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We are truly in the upside down. Donald Trump said he would let crackpot Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild on health,” and he is not letting Orange Mussolini down with his bird-brained idea to tackle bird flu in the country.
Honestly, we wished we were making this up.
Speaking on Fox News, the white Dr. Sebi suggested a ridiculous idea, with no pertinent data to back him up, that farmers “should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, and preserve the birds, that are immune to it,” instead of doing the right thing and humanely killing the diseased birds to keep the contagious virus from spreading.
Letting bird flu spread is precisely the kind of idea from someone who is way over their heads, and that is precisely the case with the former environmental lawyer who made a living peddling junk medical theories.
The New York Times reports that even if Kennedy stupidly pushes this idea to farmers, they don’t have to follow it because he has no jurisdiction over them. To make matters worse, the current and equally unqualified agricultural secretary, Brooke Rollins, believes Kennedy’s dangerous and dumb idea is worth trying.
“There are some farmers that are out there that are willing to really try this on a pilot as we build the safe perimeter around them to see if there is a way forward with immunity,” per the New York Times.
The Real Experts Sound The Alarm
Of course, the real experts all say RFK Jr.’s plan is complete horse sh*t.
“Veterinary scientists said letting the virus sweep through poultry flocks unchecked would be inhumane and dangerous and have enormous economic consequences,” according to the New York Times.
Dr. Gail Hansen, a former state veterinarian for Kansas, sounded the alarm, calling the plan what it obviously is, “a recipe for disaster.”
Per The New York Times:
Every infection is another opportunity for the virus, called H5N1, to evolve into a more virulent form. Geneticists have been tracking its mutations closely; so far, the virus has not developed the ability to spread among people.
But if H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of five million birds, “that’s literally five million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.
Large numbers of infected birds are likely to transmit massive amounts of the virus, putting farm workers and other animals at great risk.
“So now you’re setting yourself up for bad things to happen,” Dr. Hansen said.
Hilariously, this isn’t the first dangerous idea Kennedy has floated regarding contagious viruses. He also suggested that it was better for people to catch measles instead of getting the highly effective vaccine that helped eradicate the virus in the United States, but he has since made a return as vaccination rates among Americans continue to drop.
We clearly haven’t learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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Tesla is continuing to face record numbers of protests and, at times, vandalistic acts at dealerships around the country in response to Elon Musk’s government-gutting DOGE efforts as he heads the agency. The electric automotive giant saw itself trending on X, also owned by Musk, with observers taking note of a recent recall of Tesla Cybertrucks and reports of $1.4 billion going missing.
As seen on CNBC, Tesla is moving to recall over 46,000 Cybertrucks because of a faulty exterior trim panel that has the potential to detach while driving, prompting valid safety concerns. The outlet adds that the recall is for a part on the truck known as a cant rail and all trucks manufactured between November 2023 and February 2025, as the company confirmed in a filing to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this past Tuesday (March 18). The company says that if owners are in possession made in that time frame can take the vehicle to a service department to have the cant rail replaced free of charge.
This recall comes as a new report from the Financial Times notes that $1.4 billion in funds have seemingly disappeared, and the timing couldn’t be worse for Tesla as stock prices continue to sink while Musk spends much of his time heading DOGE and ordering unpopular cuts and firing to essential government services in a bid to halt fraud and waste. Further, global protests against the brand have marred its image as a leader in the EV space with other companies making gains as the market landscape shifts in other directions.
On X, formerly Twitter, there are reactions to Tesla’s stock numbers, the missing funds, and the decrying of vandalism and protests. We’ve got those listed below.
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A few weeks ago, it was reported that Marcus Jordan was taken into custody for driving under the influence and the possession of a white powder, which was thought to be cocaine but turned out to be ketamine.
Now, TMZ is reporting that Jordan is admitting that he has a substance abuse problem weeks after the arrest, and a judge will be ordering him to seek counseling to address his problem going forward. Facing three charges, including a felony count of ketamine possession, a misdemeanor count of DUI with property damage, and another misdemeanor count of resisting an officer, Jordan originally pleaded not guilty. But apparently, he’ll be owning up to his actions and looking to make a deal as he was basically caught with his hand in the ketamine jar.
Per TMZ:
In a new court filing, obtained by TMZ Sports, Jordan and his attorneys revealed the 34-year-old has been dealing with “challenges” related to his “alcohol/substance use” … and now, he wants a judge to order him to complete a Pre-Trial Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Intervention Program in an effort to help him with these issues.
Jordan’s attorneys argued the program would “not only benefit him personally but also serve the community by reducing the likelihood of future offenses.” They added in the documents that Michael‘s son “is amenable to treatment.”
