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White House Rejects Report Trump Is Considering Commuting Diddy's Sentence For ProStitution-Related Convictions
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White House Rejects Report Trump Is Considering Commuting Diddy’s Sentence For ProStitution-Related Convictions

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White House Rejects Report Trump Is Considering Commuting Diddy’s Sentence For ProStitution-Related Convictions

The #WhiteHouse is saying not so fast.

#Trump’s administration has denied a TMZ report claiming the president is considering commuting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison sentence. The denial follows the publication’s citation of a “high-level White House official” who allegedly said clemency was being weighed for the Bad Boy Records founder. As reported, #Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in pro$titution; he was acquitted in July on the more serious s3x trafficking and racketeering charges.

While the White House has denied the claim, TMZ is standing by its story, updating the article with, “The White House Communications Office is saying our story is not true. We stand by our story. Our story is accurate.”


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bitchy | Donald Trump ripped out the White House’s East Wing to make room for his ballroom
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bitchy | Donald Trump ripped out the White House’s East Wing to make room for his ballroom

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This year has been full of so many castrophically evil stories, almost all of which are happening because of Donald Trump and his fascist minions. It feels weird to complain about issues which are somewhat superficial, but I still find this stuff extremely depressing. Trump already paved over the White House Rose Garden, turning it into an outdoor dining pavilion similar to something you would find outside of a mall food court. But Trump’s biggest change to the White House is the destruction of the East Wing, all to build a massive “ballroom” on the White House complex. Well, Trump announced the ballroom plans months ago, and they broke ground on Monday.

President Donald Trump has begun demolishing the traditional work space of First Lady Melania Trump and her staff to make way for his “big, beautiful” ballroom. Two months after unveiling plans to build the 90,000-square foot ballroom, construction crews have begun tearing down the covered entrance of the East Wing, with cranes and backhoes attacking window frames and knocking away parts of the exterior cladding. Dramatic photos and videos revealed the first stage of the transformation on Monday, showing windows of the historic building smashed and ripped off their hinges.

The new ballroom is being built in the East Wing, which has long housed the offices for the first lady, whose staff have been temporarily relocated to other parts of the White House complex. The Daily Beast has reached out for confirmation as to where they are currently working from.

The former upper floor of White House calligraphy office now has a massive hole, while trees and shrubs have also been cleared from the White House South Lawn to make way for construction.

Trump acknowledged the project at an event in the East Room on Monday afternoon honoring the Louisiana State University baseball teams, telling his guests: “right on the other side, you have a lot of construction going on.”

He later posted on Truth Social declaring that “ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom. Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete! For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House to accommodate people for grand parties, State Visits, etc. I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much-needed project underway — with zero cost to the American Taxpayer!”

However, critics have noted that the ballroom, which is expected to cost at least $250 million, is being built at a time when many Americans are still struggling with cost-of-living pressures – something that Trump promised to fix.

[From The Daily Beast]

What I keep thinking about is the history, and how presidents for the past century have been so conscious of the unique history of the White House, and they see themselves as caretakers to the historic property, if nothing else. Sure, some of them made smaller renovations – I remember President Obama talking about how Harry Truman added a private balcony on the top floor, and it was one of Obama’s favorite spots. But none of them would have ripped out the East Wing and built a gaudy, tacky f–king ballroom. Even Trump’s hero Richard Nixon was in awe of the White House’s history and he took pains to never damage or disrupt the actual structure and the museum-quality pieces around the house.

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Kenny Loggins demands Trump remove his song from AI ‘poop’ video - National
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Kenny Loggins demands Trump remove his song from AI ‘poop’ video – National

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Kenny Loggins is speaking out against U.S. President Donald Trump using his song Danger Zone in an AI video posted to his Truth Social account in response to the “No Kings” protests over the weekend.

In a statement shared with Variety on Monday, Loggins, 77, demanded that his song be removed from the AI video showing Trump in a fighter jet dropping what appears to be fecal matter on “No Kings” protesters.

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“This is an unauthorized use of my performance of Danger Zone. Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately,” Loggins said in the statement.

