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President Donald Trump has made another call for $600 stimulus checks to be increased to $2,000. This is at least his second public call for the stimulus amount to be increased for the American people. The president posted his message on Twitter, saying: “Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why would politicians not want to give people $2000, rather than only $600? It wasn’t their fault, it was China. Give our people the money!” The bill, which he has not signed, only called for $600 to most Americans, but Trump demanded an increase…

President Trump as caused a bit of confusion after telling White House staffers to ignore an email regarding their departure as Joe Biden’s administration prepares to take over. White House officials had emailed Trump’s staff members about the proper procedure for leaving their job after January 4th, because Biden’s campaign will be taking over on January 20, and there’s simply a protocol to follow. However, Trump sent a followup email to White House staffers telling them to disregard the previous email. He also stated that more information will be forthcoming, leaving many to wonder what exactly is going on. Trump’s…

Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is facing a defamation lawsuit and demands to retract her claims about Dominion Voting Systems. Powell, a conservative pro-Trump attorney, has made what Dominion believes to be “wild, knowingly baseless, and false” allegations based in conspiracy that the 2020 election was rigged in favor of Joe Biden and essentially stolen from President Donald Trump, preventing his reelection. Dominion Voting Systems sent a letter to Powell pushing back on her claims. The letter, obtained by Insider, also takes aim at the Trump campaign and right-wing media outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, and the Rush Limbaugh show. It…

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants to “abolish the Electoral College” and select presidents with only the popular vote, she Tweeted. The former first lady wrote in a message that “I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office. But while it still exists, I was proud to cast my vote in New York for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.” This comes shortly after her former President Bill Clinton had cast their electoral votes in New York, followed by Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and…

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is now referring to Joe Biden as the president-elect after previously not doing so. This comes shortly after the Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as the future president and handing a loss to President Donald Trump. McConnell referred to the Electoral College moving forward in favor of Joe Biden and made the following statement, saying “our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect. The Electoral College has spoken. So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.” The House Majority Leader also offered his congratulations to Kamala Harris in her achievement…

Right after Thanksgiving I was lucky enough to snag an Xbox Series X from Best Buy’s website. I was a fan of the original Xbox, and though I owned an Xbox 360 I wasn’t particularly fond of the system itself. The Xbox One and PS4 were a solid tie for me in the last console  generation, and I genuinely think that the One is a fantastic console. That probably has colored my perceptions of the Series X, a console that feels more like a serious upgrade to the One at times rather than something completely novel. After having spent a…

Attorney General Bill Barr will resign and it goes into effect on December 23, 2020, as announced by President Donald Trump. The head of the Justice Department’s resignation was somewhat anticipated by many, but the exact date was never clear, nor was there a guarantee of his departure. This happened on the same day when President Donald Trump lost the electoral votes needed to remain president into 2024, and Joe Biden secured his victory as President-elect, with the Electoral College including votes from Bill and Hillary Clinton in New York. Social media users who favor President Trump have often accused…

Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton cast the first formal ballots for the Electoral College in New York. The famous political pair shared support for President-elect Joe Biden and his choice for Vice President, Kamala Harris. There are 29 state electors in New York’s state Capitol to cast their votes and participate in their duty to carry out the constitution. The masked Clintons walked up to cast their ballots and drop their votes in the box, as seen on video below. Today’s electoral will all but seal the fate for President Donald Trump’s hopes for reelection. Despite putting…

President Donald Trump and his hopes to be reelected were stifled as he lost a federal lawsuit this weekend during a rare Saturday session in Wisconsin. Trump wanted the court to name him the winner over Joe Biden, but it did not happen. Trump’s latest loss came at the hands of United States District Judge Brett Ludwig who dismissed the federal lawsuit, stating that Trump’s arguments were failing “as a matter of law and fact.” Trump’s attorney during the Wisconsin case was scolded by a liberal justice who claimed his case “smacks of racism” and could cause issues for the…

President-elect Joe Biden is considering New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo for the job of attorney general, per a report by the Associated Press. Cuomo is one of four potential candidates for the position. The others are Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, Merrick Garland who is a federal appeals court judge, and Sally Yates who is a former Deputy Attorney General. The Associated Press stated that their source was acting anonymously as they were not yet able to authorize the information, but they also stated that Biden has made no official decision at this time. These four candidates are simply a…