Marcus, according to the docs, would waive his right to a speedy trial if the judge grants the motion.
Well, at least he’s admitting he has a problem. That’s always the first step in cases like this. Hopefully he gets the help he needs and sobers up before he ultimately backdoors all his Trophy Room exclusive Jordans to ketamine pushers or something. Yes, us sneakerheads are still salty about that Air Jordan 1 “Freeze Out” release. Just sayin’.
What do y’all think about Marcus Jordan owning up to his problem? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The resentment against Elon Musk and Tesla continues to increase. Arsonists have set fire to the vehicles in both Las Vegas and Kansas City.
As spotted on The Verge, Tesla facilities are now being targeted as part of protests against its polarizing CEO. On Tuesday (March 18), an unidentified individual wearing all black threw several Molotov cocktails at Tesla cars at a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas. Each of the automobiles immediately caught fire prompting local first responder teams to arrive on the scene. Thankfully, the fire department was able to extinguish the fire before any of the batteries exploded. According to The Las Vegas Review-Journal, bullet casings were also found as well as graffiti that read “RESIST.”
A similar incident occurred in Kansas City where someone set fire to a Cybertruck in a Tesla parking lot. A local police officer responded and attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher but was unable to. Soon, the fire spread to another vehicle parked next to the Cybertruck. Kansas City Police Captain Jacob Becchina says that the “circumstances are under investigation, but preliminarily, the fire is being investigated for the potential of being an Arson.”
As expected these incidents are not being taken lightly by the United States government. Attorney General Pamela Bondi released a statement calling both acts “nothing short of domestic terrorism.” She added that the Department of Justice would “continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.”
Elon Musk commented on the matter saying these are terrorist attacks. He doubled down adding that Tesla “just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks.”
You can see footage of the fires below.
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The reelection campaign for New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing challenges after a low fundraising total, leaving doubts about his chances.
The most recent fundraising reports for the Democratic candidates for the New York City mayoral race are in, and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams’ numbers are strikingly low. In a campaign finance document submitted on Monday (March 17), Adams’ campaign brought in $18,697. The amount was in contrast to what the campaign spent over the period between Jan. 12 to March 13, which was $160,000 – more than eight times what it raked in.
Further details for that period showed that only 43 donors contributed to Adams’ reelection campaign, and 16 donors were issued refunds. By comparison, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s campaign netted $1.5 million in donations in just about two weeks. Another primary opponent, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, has obtained $850,000 in campaign donations from 16,000 reported donors.
Mayor Adams’ bid for reelection has been damaged by the legal drama concerning his federal corruption case. While the Department of Justice under the administration of President Donald Trump has declared intent to drop the charges, a federal judge is still needed to sign off on the decision. In the interim, many have speculated that Adams and his legal team have acquiesced to Trump’s agenda regarding immigration in New York City. He had gotten out to an early lead in fundraising, bringing in $4.4 million last year before the New York City Campaign Finance Board decided to not offer matching funds citing the case.
When asked about the shortfall at his weekly press conference, Adams dismissed concerns. “Everyone is catching up to me,” he said. “I started raising early.” The news also connects to speculation that Adams could run as an independent. When queried about that, he responded: “When I’m ready to roll out my official reannouncement and my plan, I will do so. “When I’m ready to roll out my official reannouncement and my plan, I will do so,” Adams said. “And you, I’m going to make sure all of you are invited to it.”
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Jackie Robinson is one of the greatest baseball players of all time, who also happened to break the color barrier in the MLB in 1947. Another fact is that he served in the military (more on that interesting tale later), but yet the Department of Defense recently deemed it necessary to remove his story from its website.
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1902402644372529166
On Wednesday, March 19, the disrespect was noted by various news outlets and Robinson’s name has since been trending on social media. Nevertheless, the Department of Defense is blaming the headass move on wokeness and DEI.
This is where we remind you that when such terms are floated out haphazardly in 2025, it’s just a proxy for the N-word.
Robinson was drafted (and didn’t dodge) to serve in World War II in 1942. However, he was court-martialed for refusing to sit in the rear of a segregated Army bus, but he was eventually honorably discharged in 1944. Oh yeah, during his trial, he was acquitted by an all-white jury. He served his country, period. But clearly being a Black man was too much for the Department of Defense (DOD).
ESPN reached out to the DOD for an explanation and promptly got the MAGA talking point, white supremacy-friendly word salad run around. “DEI is dead at the Defense Department,” read part of the statement from Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot. “Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military.”
https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1902429003467628585
For the record DEI—read: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion—has nothing to do with detailing the military service of an icon like Jackie Robinson. They just don’t want to big any Black people under any circumstances.
