Donald Trump Jr. received a letter containing white powder and a death threat on Monday, prompting a hazmat unit and firefighters to rush to his Florida home.
This marks the second time Trump Jr. has received an envelope containing an unknown white substance. According to his spokesperson, Andrew Surabian, “The test results of the substance came up inconclusive on what it was exactly, but officials on the scene do not believe it is deadly.”
The death threat referenced other family members, such as former president Donald Trump, along with Trump’s other children and his niece, Mary Trump.
“It’s time for Mary to hear that Donald and his family have gone up in smoke when the ‘Trump’ plane dives into the Atlantic Ocean,” the letter concluded.
Trump Jr. released a statement to the Daily Caller following the incident.
“It’s just become a little bit too commonplace that this sort of stuff happens,...
This marks the second time Trump Jr. has received an envelope containing an unknown white substance. According to his spokesperson, Andrew Surabian, “The test results of the substance came up inconclusive on what it was exactly, but officials on the scene do not believe it is deadly.”
The death threat referenced other family members, such as former president Donald Trump, along with Trump’s other children and his niece, Mary Trump.
“It’s time for Mary to hear that Donald and his family have gone up in smoke when the ‘Trump’ plane dives into the Atlantic Ocean,” the letter concluded.
Trump Jr. released a statement to the Daily Caller following the incident.
“It’s just become a little bit too commonplace that this sort of stuff happens,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
Nope, Jon Stewart isn’t walking back his criticism of President Joe Biden last week during his Daily Show return. If anything, Stewart kind of doubled down during his second episode Monday night, before spending the bulk of his opening segment tearing into Tucker Carlson’s Russia propaganda tour.
Stewart opened his second show back on the Comedy Central late night series by diving right into the backlash to his first (specifically citing this Hollywood Reporter story). Stewart had generated plenty of headlines — and big ratings — in an episode where he mocked Biden for his apparent age-related cognitive issues. Some progressives have slammed the segment, accusing Stewart of inadvertently helping Biden’s presumed election rival, Donald Trump.
“The response to the first show last Monday was universally glowing — Ok, maybe not universal,” Stewart said (video below) while showing screenshots of critical tweets. “But [the backlash was] on Twitter! Everything on Twitter gets a backlash.
Stewart opened his second show back on the Comedy Central late night series by diving right into the backlash to his first (specifically citing this Hollywood Reporter story). Stewart had generated plenty of headlines — and big ratings — in an episode where he mocked Biden for his apparent age-related cognitive issues. Some progressives have slammed the segment, accusing Stewart of inadvertently helping Biden’s presumed election rival, Donald Trump.
“The response to the first show last Monday was universally glowing — Ok, maybe not universal,” Stewart said (video below) while showing screenshots of critical tweets. “But [the backlash was] on Twitter! Everything on Twitter gets a backlash.
- 2/20/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With his very first episode back, Jon Stewart has successfully returned The Daily Show to the cultural conversation — by drawing fire from Democrats.
Stewart’s return to Daily Show hosting duties Monday night opened with a 20-minute monologue going after Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Stewart especially mocked the current president after his disastrous press conference last week where Biden struggled to assure Americans that he was still cognitively capable of performing his duties.
Stewart seemed wholly aware his comments would lead to some left-side backlash, with correspondent Jordan Klepper asking Stewart on-air afterwards, “Did you save democracy yet with your ’90s brand of snark and both-siderism?”
And that’s precisely the sort of blowback that happened, with everyone from progressives to Elon Musk to the White House weighing in.
Mary Trump — a vehement critic of her uncle — wrote on X: “Not only is Stewart’s ‘both sides are the same’ rhetoric not funny,...
Stewart’s return to Daily Show hosting duties Monday night opened with a 20-minute monologue going after Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Stewart especially mocked the current president after his disastrous press conference last week where Biden struggled to assure Americans that he was still cognitively capable of performing his duties.
Stewart seemed wholly aware his comments would lead to some left-side backlash, with correspondent Jordan Klepper asking Stewart on-air afterwards, “Did you save democracy yet with your ’90s brand of snark and both-siderism?”