“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us. Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together,” Loggins continued.

“We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic. There is no ‘us and them’ — that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us. We’re in this together.”


Loggins said that he hopes “we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.”

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The Loggins song featured in the AI video was famously used in the 1986 Top Gun film, which is what the AI video appears to be paying homage to.

In response to a request for comment on the video, a representative for the White House reportedly sent Variety a Top Gun meme that read: “I feel the need for speed.”

Millions of people marched and rallied in cities across the U.S. on Saturday for “No Kings” demonstrations, decrying what participants see as the government’s swift drift into authoritarianism under Trump.

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People carrying signs with slogans such as “Nothing is more patriotic than protesting” or “Resist Fascism” packed New York City’s Times Square and rallied by the thousands in parks in Boston, Atlanta and Chicago.

Demonstrators marched through Washington and downtown Los Angeles and picketed outside capitols in several Republican-led states, a courthouse in Billings, Mont., and at hundreds of smaller public spaces.

The official White House account on X reacted to “No Kings” day by sharing an image of Trump and U.S. Vice-President JD Vance wearing crowns above an image of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Chuck Schumer wearing sombreros.

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“We’re built different. Have a good night, everyone. 👑,” the caption read.

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Trump, meanwhile, was spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

“They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” the president said in a Fox News interview that aired early Friday.


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‘No Kings’ protests aimed at Trump call for end to authoritarian rule


Trump’s Republican Party disparaged the demonstrations as “Hate America” rallies, including U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.

The “No Kings” coalition responded to Johnson’s comments, referring to the protest as the “Hate America rally” and blaming it for “the ongoing government shutdown.”

“Speaker Johnson is running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down. Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he’s attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings,” the group said, adding that they will “see everyone on October 18.”

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The “No Kings” protests first took place in hundreds of American cities on June 14 during a military parade in Washington that marked the U.S. army’s 250th anniversary, which coincided with Trump’s birthday.

The protests were held to counter what organizers said were Trump’s plans to feed his ego on his 79th birthday (which was also Flag Day). The “No Kings” theme was orchestrated by the 50501 Movement — which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement — and is made up of members of the American public who say they stand for democracy and against what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.

Protesters have called for Trump to be “dethroned,” as they compare his actions to those of a king and not a democratically elected president.

“They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services,” the group says on its website, referring to the Trump administration and its policies. “They’ve done this all while continuing to serve and enrich their billionaire allies.”

— With files from The Associated Press

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Trump Country Music’s March of the Cowboy Boots » PopMatters

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Donald Trump’s political base has been regularly fortified by a demographic raised on this century’s country music. Moreover, country music has grown so big that pop stars are now gravitating to it in the same way country stars once gravitated to pop in the 2010s. Just listen to recent material by Beyoncé, Post Malone, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, and Sabrina Carpenter. Inadvertently, their cachet has helped normalize and mainstream the ethos of both country music and Trump.

Bro-country still lingers, too, its testosterone-fueled songs now sounding like manifestos for the stereotypical Trumpian male. Despite “backlash” subgenres like neo-traditional and boyfriend country emerging, the industry sees little reason to deviate too far from bro’s macho imagery, now marketed and manifested throughout the nation. The more politicized male acts have been given particular attention, coalescing into a sub-subgenre one might call “Trump country”.

Like Merle Haggard for Richard Nixon and Toby Keith for George Bush Jr., Trump has his own country music star representative in Jason Aldean. Now an old-school bro with a John Wayne image and demeanor, Aldean measured and manipulated the rising tide and temperature of Trumpism with “Try That In a Small Town” (2023).

Trump Country Music’s March

Calculated to create controversy and clicks by its co-writers, Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher, Tully Kennedy, and Kurt Allison, the song’s anti-liberal message was framed as a vigilante fantasy of small-town (code: white conservative) America responding to urban protesters (code: Black Lives Matter). Its effect was far-reaching, helping stir and rally the Republican base just in time for the 2024 presidential election.

