Carla Sinclair

6 days ago | boingboing.net | Carla Sinclair

And the gaslighting continues, as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claims with a straight face that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is doing a "phenomenal job." "The president stands strongly behind Secretary Hegseth, who is doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon," the 27-year-old Press Secretary told Fox News this morning, a ludicrous statement to make after news broke over the weekend that Hegseth shared classified war plans with his third wife and his brother in a second compromised...

1 week ago | boingboing.net | Carla Sinclair

Delusional Trump is now worried that the price of eggs are not high enough. "The egg prices are down 87%," he claimed while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office. "But nobody talks about that. You can have all the eggs you want.

1 week ago | boingboing.net | Carla Sinclair

Remember Donald Trump's grandiose promises of ending Russia's war on Ukraine on Day One? He crowed for months on end, with every variation of: "It'll take me no longer than one day." The Mexican-wall builder even upped the ante right before the vote, claiming he'd end the war "before I even arrive at the oval office." (See montage here, posted by Aaron Rupar.)But, as every anti-cult voter knew, it was just another MAGA lie, as Marco Rubio just revealed.

1 week ago | boingboing.net | Carla Sinclair

At least six people, including students, were rushed to the hospital this afternoon after a shooter opened fire at Florida State University. The gunman started shooting inside the university's Student Union around noon, reports NBC News, and the campus went into lockdown while Tallahassee police spread across campus. A short time later, police took a suspect into custody, according to CNN.

1 week ago | boingboing.net | Carla Sinclair

When it comes to mountain SOS calls, the UK broke two records in 2024, and officials are pointing fingers at social media and map apps. England and Wales earned their high scores for receiving SOS calls from risky locations every single day last year — the first time ever for those countries, reports The Guardian. As for Scotland, more than 1,000 emergency calls by people needing to be rescued from mountainous terrain were made — again, a first for them.