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Month: January 2020

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This Might Be the Worst Delivery Attempt of All Time

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Quickly following up from our “greatest delivery attempt of all time,” comes this gem courtesy of the USPS (United States Postal Service). In response to people online that have criticized the uploader for not helping out the postal worker with what appears to be a heavy-ish package and opting to film him instead, he provided the following context: ‘I’ve already used all proper channels, talked to him in real life, and my neighbors have spoken to him directly and also filed formal complains where we were all told they would…

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Donald Trump Becomes The Third President In American History To Be Impeached! – Perez Hilton

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MERRY IMPEACHMAS, and a happy new year! The House of Representatives sat down to make two historic votes on Wednesday on the articles of impeachment, and came to the conclusion that President Donald Trump is FIRED! Well, not really yet — but we’ll get to that. According to reports, the votes to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress both passed but were almost entirely along party lines — meaning most Democrats voted to impeach, while all Republicans voted against it (surprise, surprise). This vote marks the…

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White House continues stonewalling on slew of issues

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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s the most transparent president in American history, but just in the span of a week, his administration has stonewalled a number of inquiries for information to be made public. But the lack of transparency has been systemic. During the impeachment hearings and in further congressional investigations, members of the administration have refused to testify before Congress, even under subpoena. Agencies including the Office of Management and Budget, the Defense Department, the State Department and the White House turned over none of the documents…

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Team Trump Goes Back To Sanctions Playbook

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The Trump administration announced fresh sanctions on Iran Friday following Tehrans missile strikes on an Iraqi military base housing American troops. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a press conference Friday that the U.S. had sanctioned eight Iranian officials as well as companies in the countrys steel, metals, and mining sectors. Several of those companies have been blacklisted, meaning American individuals and entities are barred from doing any business with them. The Iranian officials sanctioned include the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian…

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How Amy Klobuchar can seize her moment

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(CNN)When the five qualifying contenders for the Democratic nomination for president take the stage in Des Moines for the final debate ahead of the Iowa primary, only one of them can claim that most coveted mantle: the Democratic candidate who has proven they can win over Republicans. Amy Klobuchar doesn’t just win elections in Minnesota — she crushes them. Even as political control in Minnesota has swung back and forth between Republicans and Democrats and came perilously close to voting for Donald Trump in 2016, Klobuchar won by over 20…

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Golden Globes: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler follow Ricky Gervais as hosts

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Poehler poses as NBC publicist to make announcement after British comedian caused controversy with monologue Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/11/golden-globes-tina-fey-amy-poehler-ricky-gervais-hosts

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She Canceled a Football Game. Thats When the Torment Began.

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At Occidental College, a tiny liberal arts school in eastern Los Angeles, the pool is more likely to be used for tanning than laps, and political canvassing is considered a form of exercise. The college has earned accolades for its commitment to social justice, but hasnt won a football championship in more than a decade. So it was curious that in 2017, the football seasonor rather, the lack of a football seasonwas the biggest story on campus. Early that fall, administrators decided to cancel the teams five remaining games due…

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Liam Payne Says He’s The ‘Antichrist’ Version Of Harry Styles – Is He Right?!? – Perez Hilton

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Damnation! We knew the members of One Direction had gone in five distinct directions after splitting up, but we didn’t think of them as this different. But after the release of his debut full-length solo album, the long-awaited and nearly eponymous LP1, Liam Payne is now revealing where he feels he stands with his former bandmates. And for one of them that place is on the opposite end of a battleground in Megiddo during the end times. Confused? Yeah, us too… The Live Forever singer opened up about his relationships with Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan in…

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Government Worker Faces Prison Time For Stashing Classified Docs in His Basement

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A government contractor providing cyber security support to part of the U.S. military faces prison time for taking home hundreds of top secret documents on his own personal thumb drive every day. When confronted over the alarming breach of classified intel, the contractor, William Kinsel, told investigators he was not up to anything nefarioushe just wanted the comfort of being able to work from home. Now, after pleading guilty last week to a single criminal count of obtaining classified documents and taking them home with him on an unauthorized thumb…

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