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Like when Elon Musk stupidly changed Twitter’s name to X, Google is doing the same for Donald Trump and has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” for US users to see.
We’re still gonna call it the Gulf of Mexico; just saying.
Google has officially capitulated to Orange Mussolini’s dumb executive order calling for the name change of the Gulf of Mexico to be now called the Gulf of America.
According to a blog post, Google claims it made the move because Trump’s ridiculous administration has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which ultimately decides the “federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature.”
Google claims it has a longstanding policy of waiting for government resources to be updated before applying name changes, even though Trump signed the executive order renaming the body of water in January.
Hilariously, it’s not a complete name change. The Gulf of Mexico will only be visible to US Google Maps users. People in Mexico will still see the Gulf of Mexico, and people in other countries will see it specifically (Gulf of America).
Also, Trump ordered the Denali, the highest mountain peak in the United States, to be renamed Mount McKinley. Why, you ask? We are pretty sure it has everything to do with Barack Obama renaming the mountain in 2015 as a symbolic gesture to Alaska natives. So yeah, Trump is just doing this because he doesn’t like Obama.
After checking the map, we noticed that the location is still referred to as Denali.
Users On X Are Sounding Off On Stupid Name Change
Social media is clowning the name change because it’s just another one of Trump’s stupid stunts to take the focus off the real promises like lowering grocery and egg prices, things he already admitted weren’t top priorities for him.
“This petty, childish bullshit just serves to embarrass our nation on the world stage. It makes us look as stupid, weak, arrogant and petulant as the worst stereotypes about Americans globally,” one user wrote in response to The White House’s post showing the name change on the map.
Another user accurately asked, “And this is supposed to help Americans how?”
Welp.
You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
1. Same sis, same
3. At this point Idiocracy was a work of non-fiction
4. Eggxactly
5. Pretty much
7. This is what the MAGA cult wanted
9. Damn Google
11. Gulf of America Day?
Grupo Frontera is addressing the backlash following allegations of supporting Donald Trump.
On Friday (Feb. 7), the Mexican-American band shared a statement on their Instagram Story, clarifying that they do not align with any U.S. political party.
“We want to clarify that Grupo Frontera has NO affiliation not alliance with any political party that’s against immigrants and the Latino community,” Grupo Frontera wrote in Spanish. “Like many of you, our families and [group] members have fought and struggled for a better future, and we will always take our people’s side, defending our roots and values.”
The Texas-based Música Mexicana band added, “It’s important you know that the opinions of our friends and family don’t represent Grupo Frontera. We are immigrants, we are from the border, and Grupo Frontera will always be by and for the people.”
Grupo Frontera — which includes members Adelaido Solís III (“Payo”), Juan Javier Cantú, Julián Peña, Alberto Acosta, Carlos Guerrero and Brian Ortega — came under fire after a viral video showed the grandmother of a band member celebrating Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, according to The Latin Times.
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As fans began to react to the viral clip, Grupo Frontera remained largely silent on social media.
The controversy coincided with Trump’s promise to begin large-scale deportations when re-elected, a move that would heavily impact Latinos.
“i will no longer support grupo frontera because, how are you voting for Trump while being latino? mind you I live in their surrounding era and it’s heavily latino populated too like???” one fan wrote on X.
According to the LT, other various social media responses included: “Make music in English now,” “Never come back to Mexico,” “Latinos are the ones who listen to your music, and you’ve let us down,” “This kind of betrayal comes at a high price” and “We should cancel them all.”
Artists such as Residente, Selena Gomez, Lupillo Rivera, Becky G, Chiquis and Ángela Aguilar have spoken out against the deportations.
Grupo Frontera will be performing at Billboard THE STAGE during SXSW in Austin on March 14.
Chrissy Teigen is defending Selena Gomez after her tearful video about the Trump administration’s mass deportations led to a response video from the White House. “I love her,” the Cravings author told TMZ of Gomez on Monday night (Feb. 3). “Empathy should never be frowned upon or made fun of, and the fact that the […]
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It’s not enough for anti-Trump voters and activists to speak out against the bigoted, oppressive, exclusionary and white nationalist-friendly agenda that President Donald Trump is forcing on the federal government, and, by extension, the nation.
We need our Democratic leaders, the people who are in the closest position to resist Trump’s policies, to speak out and do so without mincing words and using soft language. And, for that, we have Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
On Friday night (Jan. 31), the Trump administration began a purge of federal law enforcement employees, including prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases, officials involved in prosecutions against himself and FBI agents involved in investigations against him. Basically, we put a child-like bully back in the White House and now he’s exacting his revenge like he’s pretending to be his favorite cartoon villain. (In real life, he’s half the country’s least favorite cartoon villain.)
https://x.com/repjasmine/status/1885504967538004025
Anyway, Crockett kept it a buck.
From Raw Story:
The D.C. Field Office, in particular, has seen a wave of firings. It comes as the acting head of Trump’s Justice Department is also moving to eliminate the jobs of prosecutors who handled the Jan. 6 cases and worked with special counsel Jack Smith.
“Trump’s DOJ Deputy AG is ordering the FBI Acting Secretary to create a blacklist of officers for termination because they LAWFULLY INVESTIGATED an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in severe injuries and deaths, including of law enforcement,” wrote Crockett, a former public defender, on X. “Instead of respecting the acts and contributions of the FBI for holding people to account for desecrating the hallowed halls of Congress, my Republican colleagues are now cheering for their removal.”
“LET’S BE CLEAR: Firing these experienced law enforcement officers is a victory for lawlessness, organized crime, and corruption,” she continued. “It is a get out of jail free card for the drug smugglers, human traffickers, child exploiters, and violent extremists that the FBI investigates.”
