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Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was the target of an ethics complaint in 2006 by Republican Party opponents which opened the door to significant charges of corruption that ended the senator’s political career. This week, Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years behind bars floated an idea of seeking a potential pardon from President Donald Trump despite being a member of the Democratic Party.
As seen on CNN, Bob Menendez was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday (Jan. 29).
At root, Menendez was convicted in 2024 on bribery and corruption charges, which included taking over six figures in gold bars, cash, and a Mercedes-Benz convertible from Egyptian government officials and three businessmen in exchange for political favors.
Menendez was once a darling of the Democratic Party and was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the height of his political career. However, the conviction on 16 felony counts has given the former senator the unwelcomed distinction of being the first United States senator to be charged and convicted of acting as an agent to aid a foreign government.
In court, Menendez made an emotional statement toward Judge Stein.
“You have before you a chastened man,” Menendez said. “Other than family, I have lost everything I ever cared about. For someone who spent his entire life in public service, every day I’m awake is a punishment.”
Menendez’s tune changed outside the courtroom when he spoke to a gathering of media.
“Only in the Southern District of New York would prosecutors allow a witness to walk away from over 10 criminal charges, including defrauding the United States government so that they can get him to lie on the stand. Welcome to the Southern District of New York, the wild west of political prosecutions,” Menendez said.
He added, “This process is political and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.”
As noted at the top of the story, Menendez’s history of questionable political operations dates back to the late 1990s, and he was later indicted in 2015 on bribery, fraud, and false statement charges in connection to boosting the business interests of a Florida doctor with ties to the Dominican Republic in what would’ve benefited the doctor’s practice.
President Trump has not responded to Bob Menendez’s statement outside the court.
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On Thursday, January 30, Donald Trump confirmed he is the last person anyone seeking healing should want to hear from after a tragedy. The convicted felon proved so when he proceeded to blame Barack Obama, Joe Biden and even DEI for the plane crash near Washington, DC on Wednesday night (Jan. 29).
Trump’s speech started off well enough with the President reading the speech in front of him, sounding wooden with no real empathy, as to be expected. Then he started ad-libbing and per usual, he started talking crazy. He also seemingly had an assist from FOX News.
Reports the Guardian:
Speaking to reporters at the White House, he quoted in familiar scattergun style from what he said were “various articles [that] appeared prior to my entering office”.
“And here’s one,” Trump said. “‘The FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.’ That is amazing. And then it says FAA … says people with severe disabilities are most underrepresented segment of the workforce, [they] said, ‘They want them in, and they want them, they can be air traffic controllers.’ I don’t think so. This was January 14, so that was a week before I entered office. They put a big push to put diversity into the FAA’s program.”
He appeared to be reading from a report published by Fox News.
Trump continued: “Brilliant people have to be in those positions, and their lives are actually shortened, very substantially shortened because of the stress where you have many, many planes coming into one target, and you need a very special talent and a very special genius to be able to do it.”
During his diatribe he also baselessly blamed Joe Biden and Barack Obama for the crash. At one point he also placed blame on former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, who obviously no longer works in the administration.
Needless to say, social media is dragging the Orange Overload for his latest failure at leadership, and deservedly so. See some fo the most poignant commentary in the comments.
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is living her best fashionable life during Paris Couture Week.The Houston Hip-Hop star is getting fits off in the City of Lights, and the hotties love every minute of it. The “Savage” rapper had jaws on the floor when she appeared at Gaurav Gupta’s spring 2025 Haute Couture show Wednesday.The 29-year-old musician popped out and showed n***** by wearing a finely detailed draped chain gown from the Indian couturier Gaurav Gupta that drew everyone’s eyes.The fantastic dress featured strings of chains, complemented by beads and coins that perfectly cascaded down from the choker. Underneath the elegant but revealing piece, the rapper, born Megan Pete, wore a brown strapless corset bodysuit underneath.To complete the look, Thee Stallion wore a beautiful headpiece from Gaurav Gupta, made in collaboration with Object & Dawn, strappy square-toe sandals, and taupe upside-down nails courtesy of Tahvya Krok. The designer shared a video of Megan Thee Stallion in the piece and wrote in the caption, “Megan is a cosmic force, and working with her to craft this disruptive piece that embodies the spirit of tribal India has been exhilarating. Her willingness to explore and push boundaries made the collaboration a monumental moment.”Thee Stallion also shared a photo of her in the dress, captioning it, “Chakras aligned in @gauravguptaofficial.”That wasn’t the only fashion moment from Megan Thee Stallion during Paris Couture Week. She was getting fits from the moment she set foot in the city.Earlier in the week, she kicked things off on Monday at Giambattista Valli’s spring 2025 couture show, wearing a creamsicle-colored hooded dress accentuated with vibrant red florals at the waist.She doesn’t miss.You can see more photos in the gallery below.
