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Source: MELINA MARA / Getty / Donald Trump Jr.
It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump Jr. lacks decency.
Following the awful news of President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis, Donald Trump Jr. didn’t waste anytime showing the world how much of a complete douche he is.
At first, it appeared the alleged booger sugar abuser was following his father’s lead by “putting politics aside” and wishing Biden well.
Trump Jr. reposted a meme of Biden with the caption “Politics aside, we wish him a speedy recovery,” hours after the news broke that Biden is battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones.
At the time he wrote, “Agree 100%.”
That good would only last roughly three hours when he dropped another post mocking President Biden’s wife, former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, who holds a doctoral degree in education, pushing a conspiracy theory that is, as expected, taking off in MAGA land with Trump Jr. leading the charge.
“What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???”
This masterclass in stupidity is now pinned to the top of his personal X page.
Uncle Joe has since given the American people an update on his diagnosis, writing on his personal social media accounts, “Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”
Donald Trump Jr. Is Getting Slammed On X
On the other hand, social media has been tearing Donald Trump Jr. to shreds for his tasteless post. “There’s no bottom for Don Jr. Truly despicable,” the Republican For Trump account on X, formerly Twitter, wrote.
“I lost both of my parents to Cancer. This is disgusting and an insult to every patient and family dealing with this insidious disease. Grow the fuck up,” another post read.
The Trump family is full of rotten apples.
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2. Damn shame
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Source: Getty Images / Drake / Tory Lanez
You can add Drake to the list of people who just can’t accept that Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion.
Drake shared a link to a petition calling for Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon Canadian Yosemite Sam, aka Tory Lanez, after he was stabbed 14 times in prison.
On Friday, Drake posted via his Instagram Stories, “@torylanez come home soon” along with the link to a Change.org petition “Pardon Tory Lanez: Urge Governor Newsom to Correct a Deep Injustice,” which now has over 236,000 signatures.
Source: Instagram / Drake
The petition first sprouted up on Tory Lanez’s social media accounts in the wake of a non-profit organization called Unite the People claiming that it has testimony from a bodyguard that would absolve Lanez of the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
Walter Roberts, who is the “lead consultant” of the group, claimed a man named Bradley James, who said he was the bodyguard of Megan Thee Stallion’s former best friend, Kelsey Harris, approached him claiming to be a witness to Harris admitting to shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
Megan Thee Stallion’s attorney, Alex Spiro, issued a statement on his client’s behalf: “Tory Lanez was tried and convicted by a jury of his peers, and his case was properly adjudicated through the court system. This is not a political matter — this is a case of a violent assault that was resolved in a court of law.”
Thee Stallion is also unbothered as she just recently announced her swimwear line.
Drake Is Getting Dragged On X
She doesn’t have to address the situation because social media has been dragging Drake and Chris Brown for yelling Free Tory. Brown was recently locked up abroad for an incident a year ago and denied bail on the matter.
“Drake was quiet for Kendrick, but real loud for Megan, a woman! #SIMP,” one post on X, formerly Twitter, read.
Welp.
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Source: Getty Images / Soulja Boy / DDG / Halle Bailey
Soulja Boy calling out DDG for allegedly putting his hands on Halle Bailey was definitely not on our 2025 bingo card.
In a stunning twist of events, Soulja Boy took to X, formerly Twitter, to invite DDG to a well-deserved fade after news broke of the singer requesting a restraining order against the rapper/streamer and father of her child.
On Wednesday, May 14, Big Draco said in a post that planned on “beating the f*k out” of DDG in the wake of details and photo evidence hitting social media when news of Bailey’s restraining order hit timelines where she also alleges the former couple “fought each other” during an incident in January.
“You a b**ch a** n**ga for putting yo’ hands on Halle,” the “Crank Dat” rapper wrote on X.
Social Media Slams Soulja Boy For Blatant Hypocrisy
Well, right message, wrong messenger. That’s what many people on X are saying because Soulja Boy isn’t exactly a champion of women’s rights, mainly because he was just found liable for sexual assault of a former assistant who had to pay $4 million to.
“you ain’t even the n***a to be talkin , you hit women too . Right message wrong messenger,” one reply to Soulja Boy’s tweet read.
Another reply read, “Congrats on being the first rapper to defend a female while whooping another female ass.”