The contentious aspects of the song, though, had less to do with the lyrics—which differed little from any number of songs by Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams Jr., and Kid Rock—than the video, which propelled the song from a minor to a major hit. Against a backdrop of rioters that suggests lawless American cities, Aldean threatens the similarly inclined with “try that in a small town”, inferring that calling the police would not be his first line of response.

Other scenes show the singer and band performing in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, the infamous site of 18-year-old Henry Choate’s lynching in 1927, and the Columbia Uprising in 1947.

Reactions to the video from within country music culture were immediate, with Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow, and Margo Price condemning its endorsement of vigilante justice, and Travis Tritt, Cody Johnson, and Brantley Gilbert defending the clip for its law and order message. Released at the same time various Republican presidential candidates were vying for their party’s nomination, co-option fever broke out. Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley both used the song at campaign rallies.

A product built to exploit emotions of fear and anger, Aldean’s song was ideal for politicians seeking to outflank Trump on the right. When Country Music Television and other outlets pulled the video from rotation, this enabled the far right’s cherished victim role to be played. Then South Dakota governor Kristi Noem feigned shock that anyone would want to “cancel” the song, while her Arkansas comrade-in-performative outrage, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, argued that the urban left should spend less time trying to ban songs and more time trying to stop criminals and looters.

Trump soon added to the chorus, posting on his Truth Social account, “Jason Aldean is a fantastic guy who just came out with a great new song. Support Jason all the way. MAGA!!!”

Trump, of course, went on to win the nomination and the 2024 election, supported by appearances along the campaign trail by Aldean. The atmosphere of anger and outrage the singer had helped create across red America perhaps helped the president-elect even more. Aldean got what he asked for, too, as Trump’s regime now applies the kind of unconstitutional treatment of civil protesters the singer would no doubt welcome.

Another song co-opted relentlessly by the far right in the same year, 2023, was “Rich Men North of Richmond”, by Oliver Anthony. Sounding more like Appalachian folk than bro-country, Anthony’s song came out of left field but soon landed on the political right’s plate. Bypassing the Nashville superstructure, “Rich Men North of Richmond” signaled a return to roots music after decades of country rock and pop dominance. It also evoked the same feelings of anger, grievance, and nostalgia Aldean had in “Try That in a Small Town”.

Like that song, Anthony’s struck a chord with heartland America, and it, too, shot to the top of the national Trump country music charts. Both songs tapped into populist appeals, and both spoke to and stoked working-class resentments by targeting perceived elites.

Early in the song, the populism appears to come from the left as the singer rages against low pay and greedy politicians in Washington. Then, though, the lyrics take a rightward turn as Anthony shifts the blame to a section of the poor by calling out “the obese milking welfare”, an update of Reagan’s “welfare queen” scapegoat. 

By the time of the Republican primaries in 2023, Anthony’s song had gone viral, becoming a topic of national discussion. It was brought up in the first question of the primary debate on August 23rd when moderator Martha MacCallum of Fox News said, “As we sit here tonight, the number one song on the Billboard chart is called ‘Rich Men North of Richmond.’ It is by a singer from Farmville, Virginia, named Oliver Anthony. His lyrics speak of alienation, of deep frustration with the state of government and of this country.”

MacCallum then asked why the song was resonating so strongly, noting that Washington, D.C. is approximately 100 miles north of Richmond. This set up the participants to co-opt the song by aligning it with their own proposals for less government and less welfare spending.

Georgia U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene later jumped on the bandwagon, giving the song a nationalistic spin by calling it “the anthem of the forgotten Americans who truly support this nation.” In the ensuing weeks, it seemed that “Rich Men North of Richmond” was embraced by as many far-right influencers as MAGA voters.

Dismayed by the political exploitation of his song, Anthony’s protestations of misinterpretation and misappropriation were ultimately drowned out by the tsunami of far-right voices—as right-wing political strategist Steve Bannon would say, flooding the zone. Progressive country songwriter Nick Shoulders summarized, “It’s a song about the people who were trying to present [Anthony] as one of them, and it shows how insidious and intense the far right is when it attempts to co-opt country music and rural grievances.”