1. Gaurav Gupta: Photocall – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,full length,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,looking at camera,paris – france,dress,fashion,brown,silver colored,shoe,metallic,floor length,long dress,photo call,high heels,jewelry,silver – metal,fashion show,gold colored,spring summer collection,open toe,paris fashion week,sleeveless dress,bodysuit,headwear,haute couture,sweetheart neckline,january,silver dress,gold shoe,paris haute couture fashion week,sleeveless,megan thee stallion,chain – object,2025,gaurav gupta – designer label
2. Gaurav Gupta: Front Row – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,full length,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,paris – france,fashion,incidental people,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,front row,haute couture,january,paris haute couture fashion week,megan thee stallion,2025
3. Gaurav Gupta: Front Row – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,looking at camera,paris – france,fashion,three quarter length,incidental people,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,front row,haute couture,january,paris haute couture fashion week,megan thee stallion,2025
4. Gaurav Gupta: Front Row – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,looking at camera,paris – france,dress,fashion,brown,three quarter length,silver colored,jewelry,silver – metal,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,front row,sleeveless dress,bodysuit,headwear,haute couture,sweetheart neckline,january,silver dress,paris haute couture fashion week,sleeveless,megan thee stallion,chain – object,2025,gaurav gupta – designer label
5. Street Style – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 – Day Three
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: Megan Thee Stallion wears a brown corset bodysuit, a silver face accessory and a see-through dress adorned with jewels outside the Gaurav Gupta show during Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,france,arts culture and entertainment,paris – france,dress,fashion,brown,day 3,jewelry,silver – metal,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,personal accessory,bodysuit,corset,headwear,haute couture,sweetheart neckline,january,street style,paris haute couture fashion week,sleeveless,megan thee stallion,chain – object,2025,gaurav gupta – designer label
6. Gaurav Gupta: Front Row – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,full length,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,paris – france,dress,fashion,brown,silver colored,incidental people,shoe,looking over shoulder,metallic,floor length,long dress,high heels,jewelry,silver – metal,fashion show,gold colored,spring summer collection,open toe,paris fashion week,front row,sleeveless dress,bodysuit,headwear,haute couture,sweetheart neckline,january,silver dress,gold shoe,paris haute couture fashion week,sleeveless,megan thee stallion,chain – object,2025,gaurav gupta – designer label
7. Gaurav Gupta: Photocall – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/Getty Images) color image,photography,celebrities,people,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,paris – france,fashion,three quarter length,incidental people,photo call,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,haute couture,january,paris haute couture fashion week,megan thee stallion,2025
8. Gaurav Gupta: Photocall – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Megan Thee Stallion attends the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,full length,france,one person,arts culture and entertainment,paris – france,fashion,incidental people,photo call,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,haute couture,january,paris haute couture fashion week,megan thee stallion,2025
9. Street Style – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 – Day Three
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 29: Megan Thee Stallion wears a brown corset bodysuit, a silver face accessory and a see-through dress adorned with jewels outside the Gaurav Gupta show during Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,france,arts culture and entertainment,topix,paris – france,dress,fashion,brown,day 3,jewelry,silver – metal,fashion show,spring summer collection,paris fashion week,personal accessory,bodysuit,corset,headwear,haute couture,sweetheart neckline,january,bestpix,street style,paris haute couture fashion week,sleeveless,megan thee stallion,chain – object,2025,gaurav gupta – designer label
10. Giambattista Valli Front Row – Paris Fashion Week – Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 27: Megan Thee Stallion attends the Giambattista Valli Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 27, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Giambattista Valli) vertical,color image,photography,celebrities,people,formalwear,france,one person,evening gown,embellishment,arts culture and entertainment,looking at camera,waist up,paris – france,portrait,dress,fashion,giambattista valli – designer label,orange color,fashion show,hood – clothing,sleeved dress,spring summer collection,draped,paris fashion week,front row,haute couture,january,orange dress,paris haute couture fashion week,megan thee stallion,2025
11. Jean Paul Gaultier – Front Row – Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025