“Didn’t you sexually assault your assistant?” another user wrote on X.
Rapper Freddie Gibbs got in on the fun, replying with a simple laughing emoji.
We are definitely in the upside-down, or maybe Soulja Boy was high when he let that post off because there is no way he sent that without being aware that he is definitely in the same boat as DDG.
SMH.
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1. Basically
2. Mmmmhmmm
5. Receipts
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Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty / ROC Nation
ROC Nation has become the single most powerful entity on the planet. hell, the company started by JAY-Z is more powerful than the Illuminati if you asked a specific demographic of social media.
The entertainment company found itself trending once again in the wake of news surrounding Megan Thee Stallion’s shooter, Tory Lanez, getting shanked in prison. Halle Bailey airing out DDG to be an abusive POS, and providing receipts to back up her claims.
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ROC Nation has been the focal point of Tory Lanez fans ever since his father, Sonstar Peterson (we still can’t believe that this man’s name), infamously shouted at the top of his lungs that ROC Nation would “crumble” after his son was found guilty.
“I just stood here in this Los Angeles and witnessed the worst miscarriage of justice that this world has ever seen. You want to know how I feel, I’ll tell you exactly how I feel,” Peterson said in front of the Los Angeles courthouse.
In another clip, Lanez’s father screams out, “I’m calling on the Heavens and the Earth… Roc Nation, you will crumble! I am an apostle of God, and I will be heard.”
New Developments In The Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case Has Fans Screaming “Free Tory”
God definitely wasn’t listening to his apostle because Tory Lanez is still in the clink. But following the news of his unfortunate stabbing while behind bars, a new development from his defense team claims that a security guard is ready to come forward to claim it was Kelsey, Megan Thee Stallion’s former best friend, who shot her, not Tory Lanez, give his fans he hilariously calls “umbrellas” new hope that their favorite autotune abusing “rapper/singer” will be released from jail.
If that’s the case, then it debunks one of the main conspiracies spouted by his supporters that Megan Thee Stallion stepped on glass and lied about being shot. So which is it?
Even known abuser Chris Brown hopped on his Instagram Stories to share “FREE TORY.” Now. If he felt such a way, he should have made it a permanent post on his timeline, and not something that would disappear.
Just saying.
What a hilarious mess. What else will ROC Nation be blamed for?
Until that day, you can see more reactions in the gallery below.
1. LMAO, absolutely ridiculous behavior
3. Howling
6. They were?
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Source: Getty Images / Boosie Badazz / Cassie
You can’t count on Boosie Badazz to deliver a hit record nowadays, but you can damn sure bet on him delivering some heada** opinions on matters.
Nobody asked Boosie Badazz what he thought about Diddy’s situation, but that isn’t stopping the “Wipe Me Down” rapper from sharing his thoughts.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the Louisiana rapper dropped easily one of the dumbest takes about Cassie and Diddy ahead of the mogul’s former girlfriend taking the stand in his high-profile case.
“IF ANYTHING, THIS SHOULD BE A DOMESTIC ABUSE CASE NOT A SEX TRAFFICKING CASE,” Boosie said on the social media platform. “SHE ENJOYED THE WILD SEX PARTIES N THE EXTRAVAGANT GIFTS ON THE BACKEND. ALL OF THESE YEARS OF SEX PARTIES N YOU MEAN TO TELL ME SHE DIDNT ENJOY IT .IM CONVINCED SHE ENJOYED IT . IM PRETTY SURE SHE CAME DURING THOSE FREAK OFFS.”
He stupidly added, “IT WAS A LIFESTYLE! THIS WAS CONSENSUAL SHE WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND. TRYING TO GIVE SOMEONE LIFE N PRISON FOR THIS IS BULLSH*T!”
This isn’t the first time rapper put on his cape for the allegedly egregiously horny and now disgraced Bad Boy general.
“I feel DIDDY N JAIL FOR BASICALLY DOING WHAT EVERY OTHER FAMOUS ENTERTAINER HAS DONE ‘FLEW B****ES OUT FOR 3 SOMES,” the Louisiana rapper typed. “HE JUST FREAKIER WE ACTUALLY GO CALL WOMEN PROSTITUTES WHO FLY N WILLINGLY TO BE WITH THEY PARTNERS FOR SEX?,” Boosie said following Diddy’s arrest last September.
