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Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty / Donald Trump / Cheryl Hines / Robert F Kennedy Jr. / UFC
Actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of anti-vax conspiracy theorist quack Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had a moment at a recent UFC event involving Donald Trump that would make her fictional husband on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, laugh out loud.
Tanking the global economy, wiping away Americans’ 401Ks, “running the FBI,” firing federal employees for no good damn reason, and completely mishandling a measles outbreak is a lot of hard work. So, to blow off some steam and have some fun, Donald Trump and his cronies took a company outing to the one place they knew they would be accepted and applauded for all their hard work: a UFC event.
It’s been a week of so much “winning” going on (we’re being sarcastic, by the way) in the United States, so what better way to celebrate than to watch a bunch of men beat each other brains out?
Donald Trump, flanked by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the proxy president Elon Musk, and his two highly unqualified picks, FBI Director Kash Patel and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., attended UFC 314 in Miami, Florida.
The action in the octagon isn’t what is currently the talk of social media. It’s a moment that happened in the seats between Trump and Hines.
The aloof orange menace was doling out handshakes before the event kicked off, and he visibly snubbed Hines in what was truly an awkward moment that would have fit perfectly in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
If you look at the video in slow motion, it didn’t look like an accident either.
https://x.com/donwinslow/status/1911287559462027319
X Is Clowning Cheryl Hines For Getting Snubbed
Users on X, formerly Twitter, have been clowning Hines following the snubbing.
“Trump just totally ignored @CherylHines at UFC….love this for her,” one account said on X.
Another user wrote, “Donald Trump snubbing Cheryl Hines is literally a real life Curb Your Enthusiasm moment.”
Indeed it was.
Oh well, this is what you get when you hitch your wagon to an anti-vaxxer and a felon president who is blatantly racist.
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Source: Dave Kotinsky / Getty / Adin Ross
Donald Trump supporters clearly are broken; Adin Ross is a good example of that.
Just days after complaining that Trump and his stupid tariffs cost him “eight figures,” streamer and all-around goofball Adin Ross is still a believer in Orange Mussolini.
During a recent Kick stream, Ross told the losers still watching him to believe in Trump, despite Felon 47 wrecking the global economy by showering the world with tariffs before eventually caving and calling for a 90-day pause on some of them while still keeping a 145% tariff on China.
“The tariff shit is a really good thing. All these other countries got tariffs on us. Be patient. Let [Trump] fix the country. The country’s sick. Let him take his medicine, and the country’s gonna get fixed.”
Adin Ross Doesn’t Seem To Understand What Is Going On
Of course, Ross sounds as idiotic as his MAGA lord and savoir because it’s not as simple as he makes it seem. Also, Trump hit our major trading partners with tariffs using a bullsh*t tariff equation that economists discovered contained an error.
“You guys see the stock market? Boom, green just like that,” he continued. “You understand why he’s a good president? Cause no presidents ever dropped nuts like that. Like, bro, that’s why we’re respected, bro. Motherfuckers can’t bitch us around and punk us. I’m being real. Stop. We all voted for him. Believe in our president, bro.”
“You don’t gotta like me, you don’t even gotta like Trump, but he’s your president. So respect him, bro. He’s in office, alright?” he added.
Ummm, no, we don’t have to respect him, Adin.
Ross refers to the quick rebound the stock market experienced with the pause announcement. Still, things quickly went left, with it dipping back into the red. The dollar’s value recently fell as the markets reacted to China upping its tariffs to 125 percent on US exports, and bond yields rose.
According to Axios, the only reason Trump called for a 90-day pause on his tariffs was pressure from CEOs, Republican allies, and the shaky financial and bonds markets.
Trump’s call for a pause also raised alarm bells, with some Democrats accusing the current president of manipulating the market.
Welp.
Ross is currently getting clowned on social media for being the MAGA simp that he is.
You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
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Almost a year after the Central Park Five sued Donald Trump for defamation for his slander of the five men, a judge has ruled that Donald Trump must face them in a court of law after unsuccessfully trying to get the lawsuit dismissed.
According to Raw Story, U.S. District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone declined Trump’s legal team motion to have the case dismissed and stated that the case will proceed as Donald Trump lied during his debate with Kamala Harris and claimed that the men killed someone and pleaded guilty even though they were exonerated of the crime decades later. Trying to clean up the mess he made for himself during the debate, Trump’s lawyers claimed that his lies were protected under the First Amendment’s free speech grounds, but Judge Beetlestone was having none of it and informed them to get ready for what comes next.
Per Raw Story:
In a 20-page ruling on Thursday, Beetlestone said the court did not agree that Trump’s words were statements of opinion.
“Defendant’s assertions—that Plaintiffs pleaded guilty and that Plaintiffs killed someone—can be ‘objectively determined’ to be false, so Defendant’s statement must be construed as one of fact, not opinion,” the judge wrote.