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Megan Thee Stallion at the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 fashion show as part of Paris Couture Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images) color image,photography,france,arts culture and entertainment,horizontal,topix,paris – france,panties,fashion show,long sleeved,spring summer collection,front row,haute couture,fashion week,jean paul gaultier – designer label,puffed sleeve,cream colored,trench coat,black coat,black color,megan thee stallion,coat – garment
12. Jean Paul Gaultier – Front Row – Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025
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Megan Thee Stallion at the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 fashion show as part of Paris Couture Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,france,arts culture and entertainment,topix,paris – france,train – clothing embellishment,shoe,panties,floor length,high heels,fashion show,long sleeved,spring summer collection,front row,stockings,haute couture,fashion week,jean paul gaultier – designer label,puffed sleeve,cream colored,black shoe,bestpix,trench coat,black coat,black color,megan thee stallion,coat – garment
13. Jean Paul Gaultier – Front Row – Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025
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Megan Thee Stallion at the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 fashion show as part of Paris Couture Fashion Week on January 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images) vertical,color image,photography,france,arts culture and entertainment,paris – france,fashion show,spring summer collection,front row,haute couture,fashion week,megan thee stallion
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The Department of Justice has reportedly discussed dropping the federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams with Manhattan prosecutors.
According to reports, senior officials with the Department of Justice have discussed the future of the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the possibility that the charges would be dropped outright. DOJ officials are slated to meet with prosecutors in Manhattan from the office of the Southern District of New York this week and with the legal defense team for Adams. The embattled mayor is slated to go on trial April 21 and has been in constant communication with President Donald Trump in recent weeks, including attending his inauguration and visiting him at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump has publicly supported Adams, stating that he would “take a look” at a pardon for him in a press briefing last month.
Sources close to the discussions have framed them as preliminary. The Southern District of New York declined to comment – since Damian Williams stepped down last month, the office has been run by Danielle R. Sassoon, a veteran prosecutor appointed by Trump on an interim basis. Speculation has risen that the Justice Department is seeking a fast resolution to the matter before Trump’s picks for the SDNY and the U.S. Attorney General (Jay Clayton and Pamela Bondi, respectively) are confirmed. According to the New York Times, Sassoon is in a precarious position – if she were to drop the charges, it would allow Adams to say that the charges shouldn’t have been brought in the first place. If she refused, she could be forced to resign or be fired.
The news comes amid rumors that Adams, who until early Thursday (Jan. 30) was out of the public eye dealing with illness, would potentially accept a pardon and then resign. Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro (who also represents Trump crony and tech billionaire Elon Musk) dismissed that theory to reporters. “No, he’s innocent,” he said. The same sources claim that Shapiro intimated to the DOJ officials that Adams would hinder further immigration crackdowns in New York City if he were still under indictment. “That is a complete lie.” Shapiro said when asked about that conversation.
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Tragedy struck Washington, D.C. after an aerial collision between a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter and a passenger plane occurred at 8:47 p.m. ET last night (Jan. 29).
According to Newsweek, the horrific accident happened when both the passenger plane, which was flying in from Wichita, Kansas, and the U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter attempted to land at Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, it is suspected that all 64 passengers in the commercial plane and the three soldiers in the helicopter have not survived the crash. A search for survivors are underway.
The collision comes just a week after “President” Donald Trump reportedly fired the head of the TSA and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, froze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers, and also laid off 100 top FAA security officers. Now we’re not saying he’s responsible for this tragedy, but if anyone is wondering how such an incident could come to pass, that wouldn’t be a bad place to look.
Still, others feel it was on the helicopter pilot to have avoided the incident as a former pilot explained that the passenger plane had the right of way and the Blackhawk should’ve flown away to make room for the civilian aircraft.
Newsweek reports:
Former helicopter pilot Paul Beaver spoke with Sky News about the accident, saying that because the airline pilot was coming in to land, they would have had right of way. The helicopter pilot should have taken “avoiding action” to move out of the airplane’s flight path.