When co-opting country artists as their own, the far right gives them protected status. Thus, just as Trump is always pardoned for his “sins” and his indiscretions rationalized, so country singer Morgan Wallen was treated similarly when TMZ posted footage of him shouting out racial slurs. Although initially condemned within the industry, the singer was soon cast as a victim of the “gotcha” left.

Furthermore, Trump’s America rallied around the country star such that sales of his music shot up 339% the day after the incident. As with Aldean’s song, purchasing became part of the protest against cancel culture, a way of showing which side you are on. Trump country music, like Trump himself, essentially means that as long as your hurtful words or actions provoke or “own” the liberals, you will not face negative consequences for them. In fact, those moral failings can boost your career and make you a hero of the MAGA masses.

Hick-Hop’s Bro Country Beat

One subgenre of Trump country music that has made divisive resentment politics its primary appeal is country rap, or “hick-hop”. As both rap and country music have gradually drifted to the right in recent years, each increasingly driven by a monetary incentive, it was inevitable that they would cross paths despite their historic antipathy to one another. Bro-country integrated elements of rap and introduced some unlikely collaborations, Ludacris teaming up with Aldean for the remix of “Dirt Road Anthem” (2011) and Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly on the “Cruise” (2012) remix. All concerned benefited commercially from the mergers.

Country rap departs from these past ventures by going all-in on both genres, giving full recognition to the reality that most young people raised on country music this century were also raised on rap. Colt Ford is a key figure in this subgenre, producing his own country rap in the late 2000s while introducing others via his Average Joes Entertainment label. His tentacles of influence reached into bro-country, too; it was he who first penned and performed “Dirt Road Anthem” in 2008. Bubba Sparxxx was also an early innovator, his Deliverance (2003) album drawing attention to Georgia as the hub of country rap activity.

Common to this subculture is a hard-right bent that takes the topics of bro-country—trucks, mudding, drinking, and pretty girls in boots ‘n’ jorts—then adds images with a more political identity: guns, “rednecks”, and Confederate flags. Without support from Nashville’s Music Row or country radio, country rap operates much like Ku Klux Klan-funded country did during the 1960s; in the shadows and on the periphery of society.

There, greater space and autonomy enable an extreme and full-throated version of conservative country, one more appealing to militia types than mainstream Republicans. Among the ranks of these rap warriors are the Lacs, who host their own annual festival in Blackshear, Georgia, where bro-country fantasies are lived out and Trump is branded on shirts and hats. Their song, “Let Your Country Hang Out” (2012), advocates flying the Confederate flag in your front yard, a gesture that posse member “Uncle Snap” Sharpe justifies as satiating fans that identify with this symbol of southern pride and liberal trolling.

Other acts include Big Smo, who channels his inner Hank Jr. with “Rednecks Got It Right” (2015), and Upchurch, a comedian turned social media star who has maximized his profits by playing to hard-right white supporters who care little for rap but a lot for the messaging. In “Bloodshed” (2018), Upchurch offers a Trumpian take on the 2017 Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally with the lines, “Hate groups throwin’ piss ‘cause they’re mad at a monument / …You fuckin’ degenerate, get your lazy ass off the grass / This ain’t a statue of slavery.”

MAGA rapper Forgiato Blow survives through the online sale of Trump-loving and liberal-hating music and merchandise. As a committed activist rapper, he serves an important role for his political hero, keeping his followers in a perpetually elevated state of anger and aggression, in the process herding them into a de facto private army ready and prepared to intimidate or attack any dissenters or detractors.

Trump Country Music’s Tuning Fork

All authoritarians seek to legitimize their regimes by establishing a subservient cultural wing. With its vast majority of fans voting Republican, Trump country music is a genre suited for the current administration to court, cultivate, and co-opt. As sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom recently noted, “Our nation’s politics…have gone white nationalist. That makes country music, and Nashville, a good fit for the moment.” ( She continues, “Trumpist power brokers want to turn Nashville into the right wing’s Hollywood. They want Nashville for the same reason they want universities and the Kennedy Center.”

