U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden and Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive […]
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Biden and Trump trade insults, accusations of lying in acrimonious presidential debate
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden and Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) President Joe Biden and […]
Biden and Trump trade insults, accusations of lying in acrimonious presidential debate
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden and Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) President Joe Biden and […]
Biden and Trump trade insults, accusations of lying in acrimonious presidential debate
U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden and Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Justin Sullivan | Getty Images) President Joe Biden and […]
Biden, Trump trade fierce accusations, insults on economy, immigration, abortion
President Biden and former President Trump pummeled each other Thursday night in a highly contentious opening to their first debate, with furious exchanges about immigration, foreign policy and abortion dominating the opening minutes of their confrontation. The abundant disdain between the current president and his predecessor became evident from the opening moments, with Trump going […]
Noel Edmonds interview descends into chaos as he swears and insults presenter
Noel Edmonds’ interview on a British breakfast TV show descended into chaos as the presenter had to apologise for him swearing live on-air. The broadcaster (75) has also been criticised by viewers for making a jab at Ed Balls’ weight after Mr Blobby joined them on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Monday. Edmonds came on […]
Thai courts hand jail terms to lawmaker and musician for royal insults
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition lawmaker for insulting the monarchy, their lawyers said. Another monarchy-reform activist – who had gone on a partial hunger strike after being […]
Man insults judge who sentenced him to 12 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison by a judge who called him “a menace to our society.” Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and insulted U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden before […]
Insults directed at MTG launch a swag collection
Jasmine Crockett said what she said. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the representative from Texas’ 30th congressional district tells Jake Tapper that she has zero regrets after clapping back at Marjorie Taylor Greene at the House Oversight Committee hearing onThursday. Commenting on what took place after Greene attacked Crockett’s appearance by saying, “I think […]
House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults
WASHINGTON — Criticism of a member’s “fake eyelashes” and another’s intelligence. A question about discussing a member’s “bleach blond, bad-built butch body.” A House Oversight Committee meeting Thursday night devolved into chaos amid personal attacks and partisan bickering in a rare evening session that was supposed to center on a resolution recommending Attorney General Merrick […]
Majorie Taylor Greene Insults Jasmine Crockett, Sends Oversight Committee Hearing Into Chaos
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee fell into chaos Thursday night after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) made an offhand remark about Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). Crockett and Greene got into it almost right away, with Crockett suggesting Greene didn’t understand the purpose of the hearing. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what […]
Biden steps up personal insults of Trump
President Joe Biden dialed up his personal insults of Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling the presumptive Republican nominee a “loser” while making fun of his handling of the Covid pandemic. Biden got his jabs in during remarks at an annual awards gala in Washington for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. “That other […]