“For the reasons set forth above, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss shall be denied as to Plaintiffs’ defamation claim,” the ruling added.
The judge, however, dismissed additional claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress without prejudice, “thus allowing Plaintiffs leave to amend their Complaint with respect to that theory and that claim.”
While we hope that the 34-count felon is held accountable for one of his most infamous lies, the fact that he’s now the president with the power of an obviously loyal and bias Department Of Justice behind him, we’re not sure things will pan out as they should in a normal democracy.
What do y’all think about Trump’s latest legal setback? Will justice be served, or will it be rigged in his favor in some way, shape or form? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Congressional Democrats are calling out the Trump administration for what they claim is insider trading after his abrupt walkback of global tariffs. On Wednesday morning (April 9), President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social media network shortly after the stock market opened in the United States: “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.” Hours later, he announced that he was pausing his wide-sweeping tariffs on other countries except China – he held firm on keeping tariffs on imports from that country at 125%. The markets rose after the news, after having fallen dramatically since his “Liberation Day” declaration of the global tariffs on April 2, with the S&P 500 up 9.5% at closing.
What raised red flags with Democrats was Trump’s signoff on Truth Social with his initials. It’s not a normal practice of his to do so, and the initials also stand for the Trump Media & Technology Group on the stock market ticker. The group’s stock value rose 22%. California Representative Adam Schiff highlighted the issue in a post on X, formerly Twitter, saying: “So the question is between that tweet and Donald Trump’s announcement that he was reducing the tariffs on most other nations apart from China, the question is who knew what the President was gonna do and did people around the president trade stock knowing the incredible gyration the market was about to go through?”
Other Democratic lawmakers echoed Schiff’s outrage. Representative Steven Horsford challenged U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a hearing when Greer claimed he had no idea of Trump’s motives. “This is amateur hour, and it needs to stop. What does this even mean for your negotiating strategy? How are you in charge of negotiation if the president is tweeting about this from wherever the hell he is?” he asked. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also voiced her concerns in a post on X, writing: “I’ve been hearing some interesting chatter on the floor. Disclosure deadline is May 15th. We’re about to learn a few things. It’s time to ban insider trading in Congress.”When questioned by reporters about when he decided to make the pause, Trump replied, “For a period of a time. I would say this morning. Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking about it.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump’s decision, sarcastically telling reporters that it was his “art of the deal” at play.
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Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty / Donald Trump
Despite claiming he was proceeding with blanket tariffs on numerous countries, including our trading partners, Donald Trump has caved and is now calling for a 90-day pause on some of them following days of stock market turmoil.
The spin is currently on. His most staunch supporters call Trump’s blinking on his tariff threat “part of his plan,” or as he would say, the “art of the deal.”
Others describe Trump’s decision not to go through with his tariff stunt as caving, even though China is still on the hook for 125% tariffs. Some notable figures on Capitol Hill accuse Trump of something even more nefarious: market manipulation.
After a tumultuous week that saw trillions of dollars wiped out, everyone is now taking a step back and trying to figure out if, in fact, this was all part of Felon 47’s plan or if there was something else going on.
Well, These Posts From Donald Trump on Truth Social Are Suspicious
Before he caved, Trump told the regular Americans who have plenty to lose, along with billionaires who saw their bottom lines being affected, to “be cool” as his stupid tariffs came into play, instantly tanking the global market and turning the US economy on its head.
Literally minutes after the opening bell rang at the New York Stock Exchange, Trump hopped on his bullsh*t platform, Truth Social, telling his followers, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!”
Four hours later, Trump did an about-face, pausing and lowering tariffs for 90 days on most of the countries he threatened while increasing tariffs on China to an astounding 125%, and the markets recovered.
Social media rarely misses when spotting the jig and is calling what Trump did a reverse “pump and dump” scheme, accusing Orange Mussolini driving stock prices down, only to scoop them up before the prices rise.
https://x.com/RepMikeLevin/status/1910062758311219299
Adam Schiff Is Not Buying What Donald Trump Is Selling
California Senator Adam Schiff is also suspicious and calling for an insider trading investigation. Schiff said that Trump “is creating giant market fluctuations with his on-again, off-again tariffs.”
He continued, “These constant gyrations in policy provide dangerous opportunities for insider trading. Who in the administration knew about Trump’s latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense? I’m writing to the White House — the public has a right to know.”
Speaking with reporters, Schiff said he wants the White House to answer the question of “Who is cashing in?”
He added, “There is all too much opportunity for people in the White House and administration to be into insider trading,” he said. “They won’t be able to hide it for good.”
https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1910067654737670246
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. We don’t have confidence that President Trump will be held responsible because Republicans lack a spine, but we do expect Democrats to make noise on this issue for a while.
