On Sunday morning, Donald Trump, seemingly out of nowhere, tweeted a sort of "Save the Date" for a big celebration in D.C.
On July 4th.
And you'll never guess what it's going to celebrate:
"A Salute to America"
Ya don't say.
People were puzzled as to why Trump thought this was a new idea, and the mockery came fast:
Sounds kind of familiar.
You're in luck, Mr. President!
Accurate:
Here are some more ideas, for Trump!
Fair question:
Comedian Druski angered MAGA conservatives after publishing a video aimed at white conservatives while dressed up as someone who looks an awful lot like Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk.
In the new video titled "How Conservative Women in America Act," Druski appears in heavy prosthetics and makeup, this time portraying a white woman. The character is shown holding a mock press conference about the war in Iran, and giving an interview while clutching a Bible.
When asked how she's grown "closer" to Jesus, she replies:
"I serve a righteous God and that is why we say our prayers. We are all his children. But when I say children, I mean the holy blessed trinity which is why I hold the Bible."
The character goes on to attend a Pilates class and orders a “sweet cream foam chai iced matcha” at a drive-through.
The clip concludes with another press conference in which the character declares the following while a Black security guard looks on:
“We have to protect all men in America, especially all white men in America."
You can see the video below.
Throughout the video, Druski looks very much like Erika Kirk, the widow of slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a college event in September. He has been celebrated as a martyr by the far-right ever since, and his widow—now Turning Point USA's CEO—has been criticized for her actions in the spotlight, including WWE-style entrances at events and intimately embracing Vice President JD Vance in full view of cameras.
In response to these criticisms, Erika Kirk previously said that "there is no linear blueprint for grief," words that have nonetheless failed to satisfy critics on both sides of the political aisle.
Druski's character's remark about "protecting... white men in America" also bear similarities to remarks Erika Kirk made after she visited the Arkansas Governor's Mansion and spoke with students involved with local Turning Point USA chapters, telling young white men in particular not to "let anyone disenfranchise you."
While she did face criticism for these words, these remarks are fitting for Erika Kirk considering that her late husband was an avowed white supremacist who resented the existence of the Civil Rights Act.
MAGA conservatives lashed out, saying the video was disrespectful to Erika Kirk while being an example of "whiteface," which is not a thing.
Others defended the comedian.
It seems pretty clear MAGA can dish it out all they want to—but they just can't take it.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is earning praise for his seemingly effortless response to a heckler at a Brooklyn press conference, actually defending the person instead of attacking them directly
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has proposed no-cost childcare, free buses, freezing the rent, and building more affordable housing—all ideas that resonated with the average New Yorker during a nationwide affordability crisis.
And instead of taking the heckler's attacks personally, he looped them into the larger conversation about addressing cost-of-living concerns in the global financial capital.
He said the following:
"What I want to say today in accordance with the fact that in New York City you're going to hear it from everybody—it wouldn't be our city if there wasn't someone on the block."
"I want that man to be able to afford to keep living in New York City because the day I don't hear him yelling at me, it means he got priced out of this place and I don't want that."
“I don’t want that, I don’t want that for him, I don’t want that for anybody in this city. We need to make this a city where it’s affordable enough to yell at your politicians. If it’s not that city, it’s not the city I want to live in.”
"Let's be clear about it: So let this be a city where we have this, where we worry about, 'Are the Knicks going to win the championship?' or we ask ourselves, 'Why is a $9 latte $9?' Let this not be a city where we ask ourselves, 'Is government doing enough to build affordable housing as quickly as it can?'"
"Today starts to answer that final question. Thank you."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
It was not the response people expected—but it showed how good Mamdani is at thinking on his feet while staying on message.
We wonder if President Donald Trump, who has referred to affordability concerns as a Democratic "scam," is taking any notes.
Republicans have taken their adulation for President Donald Trump to new heights, presenting him with the inaugural America First award at the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) dinner on Wednesday night.
House Speaker Mike Johnson presented the award he said would now be given “annually from this point forward," referring to Trump as "suitable and fitting recipient" of the prize.
He said:
"The president has done so much for the American people and we want to honor him in some small way, some token of our appreciation for his leadership. Tonight, we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before."
"We are going to honor him with a new award that we will present annually from this point forward. But he is the suitable and fitting recipient of the first-ever America First award. We could think of no better title for what that is."
"That is this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the golden era in America."
You can hear what Johnson said in the video below.
This is at least the second award Trump has received in the last month.
In February, he was given an award for being the "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal." Trump's recognition reportedly came from the Washington Coal Club, a pro-coal advocacy organization with financial links to the sector. The award was presented by James Grech, chief executive of Peabody Energy, the nation’s largest coal producer.
The ceremony coincided with Trump signing an executive order instructing the Department of Defense to enter long-term power agreements with coal plants supplying military bases and other facilities deemed essential to national security.
In December, he was presented with FIFA's inaugural “FIFA Peace Prize,” a gold medal and oversized trophy that, notably, arrived just months after he failed to secure a Nobel Peace Prize—and just after the U.S. Justice Department suddenly announced that it was dropping an international soccer bribery case.
The following month, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado faced heavy criticism after she gave her prize to Trump despite the Nobel Committee's insistence that prizes can't be transferred. Machado ignored the pushback and went to Washington anyway, saying she had done so "as a recognition for his [Trump's] unique commitment with our freedom."
These "recognitions" are as tone-deaf as you could possibly get considering the nation is in the throes of an affordability crisis, Trump is at the center of the Epstein files scandal, and his administration recently launched a war with Iran that has caused a surge in gas prices.
Meanwhile, his immigration crackdown continues and ICE has now been deployed to certain airports around the country to "help" TSA workers, who have gone unpaid since mid-February, when a partial government shutdown began.