To achieve this goal requires willing participants and alliances, artists and industries prepared to accept, express, and promote the requisite politics. In Trump country music, the far right has found that those involved are either drawn in by ideology or incentivized by the financial rewards available. Today’s country music culture has become a quid pro quo zone in which all involved parties are rewarded for their graft and exploitation.

For this to flourish, a network of communications is needed, an echo chamber where the voices of far-right country bounce into far-right media, which bounce into far-right politics, all ultimately bouncing back to the country fans that finance them all. Those consumers are (unwitting) contributors, prompted with values-based propaganda by their cultural representatives to buy the ideologically right music (e.g., Aldean) and to boycott dissenters (e.g., the Chicks).

For this circular flow of Trump country music to run smoothly, all artists are obliged to tow the party line. Thus, when country superstar Zach Bryan recently had the audacity to include lyrics in a song that critique the activities of ICE, he immediately incurred the wrath of both Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, and its secretary, Kristi Noem.  Surveying what is currently happening elsewhere across America’s cultural landscape, one might ask: Will country music be next to experience the threats, bribes, and shakedowns necessary to create a Trump-friendly world of entertainment?

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Sforza, Lauren. “Noem ‘shocked’ over attempts to ‘cancel’ Jason Aldean, his song and beliefs”. The Hill. 19 July 2023.

Zemler, Emily. “Sheryl Crow Slams Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’: ‘It’s Just Lame’”. Rolling Stone. 19 July 2023.

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(https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/arts/music/zach-bryan-song-kristi-noem.htm

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Andrea Bocelli Serenades Trump, Will Return to White House in December
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Andrea Bocelli Serenades Trump, Will Return to White House in December

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Back in 2016, Donald Trump tapped Andrea Bocelli to perform at his first inauguration before abruptly rescinding the invitation, reportedly to shield the famed tenor from backlash. On Friday, Bocelli stopped by the Oval Office and serenaded the US president, who announced the singer will return to the White House in December.

Trump advisor Margo Martin shared footage of the visit on social media. In typically gaudy fashion, Bocelli’s own music was blasted throughout the White House and even the Oval Office. The president then coaxed him into singing along, presumably without giving the opera star a chance to warm up.

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Trump is a longtime fan of Bocelli’s work, having previously booked him to play a private party at Mar-a-Lago in 2010.

Bocelli’s White House performance is set for December 5th, two days ahead of the revamped 2025 Kennedy Center Honors. Trump will host that event, recognizing honorees including George Strait, KISS, Sylvester Stallone, and Gloria Gaynor.

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Trump Refiles Defamation Lawsuit Against NY Times Seeking $15 Billion
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Trump Refiles Defamation Lawsuit Against NY Times Seeking $15 Billion

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Lawyers for President Donald Trump refiled a defamation lawsuit Thursday against the New York Times, with a complaint that is less than half as long as the previous one — after a judge spiked the president’s initial lawsuit for being “tedious and burdensome.” As before, Trump’s refiled complaint seeks an astronomical $15 billion in damages.

The New York Times, in a statement Thursday, reiterated its position that Trump’s lawsuit was meritless and said that “nothing has changed” with the new filing.

“As we said when this was first filed and again after the judge’s ruling to strike it: this lawsuit has no merit,” a Times spokesperson said in a statement. “Nothing has changed today. This is merely an attempt to stifle independent reporting and generate PR attention, but the New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.”

Trump last month sued the Times, several of its reporters and Penguin Random House (publisher of the book “Lucky Loser” by two Times reporters), alleging that their reporting about the president’s finances and business career defamed him. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. A few days later, a federal judge threw out Trump’s suit, calling it “tedious and burdensome” and saying that a complaint is not “a protected platform to rage against an adversary.” In the ruling, Judge Steven D. Merryday gave Trump’s lawyers 28 days to refile the suit, ordering that the amended complaint be no more than 40 pages long and that it “accord with the rules of procedure.”

Trump’s refiled complaint is 40 pages (available at this link), less than half the original 85-page complaint. The new filing is shorter, but the main arguments are the same.

