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Democrats Push To Abolish The Electoral College Despite Donald Trump’s Popular Vote Victory
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Democrats Push To Abolish The Electoral College Despite Donald Trump’s Popular Vote Victory

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Senate Democrats have proposed a bill to abolish the Electoral College in their latest bid to upend the Constitution.

The bill, introduced just over a month after Donald Trump won the presidential election, was proposed by three progressive Senators, namely Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont.

The trio said removing the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote would “restore democracy,” with Sen. Schatz claiming the current system is “outdated and undemocratic.” Durbin, meanwhile, said the bill echoed a pre-2000 to abolish the Electoral College, adding that it was “time to retire this 18th century invention.” The United States was also an “18th century invention,” mind you.

Sen. Welch also waded in. He said:

“Our democracy is at its strongest when everyone’s voice is heard – and right now our elections aren’t as representative as they should be because of the outdated and flawed Electoral College.”

The popular vote has largely favored Democrats in recent years. Prior to Trump’s victory in November, George W. Bush was the only Republican in the 21st century to win the popular vote (in 2004).

Trump joined the list of GOP popular vote winners last month, with the Republican beating his Democrat rival by 2.3 million votes. Even under a popular vote system, which would require a constitutional amendment to introduce, Trump obviously would still have won the election.

A post on X by the Senate Judiciary Committee about the bill was largely ridiculed by social media commenters.

Others questioned whether “restoring democracy” was the main driver of the bill.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Appears In Woke Broadway Musical
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Appears In Woke Broadway Musical

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took a short break from her SCOTUS duties to appear in a Broadway musical over the weekend.

Jackson appeared in the Swedish musical “& Juliet”, which is described as a “modern” take on the William Shakespeare classic. In the adaptation, Juliet decides against killing herself, discovering Romeo’s affairs with both men and women while introducing the audience to her non-binary friend, May.

The liberal Justice previously wrote in her memoir that she wanted to “to fulfill my fantasy of becoming the first Black, female Supreme Court justice to appear on a Broadway stage” – something she has now achieved after her appearance on Saturday, Dec. 14.

She added in an interview with CBS that it was a chance to “remind people that justices are human beings” following the performance, emphasizing her desire to appear on Broadway.

You can see part of her performance below:

Some Americans, however, were less convinced, and were more concerned by whether the Supreme Court Justices should be more focused on their day jobs given delays in decision-making over the past year.

As cringey as it is, we’d still prefer her as an actress over her current profession – and many agreed, encouraging Jackson to pursue a career on Broadway in a bid to keep her as far away from the SCOTUS as possible.

Village People Frontman Open To Performing Y.M.C.A. At Donald Trump’s Inauguration
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Village People Frontman Open To Performing Y.M.C.A. At Donald Trump’s Inauguration

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The singer and songwriter of Y.M.C.A., the Village People hit that became a signature part of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has said he would “seriously consider” performing the song at the President-elect’s request.

Victor Willis recently issued a statement via Facebook on Trump’s usage of the song, becoming somewhat of a fan of the Republican after initially asking him to cease using it as campaign rallies. The 1978 track skyrocketed to #1 following the presidential election, with Willis noting its commercial success in recent weeks.

In an interview with Fox and Friends, Willis – who voiced support for Vice President Kamala Harris during the campaign – did not endorse Trump, and initially replied, “Probably not,” when asked if he would perform at Trump’s inauguration because it could be viewed as an endorsement.

But he did give one condition in which he would be willing to perform there; if Trump personally requested it.

WILLIS: If you were to ask me today if the Village People would perform at the inauguration, I would probably say not because we’d be concerned about endorsement.

However, because the president-elect has done so much for YMCA and brought so much joy to so many people, the song has actually gone back to No. 1, and it’s still No. 1 today, so if he were to ask the Village People to perform the song live for him, we’d have to seriously consider it.

Many on social media believed the performance would be one for the ages.

Others were optimistic about the prospect of a performance on Jan. 20.