“But most importantly, tonight is a tragedy for the rule of law,” Crockett concluded.
That’s right, y’all. The so-called “party of law and order” who constantly deride their Democratic counterparts as being “soft on crime” are out here behaving disorderly as if they’re above the law and reminding us daily that they decide which crimes matter.
One would think Trump and his GOP goons were actually masters of manipulation, but, truthfully, white supremacy and idiocracy had already done all the work for them in the backward-ass country.
But MAGA, right?
After Selena Gomez shared (and then deleted) a video weeping over the Trump administration’s immigration raids, the White House shared its own response video late Friday (Jan. 31) featuring mothers whose children were reportedly killed by undocumented immigrants.
The White House clip, posted to X, intersperses clips of Gomez crying over mass deportations in her since-deleted video with the mothers, who are critical of the singer/actress and tell her: “You don’t know who you’re crying for.”
In the original clip, Gomez — a Texas-born Mexican-American — says through tears, “All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something, but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.”
In the White House response, Alexis Nungaray — whose 12-year-old daughter Jocelyn was killed in Houston in June 2024 — accuses Gomez of being insincere in her response. “Seeing that video, it’s hard to believe that it’s actually genuine and real because she’s an actress,” Nungaray says.
A September report funded by the National Institute of Justice using data from the Texas Department of Public Safety found that “undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.”
Gomez’s original video was in response to Trump’s promise to begin major deportations as soon as he took office. Last week, Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt took to X to announce that “deportation flights have begun. President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences.”
The two other mothers featured in the video are Tammy Nobles, whose 20-year-old daughter Kayla Hamilton was killed in 2022 in Aberdeen, Maryland, and Patty Morin, whose 37-year-old daughter Rachel was murdered in 2023 in Harford County, Maryland. Hamilton’s killer was an undocumented 16-year-old from El Salvador, while undocumented immigrants are facing charges for the murders of Morin and Nungaray.
Gomez’s video became a political lightning rod in the days after it was originally posted on Monday, with Republican Utah politician Sam Parker suggesting she should be deported as well because her grandparents originally entered the country illegally. “Thanks for the laugh and the threat,” Gomez responded on Instagram.
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Mark Zuckerberg is one of the many big tech CEOs who decided to kiss Donald Trump’s ring following his unfortunate presidential election win. Now, he’s defending his decision to suck up Trump.
Per the New York Times, the Meta chief defended his embrace of Orange Mussolini and his lame administration, loosening restrictions on online speech and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion directives during a wide-ranging question-and-answer meeting with Meta employees.
“I want to be clear, after the last several years, we now have an opportunity to have a productive partnership with the United States government,” Zuckerberg said to employees in a video obtained and shared by the New York Times. “We’re going to take that.”
Zuck said it’s “fundamental” that his company cooperates with governments worldwide while criticizing the previous administration.
“The government can sort of be actively opposing you, trying to get in the way and add a lot of friction, or can be actively trying to help you break down barriers to help you,” he explained. “It’s the right thing to do.”
Mark Zuckerberg Claims Meta Has A “Good Track Record” Regarding DEI
When talking about the Meta getting rid of its DEI teams, Zuckerberg claimed it was a sign of the current times we are now in, where DEI is under attack from the White House and Republican officials and being used as an excuse when things like the recent American Airlines flight crash happen.
“We’re in the middle of a pretty rapidly changing policy and regulatory landscape that views any policy that might advantage any one group of people over another as something that is unlawful,” he said. “Because of that, we and every other institution out there are going to need to adjust.”
In the same breath, Zuckerberg said he believes Meta has a “good track record” regarding diversity and having a diverse workforce.
Meta Employees We’re Not Feeling The Meeting
As expected, the meeting did not go well with some employees, specifically those upset at the format changes. In previous years, employees were allowed to vote on what questions would be asked of Zuckerberg, but that was not the case for this meeting.
A side chat room that allowed employees to provide live commentary during the meeting was also gone.
According to the tech CEO, the changes were intentional because of an increasing number of leaks.
“I think there are a bunch of things that are value-destroying that I’m not going to talk about,” he said, referring to the types of questions that have become public. “Maybe it’s the nature of running a company of this scale. But it’s a little bit of a bummer.”
According to the New York Times, following the meeting, the company sent employees an internal memo warning them they would be terminated if they spoke to the media.
Meta sounds like it is no longer a fun workplace and is an extension of the Trump White House.
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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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1. Bruh…
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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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Snoop Dogg recently revealed that he lost over half a million followers on social media after performing at the Trump-affiliated Crypto Ball, an event tied to the former president’s supporters. The backlash was swift, with many fans upset by what they saw as Snoop indirectly endorsing Trump and his controversial political affiliations.
This move seemed to contradict Snoop’s past criticisms of Black artists who aligned themselves with Trump, often calling them “Uncle Toms” and “jiggaboos.” Given his outspoken views on politics and social justice, his appearance at the Crypto Ball left many questioning his stance and loyalty to the community. In response to the wave of hate and backlash, Snoop took to social media to address the criticism. Rather than engaging in negativity, he responded with his signature calmness and positivity, saying, “For all that hate, I’m going to answer with love. Y’all can’t hate enough on me. I love too much. Get your life right, stop worrying about mine. I’m cool, I’m together. Still a Black man, still 100 percent Black.”
His message seemed aimed at reminding fans that despite the controversy, he remained true to himself and his roots. While Snoop’s performance at the event was divisive, his response showed he was unbothered by the hate, reinforcing his commitment to his own beliefs and his legacy in the hip-hop world. It remains to be seen how this moment will affect his career, but Snoop’s message of love and self-confidence has continued to resonate.