“As set forth below, Defendants originated and distributed these publications, and the defamatory statements about President Trump therein, with actual malice,” the revised complaint says. “The statements in question wrongly defame and disparage President Trump’s hard-earned professional reputation, which he painstakingly built for decades as a private citizen before becoming President of the United States, including as a successful businessman and as star of the most successful reality television show of all-time — The Apprentice.”

In his previous ruling finding Trump’s lawsuit “decidedly improper and inadmissible,” Merryday said that several statements in Trump’s initial complaint were unnecessary to make the president’s case. For example, he wrote, “in one of many, often repetitive, and laudatory (toward President Trump) but superfluous allegations, the pleader states, ‘The Apprentice’ represented the cultural magnitude of President Trump’s singular brilliance, which captured the [Z]eitgeist of our time.”

Trump’s suit seeks compensatory damages of at least $15 billion as well as punitive damages, as well as a “retraction of the defamatory publications and statements” from the New York Times and Penguin Random House.

Separately, Trump this summer sued the Wall Street Journal, its parent companies Dow Jones and News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Journal reporters, alleging defamation over a WSJ story with details about a birthday letter Trump sent in 2003 to Jeffrey Epstein. According to the lawsuit, Trump is demanding “not less than $10 billion” on two counts of defamation, for at least $20 billion total. Last month, lawyers for the Wall Street Journal filed a motion to dismiss the suit, saying that Trump’s suit should be thrown out because the WSJ article in question “is true,” noting that in response to a congressional subpoena, “Epstein’s estate produced the Birthday Book, which contains the letter bearing the bawdy drawing and [Trump’s] signature, exactly as The Wall Street Journal reported.”

Among other litigation, Trump also sued ABC News and CBS News’ “60 Minutes” and reached separate $16 million settlements in each of those cases.

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On South Park, Donald Trump Is Desperate to Exorcise the Antichrist
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On South Park, Donald Trump Is Desperate to Exorcise the Antichrist

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*Warning: This article contains spoilers*

Donald Trump is a father-to-be, and no one is happy about it. Not the president himself, not his vice president, JD Vance, and certainly not billionaire tech mogul and conservative activist, Peter Thiel. On the week’s episode of South Park, three of the most powerful men in America are dead set on finding a way to get rid of the Antichrist growing inside of Satan.

After PC Principal mistakes the children’s obsession with the “6 7” meme for satanic numerology, he invites Thiel to speak at the school. Thiel, who touts himself as the ultimate authority on biblical prophecy and the coming of the Antichrist, makes a few of his own innocuous references to “6 7,” only to be met with laughter from the students. Convinced that South Park Elementary has embraced the forces of darkness, he seizes all of the school’s private data to monitor the children’s behavior. (Thiel co-founded the government intelligence and software company Palantir.)

Of all the students, Cartman is most tickled by the meme, quite literally vomiting every time someone mentions it. Thiel, however, believes Cartman is possessed and stages an exorcism. When that fails, Thiel decides to take Cartman with him back to Washington, DC, telling Ms. Cartman, “Your son is the key to saving our country. Everything we hold dear could end. We have to unlock the secrets he holds, no matter what it takes.”

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Along the way, Thiel stays in contact with Vance, who has a vested interest in the situation since Satan’s baby threatens his own path to the White House. (In turn, Vance promises Thiel “full access to everyone’s data” if he can put a stop to the demonic child.) Meanwhile, knowing that Trump himself no longer wants the baby — albeit for reasons mostly related to his tee times — Vance convinces him to visit an abortion clinic, where Trump promptly drops his trousers, only to be informed that’s not how the procedure works.

There is also a B-storyline involving Jesus going on a blind date at the Cheesecake Factory and eventually coming to blows with PC Principal after simmering tension over their clashing religious styles. But for the most part, this week’s South Park seemed to be setting the stage for episodes to coming later on in Season 27.

Following its premiere on Comedy Central, Season 27, Episode 6 of South Park — “”Twisted Christian” — will be available to stream on Hulu beginning Thursday, October 16th.

