Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a prominent ally of Donald Trump, said voters don't care who conducts background checks into the president-elect's Cabinet picks and that Trump would fire members of his administration who don't follow the policy he sets out. read more
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and subsequently turned it into X, disaffected users have talked about leaving once and for all. read more
Politico writes about federal agencies having to deny the future leaders access because "the president-elect's continued foot-dragging on signing the standard trio of ethics and transparency agreements with the federal government -- something his team pledged to do shortly after the election." read more
Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her. Over the course of six hours on June 11, 2023, Porsha Ngumezi had bled so much in the emergency department at Houston Methodist Sugar Land that she'd needed two transfusions. But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was the hospital's "routine" to give a drug called misoprostol to help the body pass the tissue, Hope recalled. Three hours later, her heart stopped. The 35-year-old's death was preventable, according to more than a dozen doctors who reviewed a detailed summary of her case for ProPublica. read more
Elon Musk's former pal, philosopher Sam Harris, claimed the billionaire is in the throes of social media addiction, "snorting ketamine and tweeting at all hours of the day and night," he added in the Friday episode of his The Bulwark podcast. read more
Has Putin's racist orange bitch found a cabinet position for Nick Fuentes yet?