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Trump Says Medal He Gave Billionaire Donor Is 'Much Better' Than One Given To Fallen Soldiers
Aug 16, 2024
Former President Donald Trump sparked outrage after claiming the Presidential Medal of Freedom he gave to billionaire donor Miriam Adelson is "much better" than the Congressional Medal of Honor given to wounded or dead members of the U.S. military.
Trump made the remarks during a campaign event at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he was introduced by Adelson herself.
Adelson is estimated to be the fifth richest woman in America with a net worth of $27.7 billion. She and her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, were Trump’s most significant financial supporters during his presidency. They made the largest contributions to his 2016 campaign, his presidential inauguration, his defense fund during the Mueller investigation into Russian interference, and his 2020 campaign.
Trump, who awarded Adelson the Medal of Freedom in 2018 for her work as a doctor and her donations to facilities treating drug addiction, said:
“I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian. It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor."
“But civilian version, it’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead."
“She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman, and they’re rated equal, but she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and she got it for — and that’s through committees and everything else.”
You can hear what Trump said in the video below.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor, awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant public or private endeavors.
The Congressional Medal of Honor is the most prestigious military award, with three variants for each military branch. The Medal of Honor recognizes those who have shaped our nation’s history and "continue to inspire its future" through acts of "valor, humanity, patriotism, and sacrifice."
Notably, out of the 40 million Americans who have served in the Armed Forces since the Civil War, only 3,519 have received the Medal of Honor.
The Harris campaign issued a statement calling out Trump for "Dishonoring America's Greatest Heroes, Again":
"Donald Trump knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself."
"For him to insult Medal of Honor recipients, just as he has previously attacked Gold Star families, mocked prisoners of war, and referred to those who lost their lives in service to our country as 'suckers' and losers,' should remind all Americans that we owe it to our service members, our country, and our future to make sure Donald Trump is never our nation's commander in chief again."
You can see the statement below.
Harris For President
Trump has been harshly criticized in response.
Trump has a history of disrespecting members of the military, particularly, as he put it, the "suckers and losers" who die in combat.
A 2020 report from The Atlantic revealed that Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, near Paris, in 2018. At the time, four individuals with direct knowledge of the situation said that Trump declined the visit due to concerns about his hair being affected by the rain and a lack of importance placed on honoring American war dead.
During discussions with senior staff members on the morning of the planned visit, Trump questioned the necessity of visiting the cemetery, referring to it as "filled with losers." Additionally, on the same trip, he reportedly referred to the over 1,800 marines who perished at Belleau Wood as "suckers" for losing their lives.
Perhaps most notably, Trump mocked the late Arizona Senator John McCain's injuries that came from his five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973 and resulted in his inability to move his arms above his head for the rest of his life.
In 2015, Trump, then a presidential candidate, infamously said that McCain was "not a war hero" because "he was captured" and "I like people who weren’t captured."
McCain, in response, mocked Trump's multiple draft deferments, pointing to wealthy Americans who were able to get out of being drafted into service. During his lifetime, McCain was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his military service.
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Kellyanne Conway Dragged After Rant About Kamala Harris Is Actually A List Of Compliments
Aug 16, 2024
Ex-President Donald Trump's former presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway was mocked after she spoke on Fox News to warn voters about Vice President Kamala Harris—only to offer what sounded like a rave review, running through a list of Harris's positive attributes.
Speaking to Fox News personality Sean Hannity, Conway suggested Harris's image is inauthentic because the picture of her that Democrats are putting out there is of “whatever they need her to be.”
She said:
“Our fears are real that, left to her own devices, Kamala Harris is just one big old blind date. And everybody’s making her whatever they need her to be."
“She’s so good-looking, she’s so smart, she’s so wealthy, she’s so funny, she’s close to her mom, she goes on really cool vacations, she’ll never break your heart."
"Everybody's making her what they need her to be. She is defined: to define her is to deter her."
You can hear what she said in the video below.
But as many pointed out, nothing that Conway listed sounded at all like flaws.
Last month, Conway launched into a similarly tone-deaf rant against Harris, saying Harris "does not speak well."
Conway's remark came after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and endorsed Harris. At 81, Biden faced increasing concerns within his party about his age and capacity to serve another term, along with fears of a potential loss to Trump—who is 78—in November.
Now, weeks after Harris entered the race, she is leading or tied with Trump in six of seven key swing states, according to findings from the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Though Harris and Trump are tied in Georgia, she leads in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
This change comes as the Harris campaign repeatedly takes the Trump campaign to task for not campaigning in swing states and mocked Trump for being "low energy" by largely dispatching his running mate J.D. Vance to rallies in his stead.
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The Smoothest Pick-Up Lines People Have Ever Heard
Aug 16, 2024
"What’s your (astrological) sign?" was the stereotypical pick up line of the 1970s. I was too young to have heard it in action, but it got used in many books, TV shows and movies from the era.