Social Media Reminds Boose Badazz That He Is A Trash Individual
As expected, social media quickly dragged Boosie, reminding him of his questionable behavior regarding his minor son and nephew.
“He’s the same one who hired women to perform sex acts on his minor sons. I am not surprised he’s defending this,” one person wrote in response to Boosie’s thoughts on Diddy.
Another person wrote, “Every defense is a confession.”
Where’s the lie?
We wished Boosie would just shut the hell up. Nothing good ever comes out of his mouth.
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2. Mmmmhmmmm
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On Monday (May 12), President Donald Trump took questions from reporters after a White House event, and was pointedly asked about welcoming white South Africans as refugees through a February executive order despite the administration’s feverish agenda of detaining and deporting migrants and others from the United States. “Why are you creating an expediting path into the country for Afrikaners but not others?” he was asked.“Because they’re being killed and we don’t want to see people be killed,” Trump responded. “But it’s a genocide that’s taking place that you people don’t want to write about. Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white. Whether they are white or Black makes no difference to me. White farmers are being brutally killed and the land is being confiscated in South Africa.”But the data, and further research, disproves those claims. According to Willamette University Professor of History Seth Cotler, such claims have only been sourced to neo-Nazi publications which have promoted the claim for decades. An expert on right-wing propaganda, he detailed the instances that fueled the myth in a thread of posts on BlueSky, noting that conservative William F. Buckley was the lone exception, writing about it in a column. White South Africans, while victims of violence in the country, experience it far less than those who are Black.According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Afrikaners (who compose two-thirds of South Africa’s white population) possess half of South Africa’s land and produce 90% of its agricultural products, which amounted to be worth $13.7 billion in exports last year alone. Only 1% of white South Africans are in poverty as opposed to two-thirds of Black South Africans, due in large part to the historic system of apartheid in that nation which was abolished in 1994.When interviewed, some Afrikaners expressed their gratitude to Trump for the offer of resettlement but weren’t keen on going to the States. “But it’s good to know that [Trump] will back us … if sh*t happens,” farmer Maritz Gobler said. He also nixed the idea proposed by one Trump official that it would be easier for them to assimilate. “I don’t want to speak English for the rest of my life,” he said, highlighting that most Afrikaners primarily speak Afrikaans, a version of Dutch influenced by the indigenous peoples of Namibia and South Africa.
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Source: Prime Video / Amazon Studios
With all the hype and anticipation amongst Marvel fans for the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Beginning, many people forget that another Spider-Man film is on the way starring Nicolas Cage (no, seriously), and though details are scarce, we’ve finally gotten our first look at Cage in his Spidey suit. He looks pretty damn dope too.
According to Variety, Amazon’s Prime Video released their first pic of Nicolas Cage dressed as Spider-Man for their upcoming series, Spider-Noir. And truth be told, it looks very well done. After voicing the same Spider-Man variant in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Cage will once again be playing the character in a live-action adaptation of the Spider-Man Noir comic books. Set in 1930s New York, this alternate version of Spider-Man does have a faithful following. Judging from the first pics of the upcoming series, it’ll be going down the black-and-white cinematic setting similar to the cult classic film, Sin City, but won’t be confined to just black-and-white.
Per Variety:
Releasing in 2026, “‘Spider-Noir’ tells the story of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.” The show will be available in both black-and-white and color.
In addition to Cage, the cast includes Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, and Jack Huston. Guest star cast includes Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson and Kai Caster.
“Spider-Noir” will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel, then arrive globally on Prime video the next day.
Spider-Noir is set to debut sometime in 2026 and come in eight episodes deep. Will you be checking for Nicolas Cage’s iteration of Spider-Man? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Jake Tapper is facing loads of criticism after promoting a book that details the alleged physical and mental decline of President Joe Biden. Despite the CNN anchor’s past defenses of President Joe Biden, many have viewed Jake Tapper’s book as an underhanded play to boost sales and play both sides.
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson of Axios co-wrote Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, which looks at the prior presidential election cycle and the decision for President Biden to attempt to run for a second term.
What seemed to turn most heads was that Tapper was seen as a strong advocate for Biden, often defending the president’s performance and praising his efforts to lead to country. Now, it appears that Tapper and Thompson’s book is looking to blast holes in Biden’s legacy, moving away from the praise Tapper once heaped upon the longtime public servant.