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"Papa Donald Trump Built A Huge Bungalow For Me', Rakhi Sawant Giving Tough Competition To Tanya Mittal
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“Papa Donald Trump Built A Huge Bungalow For Me’, Rakhi Sawant Giving Tough Competition To Tanya Mittal

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Rakhi Sawant, the queen of drama, seems to be taking a page out of Bigg Boss 19 contestant Tanya Mittal’s book, with a series of comical and bizarre statements that are taking social media by storm. Tanya Mittal, known for her long-winded and often over-the-top remarks on the show, has sparked a flood of reactions from viewers who find her style more insufferable than entertaining. Now, Rakhi, never one to shy away from the spotlight, is seemingly adopting a similar approach, which has led to an outpouring of hilarious responses from her fans and critics alike.

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Rakhi Sawant Made Sarcastic Comments

In a recent viral video, Rakhi Sawant made an outrageous claim that is leaving everyone scratching their heads. In the video, she says, “Thank you, Papa Donald… Trump. My Donald Papa does everything for me. He just built a huge bungalow for me in America.” After a brief pause, she corrects herself, adding, “Not Bangalore, but Banglow.” Of course, Rakhi’s quirky way of delivering these lines has sent her fans into a frenzy, with some left in disbelief and others rolling in laughter.

Rakhi Sawant

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But that wasn’t the only gem from Rakhi. In another video, she shares, “I’m going to London. I’m from America. Donald Trump Papa gave me my favorite car. My Papa is Trump.” The absurdity of Rakhi’s statements has people buzzing all over social media, as she continues to blend her signature brand of humor and outlandishness. As expected, Rakhi’s outbursts didn’t go unnoticed. Social media users have been quick to share their thoughts on Rakhi’s Donald Trump obsession, with many referencing Tanya Mittal’s similarly eccentric behavior on Bigg Boss 19.

Rakhi Sawant

One fan joked, “Rakhi Trump is the next President of the US.” Another witty comment read, “I never thought that I would get to see Shurpanakha in real life in Kaliyuga.” The comparison to Tanya Mittal is also making rounds, with one user saying, “She is getting too inspired by Tanya Mittal.” Some fans also took the opportunity to coin a new name for Rakhi, saying, “Donald Sawant,” while others humorously added, “Say whatever you want, you will not be able to say more than Tanya. Ever since I have heard Tanya, my respect for you has increased even more.”

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Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Give Trump Credit for Gaza Deal

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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert gave their reactions to the Gaza peace deal on Monday night. Both late night hosts conceded that President Donald Trump successfully helped broker a breakthrough ceasefire that resulted in Hamas releasing the remaining Israeli hostages, while still finding plenty of other things to criticize the president about.

“What a day for Donald Trump,” Kimmel said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “You know what? He finally did something positive today and I want to give him credit for it — because I know he’s not the type to take credit for himself … While we’re only in the first phase of what will undoubtedly be a long and tricky process, but the fact is the bombing has stopped, the hostages have been released, and Trump deserves some of the praise for that. So I know it sounds crazy to say, but good work on that one, President Trump. Now maybe you can not invade Portland. Just an idea.

“Trump’s been lobbying hard to try to win the Nobel Prize for peace,” he added. “Now Trump’s focused on winning the prize next year, which is fine. Let him keep trying to make peace. I’m fine with coming up with prizes and trophies to motivate. Give them the ‘Nobel Re-Open the Government and Leave Healthcare Alone’ prize.”

Colbert, who was off last week, opened with a breathless rundown of all the news he missed: “The government shutdown is headed into its third week; Trump fired more than 4,000 federal workers; the DOJ charged New York Attorney General Leticia James with fraud after Trump’s pressure campaign; Trump sent troops to Chicago and Portland and is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act; Trump announced a whopping 100 percent new tariff on China, which caused the stock market to have its worst day in six months — and Taylor Swift dropped her new album, The Life of the Showgirl, to merely mixed reviews,” Colbert said on CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “Well, those reviewers are just jealous of her talent and of Travis Kelce’s majestic redwood.”