Social media is going in on the latest tomfoolery, quickly noting that even the new URL has “DEI.” Someone, please tell Chuck Schumer this is only going to keep happening unless you put up a fight. Respectfully.
See the reactions in the gallery.
2. An update statement…
Still trash.
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Minnesota Governor and former Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz showed off his comedic chops during a Wisconsin town hall, making light of Elon Musk’s current financial woes.
Tim Walz is currently out on the road reminding us what we could have had in the White House instead of Donald Trump, JD Vance, and unelected President Elon Musk on what he calls the “most unsatisfying I Told You So tour in the history of politics.”
Speaking to a packed house, Walz told the crowd that his new mood booster is the Stocks app on his phone, where he watches Tesla’s stock drop.
“I was saying. on my phone, I know some of you know this, on the iPhone,” Walz begins. “They’ve got that little stock app. I added Tesla to give me a little boost during the day. 225 and dropping.”
He continued, “I’m not a vindictive person or anything, but I take great pleasure in the fact that this guy’s life is going to get very, very difficult.”
He also gave some advice to people who still own Tesla vehicles.
“And if you own one, we’re not blaming you. You can some dental floss and pull the Tesla thing off you know.”
Elon Musk Has Lost Billions
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Elon Musk. Phony Stark has lost billions, and Tesla shares took a tremendous hit in the wake of DOGE’s firings of federal workers under the guise of cutting government waste.
Tesla cars, factories and showrooms have been subject of unrest, with fed up Americans either vandalizing vehicles or holding protests at Tesla showroom locations.
Per USA Today:
Forbes, which maintains a real-time billionaire wealth tracking tool, estimates the 53-year-old was worth $342.4 billion as of the close of business Thursday, down a whopping $121.2 billion from its all-time high of $464 billion, set Dec. 17. He’s still the richest person in the world, however.
That estimate is in line with one from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which puts Musk’s wealth at $330 billion as of the close of business Friday, when Tesla stock skidded even lower. Shares are down 35% from the start of the year.
Welp.
To help him out, Elon Musk’s buddy, Donald Trump, reduced himself to an EV salesman holding, turning the White House lawn into a makeshift Tesla showroom. He announced he was going to buy one of the vehicles in hopes it would give Musk’s company a vote of confidence from the American people.
Spoiler alert: it did not. In fact, it even rubbed some of Trump’s most loyal supporters the wrong way because it came as the stock market nosedived in the wake of Trump’s stupid tariffs, which currently have us in the middle of a trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China.
Social media is loving Walz’s comedic energy and, of course, seeing Elon Musk suffer financially. You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
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Nick Cannon has made quite the name for himself over the years as he’s fathered more children than there are members of the Wayans family (that’s saying something). But if you thought the man would be falling back from having anymore kids, you got another thing coming.
According to Page Six, the “Johnny Appleseed” of the Hip-Hop culture says that as long as there is breath in his body and his private parts remain potent, he will continue to have as many children as the good Lord allows him. He’s perfectly content single-handedly helping the global population grow. In his latest episode of his and Courtney Bee’s We Playin’ Spades podcast, the father of 12 hosted the likes of NFL players Ryan Clark and Channing Crowder, who revealed they had vasectomies following the birth of quite a few of their children. Clark and Channing insinuated that maybe Nick should follow suit as he’s got more kids than Wu-Tang Clan members.
Naturally, Nick pushed back on their advice and stated that as long as he can get busy, he’ll be keeping the maternity ward in hospitals humming if he has anything to say about it.
Per Page Six:
After the former athletes compared how their vasectomies were done, the “Gigolo” rapper said he felt like he was “being judged.”
Bee then asked her co-host if he would have more children with one of the women he already has a child with or outsource to find a new woman to procreate with.
“I don’t know,” he said. “That’s the thing. I leave it to the Lord.”
Cannon first became a dad in 2011 when he welcomed twins Monroe and Moroccan, now 13, with his ex-wife, Mariah Carey.
Nick Cannon then went on to have a gang of kids with multiple women over the years. While some may be appalled by that fact, the truth is it seems like he’s been taking his daddy duties seriously and has been a good father to all his children. For that alone we can’t really hate on the man.
Still, we do feel that man needs to chill. But hey, when you have your family jewels insured for $10 million you have to show and prove they’re still in perfectly good working condition, right? Is that how that works?
What do y’all think about Nick Cannon not giving up his baby making days? Let us know in the comments section below.
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On Monday (March 17), President Donald Trump paid his first visit to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since he ousted leadership and essentially appointed himself chairman of the D.C. arts institution. (Technically, there was a vote, but it was like if Scar from The Lion King was elected to chair of a board full of hyenas who hadn’t figured out they were being scammed yet.)
