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'Land Schlade': Social media roasts Trump as he 'slurs badly' to 'crowd of empty chairs'

Donald Trump followed up Thursday's presidential debate with a rally on Friday, but onlookers complained that he slurred his way through the speech.

President Joe Biden was highly criticized for his debate performance, which caused some -- including the Editorial Boards of the Raw Story and the New York Times -- to suggest that he should drop out of the race.

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'Could end up hurting him': Expert warns Trump's next move puts D.C. trial before election

If Donald Trump attempts to get his election subversion case tossed he could compel Special Counsel Jack Smith to lean out his indictment and bring a trial ahead of the general election.

NYU law professor Ryan Goodman said as much during an appearance on CNN.

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Revealed: Chuck Schumer reportedly signaled to allies pre-debate jitters about Joe Biden

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) quietly predicted President Joe Biden's implosion.

Axios reports that the Democratic leader had quietly tapped some political allies ahead of of Thursday's debate in Atlanta where nearly 50 million viewers watched the 81-year-old mumble and stumble in his effort to secure a second White House term and head off former President Donald Trump.

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'Buy a island': MAGA melt down after Barbra Streisand tackles Supreme Court case

The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday overturning "Chevron deference" — a 40-year-old precedent that orders courts to defer to the expertise of agency employees when interpreting statute, which could make it easier for courts to strike down all manner of regulations across the entire federal government. Ironically, the original Chevron ruling was issued by conservative justices, to protect Ronald Reagan administration policymakers from being overruled by Jimmy Carter-appointed judges — but now with a far more Democratic-leaning administrative state, right-wing judges have been clamoring to take back power over the regulatory process for years.

The decision horrified many legal experts — and also renowned singer and actress Barbra Streisand, who took to X to condemn the ruling.

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'Hard to understand': Expert questions competency of Supreme Court after website flub

Legal experts gathered Friday to trash some of the recently released decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Slate Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick explained the unwriting of a 40-year precedent in the Chevron case, which the High Court had not made. The federal government decides a number of regulations, employing experts, scientists, doctors, chemists, and others to determine what is or isn't safe for the American people. Some examples are how long meat can be unrefrigerated during transport, how much lead is safe for drinking water, and even recommendations about cooks washing their hands after using the bathroom.

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'No one knows anything': Internet befuddled by post-debate poll showing Biden bump

A new poll showing the disastrous Atlanta debate appears to have helped — or at least, not harmed — President Joe Biden's chances, and the internet laughed as everyone rallied around the notion it seems no one knows anything anymore.

Amidst a sea of articles and opinion pieces questioning Biden's decision to seek re-election — and even a certain prominent paper of record urging him to drop out — emerged a small beacon of hope for Democrats.

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'Stop this': Texas GOP lawmaker roasted for 'cheesy' concealed carry holster infomercial

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) posted a lengthy infomercial diatribe on X Friday evening, promoting "Endex Fitness" brand concealed carry holsters for guns.

This follows some other controversial product plugs by Republican lawmakers, including Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) promoting a Texas dental practice that fixed her teeth — which actually led to her facing a false advertising lawsuit.

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Biden trolls Trump as he outraises MAGA leader 2-1 despite 'car accident' debate

Donald Trump's campaign tried to take a victory lap Friday afternoon, bragging that in the 24 hours since the Biden debate debacle, the former president had raised millions.

What it may not have seen coming: a haymaker of a Joe Biden campaign counter-punch.

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'Off the rails': Expert slams Trump-appointed judge’s ruling on GOP rep’s Biden lawsuit

On Friday, a federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump issued a ruling in favor of a Republican congressman suing President Joe Biden's administration over a foreign policy issue, and one legal expert is questioning the judge's competency.

In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas sided with Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) by striking down the Biden administration's motion to dismiss. In 2022, Jackson and other plaintiffs sued over federal funding of the United Nation's Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The plaintiffs‚ notably assisted by the pro-Trump group America First Legal, cited a Trump-era law to justify the lawsuit that cuts U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority (PA), which has jurisdiction over the Palestinian-controlled West Bank territory in Israel. UNRWA was recently named in another lawsuit alleging that the agency had knowledge that funds allocated for humanitarian aid in Gaza were being siphoned by Hamas — which controls Gaza — to finance terrorism.

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'Admission of guilt': Expert flags 'sirens-blaring signal' of Trump confession at debate

Donald Trump's expressions and gestures during Thursday's presidential debate were score carded by a notable body language expert who drew comparisons to a comic book villain and policed him for fibbing and conveying guilt.

Dr. Jack Brown, a renowned expert who has been featured on CNN and ABC News, among others, and has analyzed the 45th president along with previous GOP presidential primary candidates — found several troublesome moments when he rematched President Joe Biden.

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'Nothing to see here': Internet explodes after Trump jet parks next to Russian aircraft

Freelance reporter Andrew Leyden posted a peculiar image to X on Friday: former President Donald Trump's private Boeing 757, sometimes referred to as "Trump Force One," parked next to a diplomatic aircraft for the Russian government at Washington Dulles International Airport.

It's unclear exactly how this happened and it could easily have been a coincidence — this Russian aircraft, an exception to the general ban on Russian planes in U.S. airspace, visits Washington, D.C. every few months to exchange embassy staff — but the sight of these two aircraft parked together triggered a flurry of speculation and jokes, given that the former president famously received support from the Russian government in the 2016 presidential election, and was always close with Russia's strongman leader Vladimir Putin.

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Biden aides muted Air Force One TVs to avoid post-debate news coverage: report

President Joe Biden's dismal debate performance left his own aides so dejected that they muted post-debate commentary and left Waffle House orders uneaten.

That's according to Bloomberg, whose reporters said they spoke to aides, lawmakers, displeased donors, and voters in the hours following Biden's disastrous debate with former President Donald Trump.

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'They treated me very fairly': Trump praises CNN at rally after debate night

Donald Trump's brand of hubris took a few seconds hiatus on Friday in favor of humility.

While he was speaking at a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, the 45th president saluted the efforts of CNN's moderators of Thursday night's debate where he distinguished himself from President Joe Biden — roundly seen as struggling to put cohesive sentences together during the 90 minute face-off.

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