Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is now claiming that a border wall with Mexico would be effective, a reversal of his stance a mere three years ago, when he criticized Trump’s wall idea as “childish.” CNN’s KFile unearthed audio of the 2015 interview with a local South …
Read More »This Week in Music: Special Christmas Music Edition
Listen to this week’s YouTube Music playlist here. Lil Jon, “All I Really Want for Christmas” Sounds like: A merry crunkmas for one and all Perfect for: Popping a holiday twerk Time to turn up for Santa: Lil Jon has released the year’s most lit holiday jingle. “All I Really …
Read More »Meek Mill Goes Through the Stages of 'Trauma' in Powerful New Video
Meek Mill paints a bleak and vivid picture of the traumatic life experiences he’s traversed in the powerful new video for “Trauma.” The track is a highlight from the rapper’s recently released fourth studio album, Championships. In the clip, Meek is seen both as a child and as an adult. …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Juxtaposes Migrants With Piles of Garbage as Advertisers Flee
Update: Fox News has released a new statement defending Carlson’s comments while attacking the “agenda-driven intimidation efforts” of organizations that have criticized the host. “It is a shame that left wing advocacy groups, under the guise of being supposed ‘media watchdogs’ weaponize social media against companies in an effort to …
Read More »Watch Gary Clark Jr. Perform 'Night Time Is The Right Time' on 'ACL' New Year's Special
Gary Clark Jr. leaves behind his guitar to perform a smoky rendition of “Night Time Is the Right Time” in this exclusive clip from Austin City Limits‘ upcoming ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Special. The performance of the R&B classic was part of a tribute to Ray Charles, who …
Read More »Investigation into Inaugural Committee Spending Reportedly Closes in on Ivanka Trump
New York federal prosecutors are looking into potential financial wrongdoing by President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and Ivanka Trump’s involvement in price negotiations for space rental in the Trump International Hotel in D.C. According to reporting by WNYC and ProPublica, President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee paid large sums of money …
Read More »See Kurt Vile's Rumbling 'Loading Zones' on 'Kimmel'
Kurt Vile played an amiable version of his track “Loading Zones” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!The track mixes pealing guitars — the lead part sounded more than a little like Neil Young circaWeld— with cheerfully inscrutable lyrics. “Sure, they knighted me yesterday/But who needs armor when I have an exoskeleton?” Vile …
Read More »'Blurred Lines' Copyright Suit Against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Ends in $5M Judgment
A judge has entered a nearly $5 million judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in favor of Marvin Gaye’s family in the long-running lawsuit involving copyright infringement surrounding Thicke and Williams’ song “Blurred Lines” and Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up,”Billboard reports. In 2016, Williams and Thicke …
Read More »Hear Rob Baird's Heavy New Folk-Rock Song 'Burning Blue'
Americana singer-songwriter Rob Baird reflects on mortality, heartbreak and bad decisions throughout his heavy new song “Burning Blue.” The track highlights his upcoming fourth LP, After All, out January 11th via Hard Luck Recording Company. “Room and a bed with a parking lot view/ Star-crossed souls without a clue,” Baird …
Read More »With HIV/AIDS Research Threatened, NIH Looks For Stem-Cell Alternatives
On Monday, the National Institutes of Health announced they intend to invest up to $20 million in the next two years to fund studies to develop alternatives to human fetal tissue, after the Trump administration threatened to pull funding from projects that rely on it for research — including the …
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