Journalist Passes ICE Background Check Despite Weed in Her System, Antifa Support

TMZ Staff, TMZ

Journalist Laura Jedeed should be considered a domestic terrorist, according to the Donald Trump administration's warped metric ... but she tells "TMZ Live," she was hired by ICE anyway! This is a wild story ... Laura was curious about how diligent…

Bari Weiss Is Sad That People Aren’t Enjoying Her Clumsy Destruction Of CBS News

Karl Bode, Techdirt

If you missed it, Trump-allied billionaire Larry Ellison and his nepobaby son David hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to “run” CBS News. And by “run” CBS news, I mean destroying what little journalism was left at the media giant and creating an alte…

RFK Jr. Didn’t Hold Back When Talking About Trump’s "Unhinged" Eating Habits

Matt Stopera, Buzzfeed

"He's just pumping himself full of poison all day long."View Entire Post ›

GoFundMe Campaign for Autoworker Who Got the Middle Finger From Trump Hits $340,000

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

The autoworker called the president a "pedophile protector," a reference to his suppression of the Epstein files.

Donald Trump Is Waging War Against Human Conscience. “The lust for mud...

Jason Kottke, kottke.org

Donald Trump Is Waging War Against Human Conscience. “The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been

Trump Flipped Off An Autoworker, And The Guy's Reaction Is Now Everywhere

Yahoo Entertainment

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Donald Trump Has the Most Unhinged Eating Habits

TMZ Staff, TMZ

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have put steak near the top of the food chain ... but even he knows President Donald Trump eats like a stoner on death row. The Health and Human Services Secretary opened up about his boss's outrageous diet during an…

WATCH: When US presidents become Picasso

ABC News

ABC News' Danny New looks back at the U.S. presidents who've taken to the canvas as painters.

MAGA Star Cornered in Court on Trump’s Golf Cheating

William Vaillancourt, Daily Beast

Sen. Lindsey Graham added more credibility to the claims that Donald Trump cheats at golf, according to secret testimony he gave in the Georgia election...

President Trump Filmed Flipping Off Ford Worker Who Called Him 'Pedophile'

TMZ Staff, TMZ

Donald Trump turned into Donald Grump during a Tuesday appearance at a Ford plant ... launching into an F bomb attack on a worker who appeared to call him a "pedophile." 47 toured the Ford F-150 plant at the Detroit Economic Club before giving a…

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Crypto Pump and Dump With NYC Token

Kyle Torpey, Gizmodo.com

Adams has wasted no time finding his true calling.

Israeli Photographers Object to Sending Out Pictures Edited by Netanyahu’s Wife

Matt Growcoot, PetaPixel

Israeli officials have admitted that the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu, heavily retouches her photos and has even credited herself as the photographer on official state photos. [Read More]

Some Other Things Donald Trump Will Probably Try to Buy

Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic

The president is considering buying Greenland. What else might be on the list?

Donald and Melania Trump Marriage Bombshells — Report

Joel Lefevre, Reality Tea

Donald and Melania's marriage is reportedly in limbo. The post Donald and Melania Trump Marriage Bombshells — Report appeared first on Reality Tea.

Kristi Noem Declares 'Every Single Situation Is Going to Rely on the Situation' in Mind-Numbing Interview

Danielle Han, Jezebel

ICE Barbie has been working overtime to work outside the law and rewrite reality.

The Weirdest Gadgets We Saw at CES 2026

James Pero, Gizmodo.com

As usual, the biggest consumer electronics show in the world did not disappoint in the wacky gadget department.

During Meeting With Oil Execs, Trump Flaunted a Ballroom That Doesn’t Yet Exist

Danielle Han, Jezebel

He also said the ballroom was both under budget and ahead of schedule—neither of which is true.

Fresh starts: how to thrive when you leave academia

Josie Glausiusz, Nature.com

Do your New Year resolutions include a plan to leave higher education? These researchers explain how to reinvent your career.

“Eviscerated by idiots”: Letterman rages at the state of CBS News

Alex Galbraith, Salon

The retired late-night host said that recent moves have "trampled on" the news division's integrity.

Spheres Of Influence

Ratt, Crooksandliars.com

Good morning, happy second week of January! I'd say that it can't be worse than the first week, but I feel like that's inviting some kind of disaster or more murders from our current "administration." Yesterday I attended a funeral for a friend and a protest …

“They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out On Why Border Patrol Accosted Him

Fatima Khan, The Intercept

Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American, was defiant as more than a dozen masked federal agents harangued him about his accent. The post “They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out On Why Border Patrol Accosted Him appeared first on The Intercep…

10 Sunday Reads

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Stop, Shop, and Scroll: Behind every influencer is an army of the influenced, many adrift in debt and mass-produced clutter. The platforms need influencers and influenc…

Bogus story claims Trumps volunteered at Pennsylvania orphanage on New Year's Day

Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes.com

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump spent New Year's Day at an orphanage in Pennsylvania in 2026.

★ ‘Fuck You, Make Me’ Without Saying the Words

John Gruber, Daringfireball.net

Make the Trump administration object. Make them defend the indefensible — in public. Make clear why the apps were removed from the app stores and force Musk — and Trump, if he chooses — to argue that those things are A-OK by them. In court.