In college in the 1980s, "What’s your major?" was the preferred icebreaker. It was entertaining for myself and my friends to make up obscure, bizarre fields of study as a response to see how the other party could pivot.
After that, I never encountered anything more creative than "Would you like to get dinner/a drink/coffee/see a movie?" I prefer direct approaches, so perhaps that's why gentlemen took that route with me.
But not everyone followed that path on the way to romance.
A Redditor asked:
"What's the smoothest pick up line you've heard?"
Snacks
"Was in my girl's car on our first date—she comes from money so has a fancy pants car."
"I was talking about how nice it is and she goes, 'Yeah, look it even has a snack warmer' and turns on my seat warmer."
~ braidedasshair99
Hands
"Was at a bar with a friend once, someone knocked a glass off the bar and a guy quickly caught it."
"Friend: 'Fast hands!'."
"Guy: 'Thanks, they go slow too'."
"Friend f*cking melted, I messaged her my congrats the morning after."
~ banananey
10/10 Would Recommend
"Girl slid into my DMs and said that she’d give me a dime for my number.
"Then I said, 'okay but I have to see the dime first' then she sent me my profile picture."
"Dime is slang for someone who is a 10/10."
~ OhThroe
Tasty
"I was eating lunch and this girl said, 'that looks so good—and so does your food'."
~ LatinChiro
Smooth Operator
"I once accidentally flirted with another man (I'm straight) at an upscale bar."
"I was enjoying my drink, and a man sat near me, and without a thought, I said, 'Your cologne pairs really well with my drink'."
"He blushed, I blushed, the bartender blushed."
"I wish I was that smooth with people I actually want to flirt with."
~ apocguy
Ladies First
"Met a girl back in college. She was gorgeous."
"I kept looking at her, but was afraid of rejection."
"During a break, she came up to me and said, 'Are you just going to look at me, or do I have to make the first move?'."
"Needless to say, she never let me forget that."
~ HoodedOccam
Who, Me?
"I wouldn’t call this 'smooth' more 'effective'."
"I used to smile at a cute guy across the bar and then mouth 'come here' while waving him over. The adorable 'ME‽‽' looks they used to get on their faces were priceless."
"They could be smooth as they wanted afterward, but they always gave away any cool demeanor they tried to have with the initial utter shock."
"I’d like to also clarify that I am not a supermodel. I think guys are just so not used to this kind of attention that it was deeply flattering."
~ itsadialectic
Orange Crush
"I (extremely ginger) had an instant crush on this redhead girl with very short hair when she came into the bar I was working in at the time."
"It was probably the only time I've ever had a line, but I somehow came up with 'Why is it you're pulling my hair off better than I ever could?'."
"We dated for a few months, and we're still on good terms."
~ Stubbledorange
Headline
"I had a really cute girl come up to me once, and say 'Hey, I was wondering if you could see yourself in me later?'."
"Me caught off guard completely: 'uhhhh I don't know, maybe' (because I'm so smooth myself)."
"Then she pulls off her wig and pretends to polish her completely bald head with her sleeve and bending down to present the top of her head to me. 'How about now?'."
"It turns out that she had Alopecia, so she just tried to make the best of a sh*tty situation. We dated for almost a year."
~ Xpalidocious
Eyeliner
"Was approached by a woman who winked at me."
"I said, 'Do you have something in your eye?' And she replied, 'You'."
"I married her."
~ AZEightySeven
Squash
"A red headed buddy of mine went up to a stunning redhead at a bar and ask if she 'wanted to start a pumpkin patch'."
~ Red_Eyed_Vireo
She Had His Number
"This girl I had a crush on in high school asked to use my phone to call hers because she couldn't find it."
"Her phone started ringing in her pocket, she pulls it out, saves my number and says she'll text me later."
~ ssssrks
Hit And A Miss
"It didn't happen in English so the wordplay isn't as good but it went something like this."
"Wintertime, icy sidewalk, very cute girl was struggling a bit not to slip."
"I go: 'careful, you might fall!'."
"Her: 'that's alright, maybe you will catch me over a cup of coffee'."
"Her spontaneity really caught me off guard. All I could say was 'maybe' and walked away...yep, idiot."
~ rmeman
Quod Est Signum Tuum?
"I did an accidental one once. It was a time in college where I was doing a lot of Latin, and I met a girl at like a one-off lecture event."
"She said, 'Hi, my name's Amanda' and I said 'Oh cool, in Latin that means "the girl to be loved"'."
"Then she kinda giggled, but I wasn't trying to give her a pick-up line. I was trying to give her a Latin fact."
~ Ignorred
Ice Cold
"I worked retail when I was younger, and I was up there on my day off buying something."