YouTube has announced that it will now remove videos that dispute the Joe Biden victory in the 2020 election over President Donald Trump. The video platform will target videos that suggest widespread voter fraud had played a part in the election, causing Biden to win, and in many cases, sharing false statements and false claims without indisputable evidence. YouTube wants to remove misleading videos that make false claims suggesting that President Donald Trump won the election, when the electoral votes were in Joe Biden’s favor, despite some not yet being certified and Trump having several legal challenges in the process.…

Majority Whip and Rep. James Clyburn has now stated on CNN’s “New Day” that claims of President Donald Trump trying to change the results of the election in his favor are an attempt to overthrow the government and an attempted coup. This was during a conversation with host John Berman who mentioned GOP officials trying to change the results of the 2020 election in more than one state. Clyburn is saying this about Trump trying to take out Biden as the winner. Specifically, Clyburn said the following, as can be seen in the video below, “this is an attempt to…

Jason Bateman was back on Saturday Night Live with a new monologue and he describes the time he hosted SNL and was attacked by a monkey 15 years ago. The Ozark star stated that he was in a weird sketch that involved a real monkey back in 2005 and “things were loose” back then, suggesting that today’s SNL might be using a prop or fake monkey. Bateman says he leaned down to say good job to the monkey while they were on stage taking a bow at the end of the show and that’s where it happened. He says the…

Former President Barack Obama has weighed in on the longtime debate of Die Hard being a Christmas movie and not everyone will agree with his opinion. The former president was being interviewed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and Fallon asked if Die Hard was a Christmas movie. Obama’s said no and suggested that Die Hard is simply an action movie that “happens to involve tangentially Christmas.” Obama also says that It’s a Wonderful Life and Charlie Brown Christmas – are Christmas movies. Despite the popularity of calling the Bruce Willis action movie a Christmas movie, there are many…

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced backlash after posting a Tweet suggesting Republicans couldn’t handle being a waitress. Her Tweet stated the following,  “Republicans like to make fun of the fact that I used to be a waitress, but we all know if they ever had to do a double they’d be the ones found crying in the walk-in fridge halfway through their first shift bc someone yelled at them for bringing seltzer when they wanted sparkling.” Her message on the social media platform sparked thousands of responses from both sides of politics, with some supporting her statement and many others…

A recent poll has found that only 27 congressional Republicans have willingly acknowledged the Joe Biden victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. The poll was conducted by the Washington Post who surveyed all of the 249 Republicans in the Senate and House. This survey comes after President Donald Trump released a video accusing “corrupt forces” of stealing the election from him and claiming, incorrectly,  that he won the election. But, Trump did not win the election. The Republicans who were surveyed had gotten either phone calls or emails that asked three questions. They were as follows, per…

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has referred to the upcoming Covid-19 vaccine as the “Trump vaccine” and says it’s the result of having a businessman as president. McEnany said to reporters that the rapid development of the upcoming vaccine is a “tremendous achievement” and suggests there might be up to 40 million doses ready by the end of the year.  However, that’s just a short few weeks away and might be quite the challenge if at all possible. The Press Secretary appeared to credit the Trump administration for the fast efforts made on the immunization. As stated on Bloomberg,…

Taylor Swift has re-recorded a version of her hit song “Love Story” and licensed it to Match for a new ad that will star Ryan Reynolds. This is the first instance of Taylor releasing one of the re-recorded versions of an old tune. From Swift’s Twitter: “OK, so while my new re-records are NOT done, my friend @VancityReynolds asked me if he could use a snippet of one for a LOLsome commercial he wrote.” Taylor told fans that she would be re-recording her first six albums back in August 2019, after news broke about the multi-million-dollar acquisition of her original…

Greedfall recently popped up on Playstation’s PS Now service, and it got me thinking about the game, which I finished on the Xbox One early this year during the initial COVID lockdowns. When I drop money on a game, I fully expect certain things. I want smooth controls, an intuitive interface, slick graphics, and compelling voice acting. Greedfall, a 2019 RPG from the folks at Spiders, doesn’t have any of that. It looks and plays a lot like a last gen game, which would be completely forgivable on last gen hardware. On the Xbox One or PS4 the game will…

A couple months ago I decided that I wanted to re-experience some of the games that helped define my childhood. Specifically, I wanted to explore the Sega Genesis library and revisit games that were attached to some really fond memories. The Genesis was in my sister’s room, while I had the SNES and NES hooked up in mine. As a result I didn’t get to play it as much as I wanted, as my sister wasn’t too keen on me being in her room, especially since I had a tendency to hang her Barbie dolls from the ceiling fan and…