Will the American people forgive and forget? Or will they hold Trump and his supporters responsible at the voting booth in the upcoming midterms?
Until that day arrives, you can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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Source: Getty Images / Adin Ross / Kamala Harris / Donald Trump
Adin Ross proudly did the ridiculous Trump dance while hanging with Felon 47 and sporting a MAGA hat. Now he’s crying because he’s losing money as the markets continue to nosedive due to Donald Trump’s abuse of tariffs.
Ross, a popular 23-year-old gamer and streamer, showed his love for Orange Mussolini before the election by giving him a gold Rolex watch, a MAGA-themed Tesla Cybertruck.
Now, Ross might want all the sh*t back because Trump’s tariffs are hitting Ross where it hurts, his bank account. Speaking with fellow lame DJ Akademiks, the dark room streamer Ross brought up the stock market, saying, “People are getting killed. Me too. We all are.”
Ross responded by telling Akademiks he lost “eight figures” in the stock market, with Akademiks replying, “Damn! You over here like, damn, Kamala, come back to me!”
https://x.com/FearedBuck/status/1909063947111588311
Wackademiks is referring to former Vice President Kamala Harris, who Trump narrowly defeated in the 2024 presidential election. Ross wasn’t shy about his support for Donald Trump. She also warned Ross and many other Americans about the exact nonsense Trump is doing now with his tariffs.
Ross interviewed the then-Republican candidate for President, putting the orange menace on his incredibly large platform to push his nonsense.
Now, to see him and many others who bought in the MAGA jig crying about losing money is absolutely hilarious, and quite honestly, good for them.
No One Feels Sorry For Adin Ross
Social media has been clowning Ross for effectively f***ing around and finding out, and having the audacity to complain about what’s going on.
“Adin Ross the retard of the century endorsed Trump by bringing him on his stream AND VOTED FOR HIM and is surprised by trumps actions,” one post on X, formerly Twitter read.
Another user said on X, “I wish I could bathe in Dave Portnoy’s misery right now. I would luxuriate for hours. Adin Ross too. Their financial pain is like a cool breeze in August. They did this to America. They deserve to suffer. Sadly, the rest of us deserve better.”
Welp.
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Because of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, your favorite consumer electronics will likely cost you a pretty penny.
In case you have been under a rock, Donald Trump has put on a masterclass in tanking the global economy and sending the US stock market into a free fall, shaving off trillions of dollars after announcing “reciprocal” tariffs on every country, mainly our allies causing a trade war.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that consumer electronics like smartwatches, smartphones, and laptops will cost more because of Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs if things don’t change. Still, if there is any silver lining in this situation, the price hikes will take some time to be implemented.
For those who don’t know, many gadgets and gizmos are not solely assembled in the US. Companies rely on other components from around the globe, and the final product is fully assembled overseas before arriving stateside.
Case in point: Nintendo recently delayed US preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 because of the 46% tariff Trump levied on Vietnam, where the console is made, and the 24% tariff on Japan, where the physical game cartridges are made.
The same tariff on Vietnam will also affect Apple, which has shifted some of its manufacturing. Therefore, if the tariffs stay in place, you can expect the price of your favorite Apple devices to increase.
We wonder if Tim Cook feels stupid after donating to Trump’s inauguration.
Per The Verge:
Barring any new exemptions or changes, you can expect every single device category to be negatively impacted, says Ryan Reith, group vice president of worldwide device trackers at IDC. But devices will be impacted differently. Smartphones, says Reith, have more wiggle room than TVs or PCs as they have a “well-established monthly hardware payment dependence.”
Other devices, like over-the-counter hearing aids, have even thinner margins and are therefore, much more vulnerable.
China has already hit back, slapping the United States with a 34% retaliatory tariff on all imported goods imported from the US. We expect other countries to do the same.
Donald Trump continues to be a hot a** mess and has no idea what he is doing. Unfortunately, regular Americans will have to pay for his nonsense, figuratively and literally.
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Source: Getty Images / Nintendo / Nintendo Switch 2
Donald Trump and his stupid tariffs are already having an unfortunate impact on regular American lives. If you were one of the excited gamers hoping to preorder the Nintendo Switch 2, we have some bad news.
Orange Mussolini continues to show his financial incompetence, especially regarding tariffs and how they work. After Trump’s masterclass in tanking the global economy following his bonehead announcement of “reciprocal tariffs aimed at countries, mainly our allies, he feels have treated us “unfairly.”
Anyway, it’s no secret the tech space, mainly the gaming community, was apprehensive about the effect of Trump’s looming tariffs, and low and behold, we are seeing just how impactful they will be.
Nintendo is gearing up to launch the Switch 2, with preorders in the US set to go live on April 9. However, the Japanese-based company has taken the unprecedented step of delaying preorders because of the tariffs imposed on Japan and Vietnam.
Nintendo spoke on its decision sent to Gamespot:
“Preorders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the US will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”
Bruh.