The timing could not be worse—and the second-hand embarrassment over the GOP's fawning was something else.
Trump was presented the America First award after White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and FBI Director Kash Patel made headlines for fawning over him during a roundtable in Memphis.
Miller claimed "what President Trump is doing on border security and public safety is a national miracle that will be studied not only for generations but for centuries to come."
Patel credited Trump with efforts to crack down on crime, saying Trump is "inspiring the nation and law enforcement to come up and wear the badge and wear the colors of this country and safeguard our men and women for generations to come." He gave Trump his "thanks for delivering America the safest, safest, safest country on God's green earth."
Oh, brother.
Although he regularly claims mail-in ballots are used by Democrats to rig elections, President Donald Trump was called out for voting by mail in Florida's election on Tuesday—and saying it's okay that he did it because he's the "president."
Palm Beach County records show that Trump cast a mail-in ballot earlier this week in the special election for Florida’s House District 87, the district that includes his Mar-a-Lago residence. He also voted by mail in the January primary for the same race.
Just one day earlier, he told the audience at a roundtable event in Memphis that “mail-in voting means mail-in cheating," pledging that "we got to do something about it all.”
When questioned, he said:
"You may not use mail-in ballots, you probably said. But you know what, I did. You know why? Because I'm President of the United States and because of the fact that I'm President of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida."
"Because I felt I should be here instead of taking in the beautiful sunshine. ... I decided I was going to vote by mail-in ballot because I couldn't be there because I had a lot of different things. We have exceptions for mail-in ballots, you do know that?"
You can hear what he said in the video below.
But as the reporter pointed out, he was actually at Mar-a-Lago during the voting period, and in fact, as Politico confirmed, cast his mail-in ballot from Palm Beach County, when he could have voted early in person.
Republicans have railed against early voting and vote-by-mail procedures in recent years, spurred by Trump's lies that they helped Democrats "steal" the 2020 election.
Research shows early voting greatly increases voter turnout and a study from Stanford University’s Democracy and Polarization Lab published in April 2020 found that contrary to the widely-held belief among the GOP that vote-by-mail gives Democrats an advantage over Republicans, vote-by-mail options do not benefit one party more than another.
But an angry Trump fueled conspiracies around voting procedures that have led to the disparity that currently exists with the early and absentee vote being dominated by Democrats and the same-day vote by Republicans.
He has pushed to eliminate no-excuse mail voting as a central goal of the "SAVE America Act", a sweeping federal elections bill that faces long odds of passing in the Senate. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a Republican-backed case seeking to impose stricter deadlines on the counting of mail ballots.
Many have called out his hypocrisy and entitled response.
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales defended Trump's move in a statement, saying that "as everyone knows, the President is a resident of Palm Beach and participates in Florida elections, but he obviously primarily lives at the White House in Washington, D.C." She called Trump's decision to cast a mail-in ballot a "non-story."
Trump previously voted by mail in 2020 and when asked at the time how he reconciled his criticism of mail-in voting with his own use of it, Trump said he voted that way because he was in the White House and unable to travel to Florida to cast a ballot in person.
Trump said "there's a big difference between somebody who is out of state and does a ballot and everything is sealed and certified and everything else," claiming without evidence that large numbers of people were fraudulently filling out ballots at home.
He added that despite his own use of the method, he still believed mail-in voting was "a terrible thing," saying he thought people should vote in person.
You asked for business in the front, party in the back...and got jokes everywhere.
That’s basically what happened when TikToker @berkobi walked out of the barbershop and into viral infamy, sporting what can only be described as a haircut that lost the plot halfway through.
Posted five days ago with over 7.4 million views, the redhead revealed his new look in a now-viral clip that wastes no time getting to the problem.
TikToker @berkobi clocked his own haircut in real time:
“Yeah, dude, I said I wanted a mullet… this is what the barber gave me.”
Shaking his hair—which, notably, never quite commits to the “party in the back” portion of the assignment—he made it clear this wasn’t exactly what he had in mind.
@berkobi questioned what, exactly, he received:
“I don’t think this is a mullet.”
That assessment feels generous. The cut lands somewhere between Lord Farquaad and Little John from Robin Hood, with just enough length to suggest intention, but not enough to actually deliver on it.
You can see the haircut in question here:
For context, a mullet is defined by contrast: shorter hair on the top and sides, and noticeably longer in the back. The “business in the front, party in the back” formula was iconic in the 1980s, but has since evolved into a more modern, wearable style.
Today’s versions often feature fades, textured layers, and smoother blending, with variations like burst fades or curly volume giving the cut a more intentional edge. In other words, there’s usually a clear difference between the front and the back—something this particular haircut struggles to establish.
The mullet’s cultural staying power is also well documented. Icons like David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Rod Stewart helped define the look, while more recent names like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, and Zendaya have reintroduced it to a new generation.
Naturally, TikTok had thoughts.
And the internet didn’t hold back, especially after TikToker @darkheartswithstacylee rounded up some of the most brutal reactions circulating under the original post.
You can watch her reaction video here:
As the clip continued to gain traction on social media, the comment section quickly became part of the entertainment, with users piling on jokes, comparisons, and secondhand disbelief.
The reactions below:
To his credit, @berkobi seems fully aware of the situation and is leaning into it. He’s continued posting follow-up videos, documenting everything from everyday styling to holiday-themed variations of the cut.
In case you were wondering what mullet bedhead looks like:
@berkobi #fyp #redhead #farquaad #bedhead
Or what happens when you add a little St. Patrick’s Day spirit:
And he assured everyone that his new "beautiful" hairdo is here to stay:
At this point, the haircut may not be a traditional mullet but it is, undeniably, a viral moment.