Air traffic control recordings from right before the crash show the air traffic controller speaking with the helicopter (PAT 2-5) operators.
The air traffic controller said: “PAT 2-5 do you have the CRJ in sight?”
Then: “PAT 2-5 pass behind the CRJ.”
The helicopter pilot responded: “PAT 2-5 has aircraft in sight, request visual separation,” just moments before the crash.
Donald Trump for his part took to social media to weigh in on the incident and after describing just how good of a night it was to fly a plane, he asked, “Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”
We still can’t believe y’all truly voted for this kind of malarkey instead of an overqualified Black woman. respectfully.
No word on whether any survivors have been found as of yet, but authorities promise to recover every single body that is currently missing from the accident. And Trump has already blamed Barack Obama, Joe Biden and even DEI.
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Tragedy struck Washington, D.C. after an aerial collision between a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter and a passenger plane occurred at 8:47 p.m. ET last night (Jan. 29).
According to Newsweek, the horrific accident happened when both the passenger plane, which was flying in from Wichita, Kansas, and the U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter attempted to land at Reagan International Airport in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, it is suspected that all 64 passengers in the commercial plane and the three soldiers in the helicopter have not survived the crash. A search for survivors are underway.
The collision comes just a week after “President” Donald Trump reportedly fired the head of the TSA and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, froze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers, and also laid off 100 top FAA security officers. Now we’re not saying he’s responsible for this tragedy, but if anyone is wondering how such an incident could come to pass, that wouldn’t be a bad place to look.
Still, others feel it was on the helicopter pilot to have avoided the incident as a former pilot explained that the passenger plane had the right of way and the Blackhawk should’ve flown away to make room for the civilian aircraft.
Newsweek reports:
Former helicopter pilot Paul Beaver spoke with Sky News about the accident, saying that because the airline pilot was coming in to land, they would have had right of way. The helicopter pilot should have taken “avoiding action” to move out of the airplane’s flight path.
Air traffic control recordings from right before the crash show the air traffic controller speaking with the helicopter (PAT 2-5) operators.
The air traffic controller said: “PAT 2-5 do you have the CRJ in sight?”
Then: “PAT 2-5 pass behind the CRJ.”
The helicopter pilot responded: “PAT 2-5 has aircraft in sight, request visual separation,” just moments before the crash.
Donald Trump for his part took to social media to weigh in on the incident and after describing just how good of a night it was to fly a plane, he asked, “Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”
We still can’t believe y’all truly voted for this kind of malarkey instead of an overqualified Black woman. respectfully.
No word on whether any survivors have been found as of yet, but authorities promise to recover every single body that is currently missing from the accident. And Trump has already blamed Barack Obama, Joe Biden and even DEI.
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Legendary Hip-Hop producer Scott Storch‘s baby mama, Florence Mirsky, was seen and heard hurling a racial slur, and going full racist while retrieving her car from valet parking. It seems to have gone down Tuesday (Jan. 28) in Beverly Hills and it’s not hyperbole to say she was acting horribly.
According to TMZ, it was the mother of Storch’s son, who is also an “influencer,” going full racist while retrieving her whip—pun intended—and trashing the valet employees.
Reports TMZ:
Video of Mirsky — an L.A.-based influencer — is circulating online … and, in it, she called a man jawing at her a “wet****” before adding President Donald Trump is doing great things because “you guys rape and kill people.”
Obviously, Mirsky is speaking to people she believes are Latino — and, she’s hurling every disgusting insult she can think at them.
Clearly, she’s also racist. But, of course, she’s copping pleas.
Obviously, Mirsky is speaking to people she believes are Latino — and, she’s hurling every disgusting insult she can think at them.
Mirsky says she had such a strong reaction because of past trauma and manic episodes … but, adds people who know her know this isn’t the real her.
She also posted a clip to Instagram … explaining the same situation and adding she didn’t want to go to jail for hitting the guy because of her child — Leo Storch — who she shares with Scott.
Mirsky even went on to say that she hangs out with Mexicans all the time, and has even dated them, so she can’t be racist. Yeah, okay.
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A popular Detroit rapper sparked controversy online after she claimed that her Lyft driver refused to allow her into his car earlier this month.
Dank Demoss, whose real name is Dajua Blanding, was recording when the driver of a Mercedes-Benz sedan locked his door and refused to allow her entry.