Ana Navarro Defends Claim Woodrow Wilson Pardoned Fictional Relative Through ChatGPT
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Ana Navarro Defends Claim Woodrow Wilson Pardoned Fictional Relative Through ChatGPT

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Ana Navarro made a bizarre claim to support her widely mocked claim that that a fictional relative of Woodrow Wilson was pardoned in the wake of the Hunter Biden scandal.

On Monday, Dec. 2, Navarro posted on X outlining her support for the President’s decision. “Woodrow Wilson pardoned his brother-in-law, Hunter deButts. Bill Clinton pardoned his brother, Roger. Donald Trump pardoned his daughter’s father-in-law, Charlie Kushner. And just appointed him Ambassador to France. But tell me again how Joe Biden ‘is setting precedent’?” she wrote on the site, accompanied by two laughing emojis.

The name Hunter deButts sounds made up – though there actually are people named that – but her claim was 100% made up. Woodrow Wilson did not have a brother named Hunter deButts.

Additionally, Clinton’s pardon of his brother Roger was in January 2001 – for a 1985 cocaine possession and drug-trafficking conviction that he had already served time in federal prison for.

Notably, liberal pundit and Occupy Democrats editor Grant Stern made similarly dubious claims without bothering to do even a quick Google search.

Responses were spectacular, with some sharing clips of Navarro previously praising Biden for his initial reluctance to pardon his son. The goalposts certainly have been moved.

The backlash clearly irked the broadcaster, who, some 22 hours later, posted “evidence” of her claims with a screenshot of ChatGPT – admitting that she asked the AI platform for help and then copy and pasted from it without checking whether or not the claims were true.

As the community note highlighted, “ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) are prone to “hallucinating” details, wherein false or misleading information is presented as fact. Given the unreliability of LLMs, they should not be relied on for fact-checking.”

for example, disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen was caught relying on AI in a court case because the program cited fictional cases in a filing submitted to a judge.

This “evidence” also surprised many who responded accordingly.

Others called Navarro’s fact-checking “lazy”.

Salon Owner In Deep-Red State Complains About Losing Customers After Viral Anti-Trump Rant
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Salon Owner In Deep-Red State Complains About Losing Customers After Viral Anti-Trump Rant

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An Idaho beauty salon is facing a sharp decline in customers after its owner made viral comments on TikTok criticizing supporters of President-elect Donald Trump as “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic” and telling them she didn’t want their business.

The message was received.

Tiffney Prickett, the owner of Voiage Salon in Coeur d’Alene, said the Republican had given “small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful.” She pondered why more men “don’t have the courage” to stand up against “these small men who think they can do whatever they want and say whatever they want to women these small men who think they can do whatever they want and say whatever they want to women.”

Sadly for Prickett, her salon is situated in a deeply conservative part of Idaho – something she addressed in a follow-up video.

“So this is me suffering the consequences of my own action. I just had a client send her husband into my salon and demand a refund for gift cards – pre-purchased – because of my stance that if you support a racist, homophobic, misogynist rapist, and you’re OK with those things because you supported them that you are in fact those things,” she said. “I didn’t want to deal with them anyway because I knew that that whole family were Trump supporters because I’ve been doing her for 15 years, I’ve been to her family functions and family events. She’s given me gifts over the years. She was a very good client.”

She doubled down on her stance, adding that her clients were “dropping like flies”, but would “rather go work at Chipotle” than permit Trump supporters in her salon – which seems increasingly likely.

Her website has since been deactivated.

The tirade attracted heavy criticism on social media, particularly given that Prickett benefitted from a $4,984 PPP loan from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Another user shared details after driving by her business earlier in the day.

Trump Vindicated? Ohio Woman Jailed For Killing And Eating Cat
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Trump Vindicated? Ohio Woman Jailed For Killing And Eating Cat

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An Ohio woman who killed and ate a cat has been jailed for a year.