During the presser, Trump generally ignored the onslaught of esteemed artists — including Issa Rae, screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda — who either canceled major shows at the Kennedy Center or cut ties with the institution altogether because they didn’t appreciate Trump using the highest office in the country to bully-foot his way into controlling the arts.
Instead, Trump appeared to focus on the physical condition of the building, and, of course, how he was going to save the venue by making it less “woke.”
From CNN:
“It’s in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it because of bad management,” said Trump, who was elected chair last month by a newly constituted board, including several new Trump appointees who replaced trustees appointed by Democratic presidents.
Trump’s visit comes as he’s has sought to reshape the renowned arts institution – installing political loyalists in top leadership positions and criticizing its programming for being “woke.”
Trump on Monday called the Kennedy Center a “very big part of the fabric of Washington, DC,” adding, “We’re going to make our capitol great again, just like we’re going to make our country great again.”
At the board meeting – over which Trump presided on stage in the Opera House auditorium – he was flanked by more members, including Interim Executive Director Ric Grenell, second lady Usha Vance, interim Vice Chair Jennifer Fischer, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Fox News anchors Maria Bartiromo and Laura Ingraham also attended, among others.
“The great Laura Ingraham,” Trump said off the top. “We’ve got a lot of power on this board.” It wasn’t just Trump’s close confidantes, however. Also on hand was DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.
On his tour of the facility, Trump specifically targeted the center’s appearance.
“You look at the columns outside, you look at they’re supposed to be covered by something, whether it’s marble, or whatever, granite. They were never covered. They were painted. But bring it into more modern times, a lot of money has been given to it, and the money has not been properly spent,” Trump told reporters.
CNN noted that the Kennedy Center’s website description says “the façade boasts Italian marble imported from three quarries, while the painted bronze exterior pillars mimic similar pillars featured as part of the US Embassy in Delhi, India. Both the Kennedy Center and the embassy were designed by American architect Edward Durell Stone.” But, hey, Trump got to be president without having any previous experience in any of the three branches of government, and he got to chair the Kennedy Center without any experience in the arts. Why shouldn’t he also be able to expertly critique the appearance of the center just because he also has no experience in architecture?
Anyway, we all know Trump’s hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center has nothing to do with the venue’s outside appearance. Last month, he declared his intention to hit the center with a MAGA overhaul that prioritizes white conservative-friendly art. (And we all know how popular jingoism, forced patriotism and thinly-veiled white nationalism are in the art world, amirite?)
Before Trump’s appearance, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that he “hopes to restore arts and culture that embrace American tradition, not disparage it, as we have unfortunately seen over the past several years.” In other words, Trump will abuse his leadership role to seize control of the mainstream culture and force art institutions to make the kind of art he likes. You know, there was once another world leader from Germany who did the same thing. (I forget his name, but Kanye West is a big fan of his and Elon Musk completely jacked his method of waving at people.)
Leavitt also said Trump would “perhaps be discussing some future plays and musicals and theatrical programs that the center will be hosting under his new leadership.” But he’s apparently not disappointed Hamilton won’t be one of those musicals, as he offered a petty response to the show’s producers canceling their show at the center.
“I never liked Hamilton very much,” he said.
To be fair, there was that one time his first VP, Mike Pence, got booed and heckled while attending a Hamilton show in New York, and Trump responded by demanding the cast and producers “apologize” and that the theater be made a “safe place” for, well, white-and-fragile right-wingers who call everyone else “snowflakes” whenever they call for anything to be a safe space.
So, maybe that’s what his takeover of the Kennedy Center is all about: creating a safe space for white nationalists and pseudo-patriots to enjoy whatever it is they call art.
Sad.
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Adan Manzano, a Telemundo reporter out of Kansas City, was in New Orleans in February to cover Super Bowl LIX. After crossing paths with Danette Colbert, Adan Manzano was later found dead, and now Colbert faces charges of second-degree murder.
As reported by local news outlet KHOU, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley announced at a Tuesday (March 18) news conference that Dannette Colbert now faces a second-degree murder charge after previously being booked on charges of fraud and theft after Adan Manzano was found dead at a Kenner hotel.
Colbert was seen on security video at the hotel in question alongside Manzano and leaving alone one hour afterward. Police say that Colbert reportedly used the reporter’s credit card after he died. Manzano’s cell phone and credit card were later found at Colbert’s residence in Slidell.
In addition, an accomplice of Colbert, Ricky White, was arrested in Florida on charges of simple robbery, purse snatching, access device fraud, illegal transfer of monetary funds, bank fraud, and computer fraud. White is currently awaiting extradition to Louisiana to face the charges.
Colbert, who has a lengthy criminal record, is currently jailed at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.
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