“I can fit in this car,” Blanding said in a video that was shared to social media on January 19. “Believe me, you can’t,” the driver responded–adding that the tires would not be able to handle her weight. According to The New York Post, the rapper has previously shared her weight as more than 480 pounds.
In her post on Instagram where she shared video of the event, the rapper wrote, “AM I WRONG?,” Demoss wrote in the post. “(Lyft) what y’all got to say about this yall driver discriminated against me…I JUST FEEL LIKE YALL TREAT BIG PPLE LIKE SH*T LIKE WE DONT BELONG HERE.”
The original garnered more than 11,000 likes and thousands of comments.
According to Fox 2 Detroit, the driver apologized for the inconvenience and offered to refund her money and assist her with ordering a larger vehicle.
“I’ve been in cars smaller than that,” she told FOX 2. “I just want them to know that it hurt my feelings.”
In addressing the issue, Lyft issued a statement, saying, “Lyft unequivocally condemns all forms of discrimination—we believe in a community where everyone is treated with equal respect and mutual kindness. Our community guidelines and terms of service explicitly prohibit harassment or discrimination.”
However, Blanding’s attorneys, Jonathan Marko and Zach Runyan have filed a lawsuit against the rideshare company.
Marko explained that as weight is a protected characteristic, the actions of the Lyft driver is the same as discriminating against someone due to their religious beliefs.
However, numerous social media users on X, in particular, are disagreeing with Blanding.
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It is unclear if the Lyft driver has been named in the lawsuit or has been let go by the company.
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It’s always a good day when DJ Akademiks is silenced. Word on the streaming streets is that Twitch hit the loudmouth with a ban, and deservingly so.
Spotted on The Grio, DJ Akademiks has reportedly been banned by Twitch after partaking in an inappropriate conversation with a 15-year-old who works with popular creator PlaqueBoyMax and is a regular on his live stream.
During the stream, Akademiks began asking the teen sexually explicit questions and making “jokes” about sending strippers to his house. Nour was visibly uncomfortable as Akademiks continued. Social media let the Drake stan have it on social media for being a creep.
After going on a nonsensical rant from his gaming chair in his streaming room, DJ Akademiks took accountability for his behavior during a recent stream over the weekend.
“I’ve done a lot of bulls**t up in this game. Trust me. I’ve got mine off. This issue aside – which, again. I am wrong. I will be better. This is a teachable moment. For me, obviously, I got to watch my speech. That’s clear,” The 35-year-old said. “Definitely a regrettable moment, and we’re going to use it as a teachable moment. Because I don’t think I’ve came this far, built this platform, to be that irresponsible, right?”
But his words came too late because Twitch banned that a** and disabled his channel due to violating Twitch’s policies.
Let The Celebration Begin
Social media has been celebrating Akademik’s Twitch ban. Even Meek Mill, who called Akademiks a “rapist type couch potato,” is getting in on the fun, writing on X, formerly Twitter, “He gone be drinking tonight screaming at kids from some other portal lol these guys lives be terrible “NEVER FOLLOW THE HEATHENS.”
You messed up big time when you’re getting clowned by Meek Mill.
You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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9. For those who need a reminder
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President Donald Trump took to the campaign trail and touted his ability to make sweeping economic changes, including lowering the prices of eggs. President Donald Trump’s claims of lowering egg prices have yet to bear fruit and now, his press secretary is shifting the blame to President Joe Biden instead of examining pathways to help consumers.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt hosted the first press conference at the White House for the Trump administration, using stern talking points that echo much of the bravado of the president and his team. Leavitt, choosing to sidestep facts that egg prices continued to rise after Trump took office, instead took a shot at the Biden administration citing their handling of the issue.
“The Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country. Therefore, lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage,” Leavitt said while choosing to not point to more accurate accounts that bird flu impacted prices on eggs and poultry products in 2022.
Among the many campaign promises from Trump, his pledge to lower prices on day one of his administration was unceremoniously unmet. As seen in an Associated Press report, the spread of bird flu has promoted the slaughter of millions of chickens per month to contain the spread and more than doubling prices since 2023. The average price per carton last month was $4.15, which is still lower than the record of $4.82 set two years prior.
Video of the press briefing courtesy of Forbes Breaking News.
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