An image shared on Facebook claims mafia assassins descended on Rome to avenge Pope Francis’ murder.Verdict: False There is no evidence to suggest that Pope Francis was murdered. He has been spotted alive several times since his alleged death. Fact Check: Social media users have been sharing a screenshot of an article bearing the headline,…Continue Reading
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was asked in a press conference earlier this month whether members of Congress should be allowed to trade individual stocks, despite often having access to insider information. Pelosi was all in favor of it, saying “We’re a free-market economy” and that members of Congress “should be able to participate in…Continue Reading
With the nuttiness of politics and pop culture over the past 15 years, I think the American people have gotten used to the lies and willful gaslighting by “our betters.” You remember, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,” and “We have to pass the bill so you know what’s in it.”…Continue Reading
Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks is good for very little, but one thing we can always rely on him for is flipping out and saying over-the-top things that we can laugh at and, in a way, learn from. For instance, take this tantrum that he threw over “unvaccinated clowns” spreading around Omicron and tweeting…Continue Reading
Perhaps no vice president in decades has taken the kind of internal beating that Kamala Harris has taken over the last year. Yes, many people hated Dick Cheney, but he always enjoyed the full support of George W. Bush. Regarding Harris and Joe Biden, you’d probably have to go back to George H.W. Bush and…Continue Reading
After Chadwick Boseman, the original actor who played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), passed away in 2020 after a four-year battle with cancer, it raised speculation as to how the character would be handled going forward. Marvel Studio president Kevin Feige indicated they would “honor the legacy” of the actor by not…Continue Reading
Zafo Ypi was having the hardest day of his life, but the 30 laid-off Romani workers camped out on his lawn were having an even rougher one. They begged their boss to save their jobs, appealing to his conscience and his politics: “I told them you’re a man of the people.… You won’t let these…Continue Reading
The most awkward job interview I ever had was with Harry Reid. He wasn’t someone who talked to fill up space, which was rare in Washington. He let there be silence—sometimes long silences—and then waited to see what you did with it. And I didn’t think I did very well. But somehow I got the…Continue Reading
Last week, Bette Midler tweeted that the people of West Virginia are “poor, illiterate and strung out.” Donald Trump should send her a thank-you note. Right-wing populists—who pretend to honor working-class voters while serving the interests of the richest Americans—hit electoral pay dirt every time an urban elitist denigrates rural, working people. Midler’s caricature of…Continue Reading