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Ivy League Students Tear Down Shakespeare Portrait In Name Of Diversity Blake Neff on December 12, 2016 Students at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) have removed a portrait of William Shakespeare and replaced it with a picture of a black, lesbian poet for the sake of having greater diversity. The large Shakespeare portrait had resided near…
Romney Officially Out Of Secretary Of State Consideration Blake Neff on December 12, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump has called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and informed him he will not be chosen as secretary of state, it was announced Monday night. It emerged over the weekend that Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson was the heavy favorite to…
Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Says the Russian Conspiracy is not Supported by Evidence By Brittni Kates Follow her on Twitter, Like her on Facebook You may find it amusing to know that Alex Jones is now complaining that the Russian conspiracy theory has no evidence. How many conspiracy theories has Jones put out that have no evidence?…
By Robert Donachie President-elect Donald Trump promises to “repeal and replace,” Obamacare in his first term, a proposition that could mean a giant tax cut for middle class Americans. The principal aim of Obamacare was to make healthcare “more secure, reliable, and more affordable for families, small business owners, and employees.” Despite the altruistic intentions,…
By Jonah Bennett Former CIA Director Michael Morell said in an interview Sunday Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election constitutes “the political equivalent of 9/11.” Morell, who served twice as acting CIA director, told The Cipher Brief in an interview that the agency had concluded in October that Russia had been interfering in the election….
By Russ Read President-elect Donald Trump is considering former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina for Director of National Intelligence, according to a New York Times report. Fiorina met with Trump at Trump tower Monday, ostensibly to discuss the position. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO sat on an advisory board for the Central Intelligence Agency after leaving…
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By Andrew Follett The National Science Foundation (NSF) has uploaded a bizarre Pokemon Go parody rap video to its official Youtube channel. In the video, a man named “Koo” visits seven different cities across Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Washington, D.C. searching for Pokémon. The rap video has numerous digitally-created images similar to…
By Robert Donachie President-elect Donald Trump came out swinging at the Pentagon Monday morning, and prominent defense contract companies are taking hits in the market as a result. “The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th,” Trump tweeted out to…
By Russ Read Sen. John McCain is convinced that Russia was involved in the hacking of various Democratic party email accounts and servers. There is “no doubt about the hacking,” McCain said Monday while appearing on “CBS This Morning.” He referred to the intrusions as “another form of warfare.” McCain noted that the Senate Committee…
By Kevin Daley Vice President Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper he believe Senate Democrats should approach Sen. Jeff Session’s attorney general nomination with an open mind, and attempt to accommodate the incoming president’s wishes. Though Biden declined to express support for the appointment, he said, as a general rule, that senators should be deferential…