And that’s precisely the sort of blowback that happened, with everyone from progressives to Elon Musk to the White House weighing in.
Mary Trump — a vehement critic of her uncle — wrote on X: “Not only is Stewart’s ‘both sides are the same’ rhetoric not funny,...
- 2/14/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to reimburse The New York Times and three journalists $392,638.69 in legal fees related to a frivolous lawsuit the former president leveled against the newspaper.
On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Reed ruled that pursuant to a May decision dismissing the former president’s lawsuit against the Times, “$392,638.69 is a reasonable value for the legal services rendered,” and ordered Trump to pay up.
In September of 2021, Trump sued the Times, journalists Susanne Craig, David Barstow, and Russell Buettner, as well...
On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Reed ruled that pursuant to a May decision dismissing the former president’s lawsuit against the Times, “$392,638.69 is a reasonable value for the legal services rendered,” and ordered Trump to pay up.
In September of 2021, Trump sued the Times, journalists Susanne Craig, David Barstow, and Russell Buettner, as well...
- 1/12/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees and other costs to The New York Times and three reporters he had sued after they published a piece on his tax schemes.
New York Supreme Court judge Robert R. Reed ordered the former president to pay $392,638.69 to the Times and the reporters, Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner.
Last year, Reed dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against them, finding that the state’s anti-slapp law applied. That law is designed to limit plaintiffs from filing litigation as a way to limit a defendant from exercising the right to free speech and public participation.
Trump filed suit against the Times and the reporters in 2021, claiming they caused his niece Mary Trump to take tax and financial documents held by her lawyer and violate a 2001 settlement agreement. Among other things, Trump claimed tortious interference with contract and unjust enrichment.
New York Supreme Court judge Robert R. Reed ordered the former president to pay $392,638.69 to the Times and the reporters, Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner.
Last year, Reed dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against them, finding that the state’s anti-slapp law applied. That law is designed to limit plaintiffs from filing litigation as a way to limit a defendant from exercising the right to free speech and public participation.
Trump filed suit against the Times and the reporters in 2021, claiming they caused his niece Mary Trump to take tax and financial documents held by her lawyer and violate a 2001 settlement agreement. Among other things, Trump claimed tortious interference with contract and unjust enrichment.
- 1/12/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
On December 5, House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a speech at this year’s National Association of Christian Lawmakers gala.
During his speech, he thanked the event’s organizers for not inviting any reporters, though it has not been made clear if he knew that the event’s organizer would record and post a video of the gala on his Facebook page.
“I’ll tell you a secret since the media’s not here,” Johnson told them.
His secret was that he had many conversations with God in the lead-up to the speaker role with which he was anointed.
“The Lord impressed upon my heart a few weeks before this happened that something was going to occur,” he said. “And the Lord very specifically told me in my prayers to prepare but to wait. I had this sense that we were going to come to a Red Sea moment in our...
During his speech, he thanked the event’s organizers for not inviting any reporters, though it has not been made clear if he knew that the event’s organizer would record and post a video of the gala on his Facebook page.
“I’ll tell you a secret since the media’s not here,” Johnson told them.
His secret was that he had many conversations with God in the lead-up to the speaker role with which he was anointed.
“The Lord impressed upon my heart a few weeks before this happened that something was going to occur,” he said. “And the Lord very specifically told me in my prayers to prepare but to wait. I had this sense that we were going to come to a Red Sea moment in our...
- 12/18/2023
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Donald Trump’s older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, has died at 86 years old.
Barry, who was a former federal judge and an attorney, died in her home in New York City on the Upper East Side.
On Monday morning, police officers were called to her home. A cause of death has not been released, and Trump has not offered any comments on his sister’s death.
Former President Ronald Reagan chose Barry to serve on New Jersey’s Federal District Court in 1983. Trump’s lawyer, Roy M. Cohn, helped her get the appointment.
In 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated her to serve on the Third Court of Appeals, which she worked on until 2019 when she retired.
Her retirement coincided with her being investigated by a court due to a New York Times article that accused Trump and his siblings of inflating their inheritances through tax schemes.