Gamers Are Not Happy
As you can imagine, gamers who were excited to preorder the Nintendo Switch 2 are unhappy with their decision. The Nintendo Switch 2 is already expensive, but the 46% tariff on Vietnam, where the company has shifted the manufacturing of the console, could raise the price even more.
The 24% tariff on Japan is also significant because that’s where the physical cartridges are made.
“Once again if you are a gamer who voted for Trump you are stupid as shit. Get ready video game fans. You think these shits are expensive NOW?!? BWAHAHAHAHA we’re f****d,” one user on X, formerly Twitter wrote.
Another post on X read, “Not only is the Switch 2 preorder delayed, it is also possible Nintendo will increase the price for the US market. This is a HUGE mess.”
Bruh.
It hasn’t been a year with this man, and he is already ruining our lives.
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Source: Getty Images / Susan Crawford / Elon Musk
Republicans had a bad night on Tuesday, but Elon Musk had an even worse night after failing to convince Wisconsin voters not to elect Judge Susan Crawford.
Elon Musk poured millions, $20 million to be exact, into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, even going as far as to bribe voters by handing out $1 million checks to people. One of them leads the state’s College Republicans, and many say the handout was no coincidence.
Regardless of trying to throw money at the issue, Wisconsin voters rejected Musk and the Donald Trump-backed candidate, Brad Schimel. They voted for Judge Susan Crawford, dealing a significant blow to Trump and his buddy Musk, telling Phony Stark their votes can’t be bought.
Musk held a rally in Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday night’s pivotal election. He even wore a cheesehead, his of way of pandering to the Wisconsin natives, but it was all for naught.
After the results, Musk hopped on the platform he basically sold to himself to b*tch and moan about the results writing in a post, “The long con of the left is corruption of the judiciary.”
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1907302751698084068
Social Media Lets Elon Musk Know He Lost
Musk’s post on X led to him being dragged onto the platform he reluctantly bought for $44 billion and subsequently ran into the ground, turning it into a hot mess.
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Apartheid South African Nazi who spent tens of millions of dollars on the Wisconsin Supreme Court MAGA candidate loses. Suck on that, you fucking cheesehead,” one post on X read.
Another post read, “Dear Elon, Clearly, the people of Wisconsin think you are full of shit. But thanks for depositing $20 million in our economy and losing. Did I mention you lost? And people really really don’t like you? I mean really.”
We love it when Musk gets clowned, especially on his platform.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.
The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Amazon offer was made in a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
The New York Times first reported on the bid.
President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that had been upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court, which said the ban was necessary for national security.
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Under the law, TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance is required to sell the platform to an approved buyer or take it offline in the United States. Trump has suggested he could further extend the pause on the ban, but he has also said he expects a deal to be forged by Saturday.
Amazon declined to comment. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The existence of an Amazon bid surfaced as Trump was scheduled on Wednesday to meet with senior officials to discuss the coming deadline for a TikTok sale.
Although it’s unclear if ByteDance plans to sell TikTok, several possible bidders have come forward in the past few months. Among the possible investors are the software company Oracle and the investment firm Blackstone. Oracle announced in 2020 that it had a 12.5% stake in TikTok Global after securing its business as the app’s cloud technology provider.
In January, the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI presented ByteDance with a merger proposal that would combine Perplexity’s business with TikTok’s U.S. operation. Last month, the company outlined its approach to rebuilding TikTok in a blog post, arguing that it is “singularly positioned to rebuild the TikTok algorithm without creating a monopoly.”
“Any acquisition by a consortium of investors could in effect keep ByteDance in control of the algorithm, while any acquisition by a competitor would likely create a monopoly in the short form video and information space,” Perplexity said in its post.
The company said it would remake the TikTok algorithm and ensure that infrastructure would be developed and maintained in “American data centers with American oversight, ensuring alignment with domestic privacy standards and regulations.”
Other potential bidders include a consortium organized by billionaire businessman Frank McCourt, which recently recruited Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian as a strategic adviser. Investors in the consortium say they’ve offered ByteDance $20 billion in cash for TikTok’s U.S. platform. Jesse Tinsley, the founder of the payroll firm Employer.com, says he too has organized a consortium and is offering ByteDance more than $30 billion for the platform. Wyoming small business owner Reid Rasner has also announced that he offered ByteDance roughly $47.5 billion.
Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that ByteDance could share user data — such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers — with China’s authoritarian government. TikTok said it has never done that and would not do so if asked. The U.S. government has not provided evidence of that happening.
Trump has millions of followers on TikTok and has credited the trendsetting platform with helping him gain traction among young voters.
During his first term, he took a more skeptical view of TikTok and issued executive orders banning dealings with ByteDance as well as the owners of the Chinese messaging app WeChat.
This story was originally published by The Associated Press.