Then Colbert got to the peace deal, and he had quite a lot to say about it.

“There is some good news out there today: Thanks to Trump’s newly brokered ceasefire in Gaza, all living Israeli hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been released,” Colbert said to audience cheers. “It’s important. Credit where credit is due — Donald Trump did something good.”

Colbert paused for a quick beat. The audience remained silent.

“Are we still canceled?” Colbert asked, looking offstage. “You sure? I tried.

“It’s kind of surprising to see him do something good,” Colbert marveled. “It reminds me of in Empire Strikes Back when Darth Vader revealed this shocking secret.”

There was then a quick cut to the famous climax of the Star Wars film, only instead of Vader intoning, “I am your father,” he said, “I am an organ donor.”

“Despite the deal on Friday, in a truly foreseeable turn of events, Trump did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize,” Colbert continued. “How dare you, Nobel Committee? The man is a paragon of peace. He walks in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King … After losing his campaign for the thing you don’t campaign for, Trump said he didn’t do the peace deal for the Nobel. And the White House communications director, Steven Chung, agreed, saying, ‘President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian.’ We remove that heart from one of the detainees in our ICE facilities. He keeps it in the Oval Office next to the Diet Coke button in a little bowl.”

Colbert then said, “On his flight over to Israel, Trump was asked by Fox News whether the ceasefire he brokered might help him in the afterlife,” before playing a clip of Trump responding, “‘I don’t think there’s anything [that’s] going to get me into heaven.’ I agree with Donald Trump. While Trump tries to bring peace to the Middle East, he’s trying just as hard to bring war to the Midwest. And personally I’m horrified to see how he’s stomping on my old stomping grounds of Chicago, Illinois, where I lived for over a decade. ICE has been terrorizing communities in the Windy City, going door to door in front of elementary schools, arresting immigrants, legal or otherwise, arresting U.S. citizens without any due process and teargassing journalists who are merely reporting on what they’re doing.”

Here are last night’s monologues from ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, below:

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Was Donald Trump Nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize? – Hollywood Life
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Was Donald Trump Nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize? – Hollywood Life

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Donald Trump has made headlines over the years for his desire to take home the highly coveted Nobel Peace Prize, but he hasn’t been awarded it. The 2025 prize winner is Venezuelan politician and opposition leader María Corina Machado. Amid her win, some are wondering if Trump was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Find out what we know about the selection process for the prize below.

Who Won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its October 2025 announcement.

“Maria Corina Machado meets all three criteria stated in Alfred Nobel’s will for the selection of a Peace Prize laureate,” the committee continued “She has brought her country’s opposition together. She has never wavered in resisting the militarization of Venezuelan society. She has been steadfast in her support for a peaceful transition to democracy.”

In response to Machado’s win, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of placing “politics over peace” in their decision.

“President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives,” Cheung tweeted. “He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.” 

How Does Anyone Win the Nobel Peace Prize?

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for voting. The nomination of a candidate is only acceptable when it’s submitted by a person that meets specific criteria. The necessary criteria includes members of national assemblies and governments, university professors, others who have been awarded with the prize and current and former members of the committee, according to the committee’s website.

Was Trump Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?

There is no way of knowing whether or not Trump was nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize because the Norwegian Nobel Committee “does not confirm the names of nominees, neither to the media nor to the candidates themselves.” The list of nominees is released 50 years after the prize is awarded.

The committee revealed that there were 338 nominees for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, of which were 244 individuals and 94 were organizations.

Trump’s rumored nomination has been a major topic over the years. His 2016 presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, said she’d nominate the Republican for the Nobel Peace Prize if he could end the war in Ukraine without granting Russia any territory.

“If we could pull that off, if President Trump were the architect of that, I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize, because my goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin, aided and abetted by the United States,” Clinton said on the “Raging Moderates” podcast in August 2025. “I’m dreaming that for whatever combination of reasons, including the elusive Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump may actually stand up to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin on behalf of not just Ukraine and its democracy and its very brave people, but frankly, on behalf of our own security and interests.’

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