Tuesday December 27 Daily Links

TUESDAY 12.27


NEWS STORIES

 



West Point Ditching Robert E Lee Art

The prestigious academy has decided they will remove a portrait of Confederate General Robert E Lee as well as a bust of the general from campus this week in accordance with new directives from the Department of defense.

Now? So you get 160 years and then you’re out.

Read more at The Hill


George Santos Admits He Lied About His Credentials in 2022 Election

A New York Times expose released this week alleged that Congressional elect George Santos lied during his campaign….a lot. He won his election for a NY State congressional district which normally wouldn’t get a lot of media attention except that the balance of power in the House is razor thin. He admits he lied about his education and work experience but has no intention of stepping down from his new post.

Hey, we all fudge our resume 70 or 80 times. Right?

Read more at NY Post


Former Russian Prime Minister Makes Ominous Predictions for 2023

Demi try Medvedev predicts a Fourth Reich in the coming year on his official Twitter account. He is a former PM of Russia and the current Security Council chair. He also says oil prices will jump to $150 a barrel, the UK will rejoin the EU, the EU will collapse, the Euro will disappear, war will break out between France and the new Fourth Reich, Northern Ireland will leave the UK, California and Texas will become their own nations, and Elon Musk will become President.

Come on. Elon can’t even be President of Twitter.

Read more at mediaite.


Sam Bankman’s EX GF Is Sorry

Caroline Ellison has already appeared before a judge and says she is truly sorry she defrauded FTX customers. She also admitted she knew what they were doing was wrong and that she had agreed with the decision to divert billions of customer funds to pay off the loans of Sam’s other company, Almeida. Ellison was the CEO of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s girlfriend.

You’re truly sorry that you got caught, and truly happy you rolled first.

Read more at Business Insider


Trump Pissed That Media is Reporting that Ivanka Snubbed Him

According to the man himself, he wasn’t snubbed. He says it was his idea for Ivanka to keep her distance during his upcoming 2024 presidential run. He WANTED her to act like she wants nothing to do with this….dont you understand?

He’s the smartest fourth grader running for President.

Read more at mediaite.


New Minerals Discovered From Space

The El Ali meteorite that crashed in Somalia contains two minerals which have now been officially classified after months of analysis by top men.

They’re naming one of the minerals unobtanium.

Read more at CNN



SPORTS



Denver Broncos Fire Their Coach

After going 4-11 in the regular season, the Denver Broncos have fired first year head coach Nathaniel Hackett.

Hold on….you’re saying they had a coach?

Read more at ESPN


NFL Reviewing Dirty Mac Play

New England QB Mac Foxes dove at the feet of a Bengals cornerback in Saturday Night’s game. It’s a dirty move that is rarely taken, and probably never attempted by a quarterback. The pats lost anyway and now the NFL is considering possible disciplinary action

What Mack lacks in ability, he makes up for in instability.

Read more at NY Post.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Kate Hudson Jumps Into Nepo Baby Convo

Nepo baby Kate Hudson commented that there are far more Nepo Babies in industries outside of Hollywood then there are in Hollywood itself in response to recent criticism that the film industry has a too much nepotism. She is of course the daughter of two film legends- Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawk.

Kate, you would help yourself more by not helping yourself.

Read more at THR


Jamie Lee Curtis Reacts to Psycho Being Named BOAT

Curtis is often called the queen of scream for her memorable role in the movie Halloween, but before she held that title, her mother Janet Leigh, starred in Psycho, which Variety just named the Best Movie of All Time. Jamie posted on Instagram, “How thrilling to see her legacy today through the loving portal of Variety as the number one movie of all time.”

Not only is Psycho not the best movie of all time, its not even as good as Halloween.

Read more at Suggest.com


Chris Rock Drops Recorded Teaser For His Live Special

Rock’s second Netflix special will be streamed live on March 4, and he dropped a little tease to promote the event.

All we want to know is, what time will Will Smith be coming on stage?


Sam Jackson Got Caught Liking Hardcore Porn

A lot of people don’t know that when you like something on Twitter, other people can see that. Guess one of those people is Sam Jackson, because after fans told him that they could see which Tweets he likes, he went and unliked all of them.

So now where are we supposed to get our hardcore porn recommendations?

Read more at buzzfeed.



VIRAL & TRENDING



Fake Celebrity Deaths Flood TikTok With New Trend

The fun holiday prank trend has young people all across TikTok filming their family members reaction to them pretending they are just finding out about a prominent celebrity death.

Don’t get caught laughing. The backlash has begun.

Read more at TMZ

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRqc2TgF/




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