Opinion Category: News

The election of President Trump has exposed the frailty of the Democratic Party, which is the minority in both the House and the Senate and controls just 16 governorships nationwide. But poll after poll in recent months has pointed to the potential for a “blue wave” this November, with Dems easily taking back the House […]

Public urination can land you in jail in most of the developed world, or at least earn you a heavy fine. Parisians, however, have forced officials to be more lenient. But letting nature take its course wherever has become so common that the City of Lights is installing exposed, open-air urinals. The urinals stand out […]

After a long career raising awareness about “frogs turning gay” and “sodium fluoridated water” though his Infowars brand, alt-right provocateur Alex Jones is on the ropes. On Aug. 6, Facebook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify all removed content by Jones, citing policy violations. Vimeo, Pinterest, and even LinkedIn quickly followed suit. Jones has previously accused Muslim […]

Viewers are now five episodes into Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest effort, Who Is America? The Showtime original, which features Cohen assuming the roles of an ever-increasing number of oddball characters, has managed to book huge guests, including former Vice-President Dick Cheney, former Trump campaign chairman Corey Lewandowski, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), disgraced Alabama politician Roy […]

President Donald Trump may be the biggest reality television star in Washington, but until earlier this year, he was not the only one. Omarosa, who appeared as a contestant in The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice, served as Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison at the White House. She left in January, […]

It’s been a while since acclaimed director Spike Lee has put out a genuine hit, but with BlacKkKlansman, he’s firmly back in the spotlight. As Variety notes, the film, which debuted on Friday, “delivered Spike Lee’s best opening in over a decade.” BlackKkKlansman finished fifth at the box office over the weekend, bringing in close […]

It’s been a year since the murder of Heather Heyer, a counter-protestor who was allegedly killed by a neo-Nazi during a rally of racists in Charlottesville, Va. In the ensuing weeks and months, many thought that President Trump repeatedly bungled his response to that violence, famously saying there were “very fine people on both sides” […]

Conventional wisdom about cryptocurrencies has long held that Bitcoin, the original digital currency, is king of the market. But since last year’s meteoric rise and fall of Bitcoin prices left many would-be investors high and dry, a rival cryptocurrency is angling to take Bitcoin’s crown. That would be Ethereum, which developers have said is superior […]

In the political wars, few battlegrounds are as reliably raw and brutal as Twitter. The Left and Right duke it out daily via sound byte and meme, commenting under posts by such combatants as Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, and President Trump. However, one section of Twitter has set aside national politics and dank memes […]

Neither the Houston Texans nor the San Francisco 49ers was very good last NFL season. The Texans finished 4-12; the 49ers were 6-10. But both teams got a tantalizing jolt from their young quarterbacks — Deshaun Watson in Houston, and Jimmy Garoppolo in the Bay Area. Watson, a first-round pick from Clemson, guided his squad […]

Back in May, President Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal for reasons difficult to pinpoint other than that the pact was seen by many as a breakthrough by the Obama Administration. Since then, Trump & Co. have upped the wartime rhetoric aimed at Tehran, and the President recently tweeted an all-caps warning to […]

While Israel may have the Star of David on its flag, any designation of “Jewish country” was entirely unofficial until just last month. But on July 19 the Israeli Knesset passed a law declaring the country as the official nation-state of the Jewish People. Despite being largely symbolic, the law drew opposition worldwide, with even […]

Donald Trump’s Russian connections have not gone unnoticed by America, but it’s not just the President in the hot seat. These days even his closest family members are under scrutiny. Donald Trump Jr. could be in legal trouble soon if prosecutors can prove that he agreed to an criminal activity at a clandestine meeting with […]

Last Friday, President Trump couldn’t help but call out an interview with CNN host Don Lemon and NBA superstar LeBron James in which James said he would never sit face-to-face with the current Commander-in-Chief. Trump—who apparently doesn’t have anything better to do— tweeted: “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don […]

The saga of President Donald Trump’s trade war continued this week with allies in the steel industry clapping back against calls from American companies for exemptions to stiff metal tariffs. The Commerce Dept. has the authority to grant such exemptions, but companies are allowed to file formal objections, as Charlotte-based Nucor and Pittsburgh-based United States […]

“Fortnite: Battle Royale” is taking over the gaming world. It’s been released on every major gaming console (with cross-platform support except on the PlayStation 4), in addition to its accessibility on PCs, Macs, iPhones, and—very soon—Android phones. Already, more than 125 million people around the globe have taken part in the “Fortnite” phenomenon, and the […]

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has never made much of an effort to hide her disdain for the media, but she—along with her boss, President Trump—have been particularly antagonistic of late. On Thursday, CNN reporter Jim Acosta asked Sanders to affirm that she doesn’t believe the press is the “enemy of the people,” […]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) nearly captured the Republican nomination in 2016′s presidential election, but his defeat by Donald Trump could have been a portent of things to come later this year. Cruz is facing a tough challenge from Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who represents El Paso in Congress. Cruz openly concedes that O’Rourke could well […]

