Baller Alert had an exclusive talk with Jenifer Lewis at the 13th Annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood Awards Luncheon Red Carpet, where she shared a stern message for the Trump administration. ” Before you lie to us, remember Rosa Parks sat on that bus. Before you tell that tale, …
Read More »Senate Votes To Acquit Trump On Both Articles of Impeachment
The US Senate just voted to acquit Donald Trump on both counts in his impeachment trial, count 1-Abuse of power, and count 2-Obstruction of Congress. According to CNBC, Forty-eight senators, including Republican Mitt Romney voted to convict Trump on a count of abuse of power, while 52 Republicans voted to …
Read More »Donald Trump Honors Known Racist Rush Limbaugh With the Medal Of Freedom
If you needed any additional evidence to know that the current Commander-In-Chief is an incompetent bigot, alas, the orange complexioned calamity has outdone himself yet again. President Donald Trump honored one of America’s most profound racists and Trump supporters, Rush Limbaugh, with the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday …
Read More »Trump Targets Michelle Obama’s Signature School Nutrition Guidelines On Her Birthday
Trump’s administration announced on Friday that it planned to roll back school breakfast and lunch nutrition guidelines, an initiative that was created by #foreverfirstlady Michelle Obama, and the announcement just so happened to fall on Michelle’s 56th birthday. According to Slate, the change in guidelines proposed by the Agriculture Department …
Read More »Trump Hits Iran With New Sanctions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo introduced new sanctions today in hopes of paralyzing the Iranian regime. Trump administration officials announced the new sanctions today while battling persistent questions about their assertions that an “imminent” attack sparked the decision to kill a well respected Iranian general. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin …
Read More »Trump Is Reportedly Spreading False Information About ISIS Risk and U.S. Tensions With Iran
Trump’s address on Wednesday fell short on facts as he very wrongly dismissed the continuing threat of the Islamic State group and spread a false tale of the U.S. paying out billions of dollars to Iran as part of the multinational deal freezing its nuclear program. According to U.S. News, …
Read More »Ukraine International Airline jet Crashes in Iran, Killing All Aboard
A Ukrainian Boeing-737 carrying 176 people has crashed in Iran, and officials have confirmed there are no survivors. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 to Kyiv went down shortly after taking off from the Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran at 06:12 local time (02:42 GMT). According to CNN, Ukraine’s Tehran embassy …
Read More »Judge Blocks All Scheduled Federal Executions
A judge has just blocked the scheduled executions of four federal death row inmates, effectively thwarting the Trump administration’s efforts to resume imposing the death penalty in a federal system that saw its last execution more than a decade and a half ago. According to Politico, the order was issued …
Read More »Trump’s Former Campaign Adviser Roger Stone Found Guilty On All Seven Charges
According to CBS News, Trump’s former campaign adviser, Roger Stone, was found guilty on all seven charges he faced. Stone was reportedly charged with witness tampering and obstruction, lying to Congress, and six other charges. He faces up to 50 years in prison. During the trial, the prosecution described him …
Read More »Virginia Woman Who Went Viral For Flipping Off A Trump Motorcade Wins County Supervisor Seat Overseeing His Golf Course
Juli Briskman, a Virginia cyclist famously known for flipping off Trump, now has a seat on the county board of supervisors that oversee his golf club. After the photo of her giving the finger to a Trump motorcade went viral in 2017, Briskman said, “I was frustrated.” “[Trump] had called …
Read More »ICE Is Banning 21 Savage From Touring Outside The United States
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency will not allow 21 Savage to tour across seas until his immigration case is resolved. Reports from TMZ say the organization is withholding the rapper’s rights to freely fly outside of the U.S. while his immigration case is being handled, which is …
Read More »House Passes Vote for Trump’s Impeachment Investigation
The House of Representatives passed the vote on a Democratic resolution that lays out specific rules for the impeachment investigation of Trump. According to The Washington Post, the 232-to-196 vote created a split house with nearly all of the Democrats supporting the resolution. The main issue at hand is whether …
Read More »Donald Trump Announces Death Of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Donald Trump has declared that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after a US military raid in northwest Syria over the weekend. Baghdadi’s death marks the culmination of a long hunt to find one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead,” Trump said …
Read More »Donald Trump Tried To Surprise British Parents With Their Son’s Killer: ”We Were Ambushed”
Donald Trump surprised two grieving parents with their son’s murderer. British parents say they felt ambushed when Trump tried to get them to meet with the woman who killed their son in a car crash in front of the press, the couple’s attorneys said on Wednesday. The day before, Charlotte …
Read More »Fake Violent Video Of Trump Shooting News Media And Critics Played During A Conference At His Miami Resort; Trump Distances Himself
A violent parody video depicting a graphic massacre on a number of news media outlets, political opponents and critics of Trump, was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami Resort last week, according to The New York Times. The video was allegedly played during a 3-day conference …
Read More »Obama Takes Jabs At Trump, Lists Two Things A President Should Never Do
Forever President Barack Obama appeared to take a very direct jab at Donald Trump Wednesday, by naming two things a president should never do. Data company, Splunk, hosted a private event where #Obama explained how he previously approached his job as president and how he depended on the diversity of …
Read More »Former Officials Arrested And Charged With Fraud In Connection To Hurricane Maria Relief
Federal authorities have arrested two former officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the former president of a major disaster relief contractor on charges of fraud and conspiracy, in connection with the restoration of electricity in Puerto Rico after #HurricaneMaria. On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Puerto …
Read More »The NRA Files Lawsuit Against San Francisco Over “Domestic Terrorist Organization” Declaration
The NRA is suing the city of San Francisco after it declared the association a “domestic terrorist organization.” On Monday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a lawsuit against San Francisco following the city’s recent resolution declaring the gun-rights organization a “domestic terrorist organization.” San Francisco passed the resolution under …
Read More »Trump Administration Threatened To Fire Top NOAA Employees If They Didn’t Agree With Trump’s False Hurricane Dorian Tweet About Alabama
The Trump administration’s Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after the agency contradicted DonaldTrump in a tweet about Hurricane Dorian possibly reaching Alabama. According to Newsweek, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross forced the Birmingham office of the National Oceanic and …
Read More »Trump Attacks Omarosa on Twitter, Calling Her “Disgusting And Foul-Mouthed”
In one of Donald Trump’s infamous Twitter rants, he had some pretty nasty words for Omarosa Manigault Newman, calling her “disgusting and foul-mouthed.” He also said that he is suing her and others for confidentiality breaches. Trump wrote: “Yes, I am currently suing various people for violating their confidentiality agreements. Disgusting …
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