Wordpocalypse! ‘Selfie,’ ‘twerk’ top list of most annoying words of 2013
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Sorry Justin Bieber. Uploading your mug to millions of followers is now deemed officially annoying. That’s because “selfie” tops the 2013 List of Words to be Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse, and General Uselessness. The annual…
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Last Thursday, Donald Trump took his political rodeo to New Hampshire. As usual, he told lies about the Democratic Party being dominated by "socialists" and "hating" America, bragged about the size of the crowd, and threatened that if he is not re-elected in 2020 the United States will face economic ruin. The Trumpian faithful were greatly entertained.
The "highlight" of the event was when Trump taunted a "protester":
But while the Democrats rage and rages — that guy has got a serious weight problem. Go home, start exercising. Get him out of here, please. Got a bigger problem than I do. Got a bigger problem than all of us. Now he goes home and his mom says, what the hell have you just done?
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Trump will turn to these secret weapons in desperation if the economy collapses before the 2020 election
President Donald Trump, in recent weeks, has been stressing both economic themes and culture war themes. The economic themes were evident during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire on August 15, when Trump tried to frighten 401(k) owners into reelecting him and insisted, “You have no choice but to vote for me because your 401(k), everything is going to be down the tubes (under a Democratic president). So whether you love me or hate me, you’ve got to vote for me.” But if the U.S. does go into a recession in the months ahead, Trump will have a harder time selling himself as the salvation of the American economy — in which case, he would likely become even more aggressive in pushing divisive culture war themes.
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Trump’s rabid fans will back his racist lies — but some might not appreciate him wrecking the economy
Donald Trump's propaganda apparatus is mighty — much more resilient and effective than any of his business endeavors ever were in the decades before he ran for president. While most Americans haven't bought into Trump's lies — which are up to an average of 13 a day — his base of supporters, who have way more power, in our undemocratic system, than their actual numbers justify, gobble up every ridiculous assertion emanating from the Oval Office.
Perv who snapped pics of woman in dressing room turns out to be high-ranking Mormon church official
Trump tweets out bonkers conspiracy theory that Google ‘manipulated’ up to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton
Trump goes berserk on Twitter as he lashes out at his own Fed chair and then attacks ‘selfish’ Democrats
Trump supporter organizes rally against ‘all the hatred’ — of the president
Trump just humiliated his own son with an absurd tweet about Greenland
Trump unleashes bizarre stream of gobbledygook when reporter asks him to describe his health care plan
Here’s the bizarre truth behind the study Trump is using to claim Google ‘manipulated’ 2.6 million votes in Hillary Clinton’s favor
WATCH: White man sprays black teen with hose after hurling racist abuse and claiming to be KKK member
Islamic State persists despite territory loss: Pompeo
Ex-Obama speechwriter humiliates Ted Cruz for whining about NYT’s racism coverage
WATCH: White man sprays black teen with hose after hurling racist abuse and claiming to be KKK member
Parents fight for custody of 4-year-old son after trying to treat his cancer with tea and ‘a positive state of mind’
Prince Andrew’s fate in potential Epstein lawsuit entirely in the hands of Donald Trump
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