"Well, the younger sister of one of my coworkers was there, and we somehow congregated around with a manager, and he made a comment about you can punch in and work, and she, without missing a beat, was like, he can’t, we’re going out for ice cream."
"I had never even met her before, but we went out for ice cream and dated for a few years."
~ SubSoniq
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Ex-NBA Player Who Just Won Minnesota GOP Primary Calls Women 'Too Mouthy' In Resurfaced Clip
Aug 16, 2024
In a resurfaced clip, Royce White, the ex-NBA player who just won the Minnesota GOP Senate primary, said that women have become "too mouthy."
Of course, this wouldn't be the first time the conspiracy theorist has been called out for his remarks.
In fact, the Donald Trump supporter's social media feed is riddled with homophobic slurs and vile language, from multiple posts with the words "f*g" and "tr*nny" to calling Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "c*nts."
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Regardless, White still won the Minnesota Republican Party’s Senate primary against his opponent Joe Fraser on Tuesday.
Yes, despite the former hooper being suspected of multiple campaign finance violations, including using thousands of dollars of donor money at a strip club.
More recently, though, a resurfaced clip of White saying that women are "too mouthy" has resurfaced, creating yet another stir on social media.
The clip comes from White's appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room show last year.
In it, he he said:
“Well look, let's just be frank, women have become too mouthy."
"As the Black man in the room, I'll say that."
You can watch below.
And it the last couple of months, he's doubled down on his position, posting various social media videos of women using the caption:
"Mouthy."
Viewers of the resurfaced video are, of course, appalled over his utterance, but they also hope it will provide yet another piece of evidence for voters as to why he is unfit for a seat.
White will face incumbent Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D)—who won 60% of the vote in 2018 and has already raised nearly $19 million in campaign funding—in the general election in November.
White has about $85,000 in his campaign account.
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Trump Bluntly Fact-Checked After Claiming Americans 'Never Had It So Good' As When He Was President
Aug 16, 2024
Speaking at an event in Asheville, North Carolina, former President Donald Trump tried to claim that Americans "never had it so good" as they did at the end of his term in January of 2021—only to be bluntly fact-checked in the process.
The speech was meant to offer a platform for Trump to discuss his economic proposals but quickly devolved into a typical Trump campaign rally characterized by lies and distortions, this time about the state of the country under his leadership.
Trump claimed:
"It was under President Trump we passed the largest tax cuts in American history, the largest regulation cuts in history. We unleashed American energy and real income surged by more than $4,200 in just a short number of months."
"You never had it so good. Now you’re not doing so well. We had the strongest economy in history. There's never been a country that had an economy like us."
"I have [Vice President Kamala Harris] and [President Joe Biden] an economic miracle and they turned it into an economic nightmare with a nation-wrecking agenda ripped out of Kamala's San Francisco liberal playbook."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
In January 2021—best known as the month when Trump's followers attacked the U.S. Capitol on the false premise the 2020 election had been stolen—the economy was not in the "good" place Trump purports it was.
Supply chain shortages were a fact of life due to COVID-19 disruptions and there were several weeks at the height of the pandemic in spring 2020 when millions of people couldn't find a single roll of toilet paper anywhere, the result at least in part of panic buying as state and local governments issued stay-at-home orders that were largely ignored by Trump's followers.
Well over 1.2 million Americans have died since the COVID-19 pandemic began during Trump's final year in office. Many of these people could have been saved had Trump's administration taken the situation seriously from the start.
In fact, January 2021 marked the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming over 95,000 lives.
Trump was almost immediately fact-checked.
Of course, there's more about the country's economic condition in January 2021 that Trump did not mention.
In January 2021, just before the conclusion of Trump's term, the Labor Department disclosed that total U.S. employment had plummeted by 140,000 in December, resulting in a total of 142.6 million jobs—approximately 10 million fewer than pre-pandemic levels.
The unemployment rate surged from a 50-year low of 3.5% in February 2020 to 14.8% within two months, with over 22 million people losing their jobs. Although it later decreased to 6.7%, that figure was still 2 percentage points higher than when Trump took office.
In this regard, Trump isn't alone; he is the third consecutive Republican president to leave office with a higher unemployment rate than at the start of his term, following both President George H. W. Bush and President George W. Bush.
Additionally, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a progressive American think tank that analyzes the impact of federal and state government budget policies, the 2017 Trump-era Tax Act was "skewed to the rich," noting that:
"Households with incomes in the top 1 percent will receive an average tax cut of more than $60,000 in 2025, compared to an average tax cut of less than $500 for households in the bottom 60 percent."
The organization said in March that the tax cuts were "expensive and eroded the U.S. revenue base," remarking that at this moment there is "simply not enough revenue given the nation’s investment needs and our commitments to Social Security and health coverage."
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