CNN has long been on the receiving end of President Trump’s most unhinged “fake news” rants, and CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta has become Public Enemy No. 1 to the loyal followers of POTUS. He’s not the only one taking hits—reporter Kaitlan Collins was banned from an event last week—but Acosta has gotten […]

With trade wars looming, scandals aplenty, and White House advisors and Cabinet members bolting right and left, it can be difficult for President Trump’s supporters to believe that the Commander-in-Chief has it all under control. However, those who ascribe to the QAnon conspiracy theory think just that. QAnon, named after a series of posts on […]

Orange is the New Black has been, without question, a wildly successful Netflix show, scoring 19 Emmy nominations (and four Emmy awards), plus six Golden Globe nominations. But it’s also been steadily falling off of late, and the recently released Season Six — while generally receiving decent marks from critics — is getting panned on […]

Freedom of religion is enshrined in the American Constitution, which may be why many online were pleased when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the formation of what he called a “religious liberty task force,” that will enforce a 2017 Justice Dept. memo ordering government agencies to take the broadest possible interpretation of “religious liberty” when […]

The U.S. clearly doesn’t have enough of a gun-violence problem, so why not introduce untraceable 3D-printed weapons? That’s what was set to happen on Wednesday after a long-simmering lawsuit involving Texas-based Defense Distributed was more or less put to rest.  Defense Distributed has created downloadable blueprints for people with sophisticated 3D printers, who can then […]

Invasive searches and arcane rules have fueled much criticism of the Transportation Security Administration in the past, but these days the headlines are dominated by a new program some say is downright Orwellian. Under the creepy moniker “Quiet Skies,” the TSA identifies airline passengers who could be a danger–even if they have not been accused […]

During the 2016 campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised to build a wall across the Mexican border. Now, with the Midterms coming up, he has threatened to do whatever it takes to make that happen. On Sunday, Trump took to Twitter to threaten Congress with a government shutdown if Democrats do not deliver funding for […]

It’s been a, well, noteworthy few weeks for former The Five co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle. She went public about her relationship with Donald Trump Jr. (who is back on the market after a recent divorce), and she announced that she was leaving Fox News, at which point an avalanche of stories about her kind of gnarly […]

Before a possible blue wave in November, the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans seem hell-bent on ripping up as much of the Endangered Species Act as possible. The act, along with related legislation, helps protect more than 2,000 animals and plants that are at risk of being wiped out. While that wouldn’t appear to be […]

Socialism has been a four-letter word in America for decades, but democratic socialism is fast becoming a hot topic in U.S. politics. Democratic socialists, who are both anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist, were endorsed by former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during the 2016 election. More recently, political activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cinched the Democratic Party nomination for the […]

With tragic school shootings rallying activists and now high schoolers across the country around the idea of strict gun control, you might be surprised to learn that some courts are actually loosening restrictions. At least, that is what the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals opted for on Tuesday when a three-judge panel ruled that the […]

Demi Lovato is in stable condition after an apparent overdose earlier this week. Lovato was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday morning for what was originally reported as a heroin overdose, though the exact substance was disputed by a source close to the musician in an interview with CNN. The 25-year-old Disney-star-turned-pop-singer had previously […]

A recently released Gallup tracking poll tracking from Apr. 20 through July 19 gives President Trump a 41.9 percent approval rating, a personal best. That’s still low, but it’s the first time he’s escaped the 30-percent range since his first quarter in office. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of that support comes from the right, as 88 […]

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was once Social’s favorite for the open seat left behind by Justice Anthony Kennedy, but the tide has turned against the Bush-era White House staffer. Kavanaugh now ranks at just 38 percent positive opinions online despite pulling in 58 percent positives last month. The reasons behind that downturn are complicated, […]

Following the long-overdue resignations of Tom Price and Scott Pruitt, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s moment has finally arrived. Zinke can credibly make his case that he’s the biggest remaining grifter in President Trump’s Cabinet. He has been the subject of a whopping 11 federal investigations, which, in 17 months on the job, “has matched the […]

Last September, Social was supportive of Sean Spicer after the White House press secretary was shown the door by President Donald Trump. That was then. These days, “Spicey”—as his SNL character was called–is far from celebrated. His new book, The Briefing, has tanked his online reputation and once again made him a target of ridicule. […]

Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump attempted to appeal to voters during the lead-up to the 2016 election with messages of populism, though Trump’s particular strain included what many saw as additional unsavory ingredients that included racist dog whistles. Still, Democrats in the House took note of the enthusiasm both candidates produced and have decided […]