Allexis Ferrell, 27, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of animal cruelty on Monday following the incident in late August. During her trial, it emerged that Ferrell killed a cat by “stomping its head then eating the cat”, according to a police report.

Police were called to the scene after an emergency call reported the act. Upon their arrival, officers found Ferrell squatting beside the cat’s remains. Witnesses described the scene as horrifying, with officers observing blood on Ferrell’s feet and fur on her lips.

Bodycam footage from the arrest captured the shocking exchange. One officer, visibly shaken, requested rubber gloves, commenting: “She’s covered in blood.” The officer then questioned Ferrell directly, asking: “Did you eat that cat? Did you eat it? No? Why’d you kill it then?”

Ferrell remained silent as the officer contacted the station and arranged for the dead cat to be picked up by the Humane Society.

The shocking act occurred just days before a nationwide frenzy over cat-eating allegations in Springfield, OH, involving Haitian migrants. Ferrell herself is a U.S-born citizen.

During the sentencing, Stark Country Common Pleas Judge Forchione did not mince words, calling Ferrell’s actions a grave threat to the community. “This is repulsive to me. I mean, that anyone would do this to an animal. And an animal’s like a child. I don’t know if you understand that or not,” the judge said.

He continued, “I can’t express the disappointment, shock, disgust that this crime has brought to me. I don’t know what could prompt anyone to want to eat a cat.”

The judge went on to reprimand Ferrell for the widespread embarrassment her actions caused. “You’ve embarrassed this county. You’ve embarrassed this nation. More importantly, you’ve embarrassed yourself,” he declared.

Many on social media were reminded of the time when the consumption of cats in Ohio was thought to be a hoax. Donald Trump famously mentioned the scandal during the only presidential debate between himself and Kamala Harris, with his famous, “They’re eating the cats!” comment spurring remixes in addition to outrage from liberals who believed the news to be false.

Whether the allegations were true or not was the subject to much debate. The Democrats and even the Republican Mayor of Springfield said there was no evidence – but residents had raised concerns about “pretty horrid” incidents involving pets and migrants six months before it became a national story. Regardless, the allegations drew attention to countless other issues that Haitian migrants brought to Springfield.

Despite Democrats believing they’d scored a victory over Trump’s remarks, the President-elect would go onto win Springfield and Ohio itself – marking the first time ever a Republican has won Springfield.

Sure seems like there was some truth to the “cat eating” allegations, doesn’t it? Surely the residents of Springfield know more than some hack on MSNBC or CNN.

And for most – this proves the liberal narrative was wrong the entire time.

Others noted PETA’s silence over the incident – which has previously compared eating fish to eating cats.

Kamala Harris Didn’t Flip A Single County In The 2024 Presidential Election
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Kamala Harris Didn’t Flip A Single County In The 2024 Presidential Election

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Kamala Harris failed to flip a single county in last month’s presidential election, data reveals.

The sheer scale of Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory has been widely reported; the Republican won the popular vote for the first time in his political career, and the first time in 20 years for the GOP. He also swept every swing state, with his victory all-but confirmed just hours after polls had closed.

On his path to victory, Trump boosted his support across the country in Republican and Democrat strongholds. On the contrary, Harris’ failure to boost support in any state – including those which she won – was highlighted by an instantly-viral CNN infographic.

However, Harris’ dismal performance was further explained via graph showcasing a county-by-county breakdown of the U.S. The 54 counties gained by Trump compared to 2020 are showcased in pink on the below map, with the Republican making gains nationwide, from the battlegrounds to the Vice President’s home state of California, as well as Tim Walz’s home county. Harris, meanwhile, is marked in yellow, albeit noticeably absent from the nationwide map.

This makes her the first presidential candidate to not flip a single country since 1932.

Social media commentors added context to the scale of the defeat.

Others were surprised by the comparative lack of movement in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Y.M.C.A. Singer/Writer Issues Statement Supporting Trump’s Use of Song
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Y.M.C.A. Singer/Writer Issues Statement Supporting Trump’s Use of Song

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Village People frontman Victor Willis has broken his silence on Donald Trump’s usage of the group’s hit song, Y.M.C.A.

