Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in prison and 30 months probation on Thursday after being found guilty in December of lying to police about being the victim of a hate crime. The judge also ordered Smollett to pay the City of Chicago $120,000 and fined him $25,000. During …
Read More »Epstein Associate Jean-Luc Brunel Found Dead in Paris Prison Cell
Jean-Luc Brunel, the modeling agent who was accused of supplying underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead Saturday in his prison cell in Paris, where Brunel was largely held behind bars since December 2020 as French authorities pursued charges of sexual abuse and sex trafficking against him. Much like …
Read More »Of Course Netflix Is Already Plotting a Doc on the Alleged Crypto-Conspiracy Rapper
Mere days after rapper and self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” Heather Morgan was arrested for conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin,Netflix announced it has ordered a docuseries on her and her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, who was also picked up by the feds. The docuseries will be directed by Chris …
Read More »Wordle Saves Woman From Naked Man Holding Her Hostage
Denyse Holt was held hostage by a bloodied naked stranger in her suburban Chicago home for hours earlier this week, but she survived thanks to help from family living across the country and Wordle, the popular word game that has taken the world (and social media) by storm. As CBS …
Read More »'I'm a Full Anti-Vaxxer Now': How the Conspiracists Are Winning Over Fresh Converts
When thousands of protesters gathered on the National Mall on Sunday morning to protest Covid vaccine mandates, they did so, they insisted, to preserve personal freedoms. “No more mandates!” they shouted as they marched, serpentine and coiled, like the snakes on the “Don’t Tread On Me” flags hoisted above their …
Read More »Laura Coates Joined the DOJ to Help People. Instead, She Found Injustice
Before she was a radio show host and CNN legal analyst, Laura Coates was an attorney for the Department of Justice. Raised on the stories of Ruby Bridges and the Freedom Riders, she wanted to make a difference by upholding the Constitution in ways that affected every-dayAmericans. At first, she …
Read More »A TikToker Made $200,000 Farting In Jars. Here's How She Did It
The Marxist political scientist Michael Parenti once wrote, “The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital.” Perhaps no one knows this more intimately than90-Day Fiancestar Stephanie Matto, a YouTuber turned adult content creator who claims to have made upwards of $200,000 selling her farts …
Read More »Kyrie Irving Decides Peak Pandemic Is Perfect Time to Make His Season Debut
A day after the U.S. reported a record-breaking 1 million-plus new Covid cases across the country, Kyrie Irving —the NBA’s most prominent unvaccinated player and most vocal anti-vaxxer — officially returned to the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday for the team’s road game against the Indiana Pacers. Irving had missed the first …
Read More »How a Supposed Scammer Became Social Media's Biggest Mystery
Every couple of months, a new TikTok phenomenon takes over, racking up millions of views, along with endless conspiracy theories and half-baked takes. For a brief period in November, that was the #SurvivingSophia hashtag. Based on a handful of tweets and TikToks, the story was compelling and confusing — the …
Read More »Discovery Is Coming in the Prince Andrew Lawsuit — Including Supposed Proof He Can't Sweat
Prince Andrew tried to discredit Virginia Giuffre’s allegations he sexually abused her as a minor by claiming her recollection he sweated on her in a London nightclub was a medical impossibility. Now she’s demanding proof. In a new filing in Manhattan federal court, Giuffre and her lawyers reveal they’ve demanded …
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