Naturally, opponents of CNN, mainstream media at large, and Biden himself are delighting in what they’re framing as a contradictory position by Tapper. Others are accusing the anchor of looking to make a quick cash grab at the expense of a man he once defended with fervor and passion on the airwaves.
Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again is slated to be released on May 20, 2025.
On X, reactions to Jake Tapper’s upcoming book have been cropping up. We’ve got reactions from all sides below.
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Source: Amazon Studios / Fallout
It looks like Prime Video must have a lot of faith in the upcoming second season of Fallout as it’s being reported that the video game turned live-action series has gotten the green light for a third season before the premiere of its second.
According to Deadline, it was announced that Fallout was renewed for a third season way before the premiere of its second season in December 2025 during Prime Video’s upfronts presentation Monday (May 12). A production of Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films, Fallout is based on the role-playing video game series from the 1990s, which centers around survivors in a post-apocalyptic world who battle mutants as they do what they can to survive. Naturally, the show developed a healthy fanbase with over 100 million viewers during its first season, and now it seems like Prime is all in on keeping the series going at least for a third season.
Deadline reports:
“We are absolutely thrilled that our global Prime Video customers will be able to delve deeper into the wonderfully surreal and captivating world of Fallout,” said Vernon Sanders, global head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. “Jonah [Nolan], Lisa [Joy], Geneva [Robertson-Dworet], and Graham [Wagner] have done an exceptional job bringing this beloved video game franchise to vivid life on Prime Video. Together with our amazing partners at Bethesda Games and Bethesda Softworks, we are delighted to announce a third season of Fallout, well ahead of the much-anticipated debut of Season Two.”
“The holidays came a little early this year – we are thrilled to be ending the world all over again for a third season of Fallout,” said executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. “On behalf of our brilliant cast and crew, our showrunners Geneva and Graham, and our partners at Bethesda, we’re grateful to our incredible collaborators at Amazon MGM Studios and to the amazing fans as we continue our adventures in the wasteland together.”
“We’re so grateful to have survived the apocalypse for another season! Thanks to the incredible team — our whole cast and crew, Kilter, and Amazon,” said Robertson-Dworet and Wagner.
We’re sure the 100 million viewers will be grateful to hear that Fallout will be around for a third season as well.
Are you excited to hear that Fallout will be around for Season 3? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Source: Boston Globe / Getty / Jayson Tatum
It’s not looking good for the Boston Celtics right now. After a strong regular season, they were heading into the playoffs with a high chance of repeating as NBA champions. Now, they are on the brink of elimination and will likely have to pull off the impossible without their star player, Jayson Tatum.
The Boston Celtics came into their Conference Semifinals matchup with the New York Knicks as prohibitive favorites. However, they flopped in both home games, surrendering 20-point leads, allowing Jalen Brunson and the Knicks to steal two games in TD Garden.
The Celtics did find their form in Game 3 and didn’t relinquish their massive lead, smoking the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, leaving many to believe they have found their groove.
Then came Game 4, which was a repeat of Games 1 and 2, but this time the Celtics will limp back to Boston down 3-1 and likely without superstar Jayson Tatum, who left the game with what looked like a serious non-contact leg injury, an unfortunate end for what was one of his best games in the series.
After he was taken off the court, a visibly emotional Tatum was wheelchaired back to the Celtics locker room, covering his face to hide his tears.
The Sports World Reacts To Jayson Tatum’s Scary Injury
The reactions to the scary injury, many speculate, could be a torn Achilles, were instant, with names like LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, and more all throwing up prayers for the NBA champion.
There’s still no word on the severity of Tatum’s injury, with his head coach, Joe Mazulla, saying his star player will undergo an MRI. But if the Celtics can extend it, chances are very high we will not see Big Deuce for Game 4 or the remainder of this series.
The sports world is awaiting the results of that MRI. Until it comes, you can see more reactions in the gallery below.
1. Julian Edelman
2. Grant Williams
3. Isaiah Thomas
4. Jalen Brunson speaks on the injury following the game
5. Karl-Anthony Towns
6. Josh Hart
7. Kendrick Perkins
8. Ben Stiller
9. Skip Bayless
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