The President-elect always concluded his campaign rallies to the 1978 hit song, with his signature dance sweeping the nation’s sportsgrounds in recent weeks.

Although Willis had shared updates on the song’s Billboard chart performance rising in line with Trump’s ascension on his Facebook page, the 73-year-old has stayed largely silent on the President-elect’s usage of the song. However, on Monday, Dec. 2, Willis released a lengthy statement, addressing how he withdrew a request to Broadcast Music, Inc. to suspend a political use license issued to Trump.

As singer and writer of Y.M.C.A.’s lyrics, Willis noted how the song had “benefited greatly” from use by the President-elect, eventually reaching #1 some 45 years after its release. “Therefore, I’m glad I allowed the President Elect’s continued use of Y.M.C.A. And I thank him for choosing to use my song,” Willis wrote on Facebook.

He also addressed allegations that the song was a gay anthem.

“As I’ve said numerous times in the past, that is a false assumption based on the fact that my writing partner was gay, and some (not all) of Village People were gay, and that the first Village People album was totally about gay life,” Willis continued. “This assumption is also based on the fact that the YMCA was apparently being used as some sort of gay hangout and since one of the writers was gay and some of the Village People are gay, the song must be a message to gay people. To that I say once again, get your minds out of the gutter. It is not.”

He concluded that the claims would cease in 2025 because “come January 2025, my wife will start suing each and every news organization that falsely refers to Y.M.C.A.” as such.

Most on social media stood by Willis.

Others noted how the song had become iconic following its use by Trump.

Trump Tells Trudeau Canada Could Become America’s 51st State
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Trump Tells Trudeau Canada Could Become America’s 51st State

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Donald Trump reportedly floated the idea of Canada becoming America’s 51st state in a conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The President-elect spoke with Trudeau after threatening to implement 25% trade tariffs on both Canada and Mexican as part of his administration’s efforts to curb illegal immigration and the flow of illicit drugs. The Canadian Prime Minister subsequently flew to Mar-a-Lago, a meeting which Fox News reported to be “very productive” – echoing a drastic pledge by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to tackle border crossings after she spoke with Trump.

Trump reportedly expressed frustration over the $100 billion trade deficit between Canada and the U.S, threatening to slap the tariff on Canadian goods from day one of his presidency. Trudeau complained to Trump he can’t implement such a tariff because it would kill the Canadian economy completely. To that Trump fired back asking “so your country can’t survive unless it’s ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100 billion?  – and hilarious floated the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state of the U.S if there economy was to fail, which prompted Trudeau to laugh nervously.

The meeting was reportedly amicable and “very friendly,” but also emphasized a new relationship between the United States and Canada come January 20.

Many on social media recognized the light-heartedness of the proposal.

Others were more intrigued by the idea.

Footage Shows Moment Liberal Refuses To Help Hurricane Helene Victim Over Donald Trump Signs
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Footage Shows Moment Liberal Refuses To Help Hurricane Helene Victim Over Donald Trump Signs

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Footage has emerged of a liberal volunteer refusing to assist a Hurricane Helene victim due to Donald Trump signs in her front yard.

The interaction was filmed on the Republican’s Ring doorbell, and shows a volunteer walking up to the house with supplies. A barking dog muffles some of the initial conversation, but the victim can be heard saying, “I’m sorry.”

“That’s alright,” replies the volunteer. “I’m really conflicted. I have a lot more stuff to give, but I am not a fan of Donald Trump, so these signs are a problem for me.”

“So, I’m gonna gave to think about it,” adds the liberal as she leaves the property.

The video was filmed on Nov. 26, 2024 – some three weeks after Trump’s victory in the presidential election.

This came following the revelation that FEMA as an agency had ordered storm crews not to help homes with Trump lawn signs.

Many on social media were outraged at the footage.

Others were appalled that political beliefs were obstructing charitable donations.


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