasons of the hit, Issa Rae-helmed HBO comedy Insecure, put her former boss on blast during a sit-down with Club Shay Shay host Shannon Sharpe this week.Recounting tension between herself and Rae’s publicist, Vanessa Anderson, when she had attended an event with Jill Scott, Seale
Meghan Markle’s Strawberry Jam Is the New Ivy Park Box
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/InstagramIf Meghan Markle’s lifestyle brand American Riveria Orchard and its strawberry jam are all part of a grand plan to troll the royal family, chances are it’s working. Although the sugary preserves have yet to hit store shelves, people are already smacking their lips thanks to a brilliant P
Legal Experts: Harvey Weinstein Bombshell Doesn’t Mean He’s Getting Out
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyFor years, Harvey Weinstein’s New York City sex crimes conviction signified a landmark legal victory for the #MeToo movement. But the victory that solidified a global reckoning against alleged sexual predators was thrown out the window on Thursday morning, when the state’s highest court
Ruggable and Morris & Co. Are Back With Another Stunning Rug Collaboration
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Scouted/The Daily Beast/Ruggable. Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission.If you were obsessed with Ruggable’s first collaboration with Morris & Co., we have great news for you: the brands have released a second joint collection, and it’s somehow even more gorgeous than the fi
Sonia Sotomayor Shreds Claim President Can Kill Political Rivals With Immunity
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Getty Images An attorney for Donald Trump on Thursday tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that his client could have murdered his political rivals with immunity, whether for official state purposes or just because he felt like it—and Justice Sonia Sotomayor was not having it.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump’s presi
Weinstein Accusers Are Reliving the Trauma All Over Again
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TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty ImagesHarvey Weinstein’s accusers responded with shock and defiance to news that the disgraced producer’s New York rape conviction was overturned Wednesday.Louise Godbold, who accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct, told The Daily Beast she was “shaking” Wednesday morning after receiving the news."We thought it was fi
David Pecker Details How He Killed Playboy Playmate Story for Trump
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Jeenah Moon/Getty ImagesTabloid boss David Pecker took the stand at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial for the third day on Thursday, testifying about his scheme to bury a Playboy Playmate’s affair story that could’ve damaged the former president’s campaign.Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass began questioning on Thursday by having Pecker walk the jury throu
‘Unsung Hero’: God Himself Can’t Save This Uninspiring Faith-Based Drama
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Lionsgate“I know what I believe,” says Rebecca Smallbone (Kirrilee Berger), a teenager defending her ability to write and sing pop songs, about halfway through the biopic Unsung Hero.The audience has to more or less take her word for it, because while she will eventually become the Christian pop star Rebecca St. James, Unsung Hero doesn’t focus eno
Angry Protesters Chase NYPD Chief Into NYU Campus Building
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Idris Solomon/ReutersA group of pro-Palestine protesters chased a New York Police Department chief into an NYU campus building on Monday night as the demonstrators demanded that he and other officers released a woman in their custody.Video of the incident shared online shows assistant chief James McCarthy being loudly berated by the protesters as h