Due to her retirement, the investigation ended.
Barry, who was a former federal judge and an attorney, died in her home in New York City on the Upper East Side.
On Monday morning, police officers were called to her home. A cause of death has not been released, and Trump has not offered any comments on his sister’s death.
Former President Ronald Reagan chose Barry to serve on New Jersey’s Federal District Court in 1983. Trump’s lawyer, Roy M. Cohn, helped her get the appointment.
In 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated her to serve on the Third Court of Appeals, which she worked on until 2019 when she retired.
Her retirement coincided with her being investigated by a court due to a New York Times article that accused Trump and his siblings of inflating their inheritances through tax schemes.
Due to her retirement, the investigation ended.
- 11/13/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Maryanne Trump Barry has died.
The older sister of former President Donald Trump passed away at her home in Manhattan at the age of 86, TMZ confirmed.
The exact circumstances surrounding her death are not clear, but her body was found Monday morning (November 13). At the time, no foul play is suspected.
Keep reading to find out more…
Maryanne was a longtime attorney, and served as a federal judge in New Jersey before she retired in 2019. She became an Assistant United States Attorney in 1974, and was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. In 1999, she was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton.
Although reportedly close for a time, they had an apparent falling out once he was elected President in 2016, which came to light in 2020 when he and Maryanne‘s niece,...
The older sister of former President Donald Trump passed away at her home in Manhattan at the age of 86, TMZ confirmed.
The exact circumstances surrounding her death are not clear, but her body was found Monday morning (November 13). At the time, no foul play is suspected.
Keep reading to find out more…
Maryanne was a longtime attorney, and served as a federal judge in New Jersey before she retired in 2019. She became an Assistant United States Attorney in 1974, and was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. In 1999, she was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bill Clinton.
Although reportedly close for a time, they had an apparent falling out once he was elected President in 2016, which came to light in 2020 when he and Maryanne‘s niece,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
CNN’s live townhall Wednesday with Donald Trump might have been well received by the painfully obvious pro-Trump audience in the studio, but if social media is any indication viewers at home were far less amused.
The struggling cable news outfit was excoriated widely on Twitter during the event — and for hours after. Some said the broadcast was “not a town hall,” but a “rally” for Trump, others dismissed it as “a Trump infomercial,” and Democratic congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said simply that CNN “should be ashamed.”
And many who watched called for CNN CEO Chris Licht to resign.
So what upset them? For one thing, the event featured what appeared to be an audience solely made up of Trump supporters. For another, it amounted to just over an hour in which the disgraced ex-president lied repeatedly, dissembled, evaded questions and advanced yet more false claims about the 2020 election.
Trump...
The struggling cable news outfit was excoriated widely on Twitter during the event — and for hours after. Some said the broadcast was “not a town hall,” but a “rally” for Trump, others dismissed it as “a Trump infomercial,” and Democratic congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said simply that CNN “should be ashamed.”
And many who watched called for CNN CEO Chris Licht to resign.
So what upset them? For one thing, the event featured what appeared to be an audience solely made up of Trump supporters. For another, it amounted to just over an hour in which the disgraced ex-president lied repeatedly, dissembled, evaded questions and advanced yet more false claims about the 2020 election.
Trump...
- 5/11/2023
- by Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
A judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times and three journalists who published a 2018 piece on his tax schemes.
The New York Supreme Court judge, Robert R. Reed, also ordered the former president to pay the Times’ legal expenses, finding that the state’s anti-slapp law applied. That law is designed to limit plaintiffs from filing litigation as a way to limit a defendant from exercising the right to free speech and public participation.
Trump filed suit against the Times and the reporters, Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner, in 2021, claiming they caused his niece Mary Trump to take tax and financial documents held by her lawyer and violate a 2001 settlement agreement. Among other things, Trump claimed tortious interference with contract and unjust enrichment.
In Reed’s opinion — read it here — he rejected Trump’s claims against the media defendants, writing that “courts have...
The New York Supreme Court judge, Robert R. Reed, also ordered the former president to pay the Times’ legal expenses, finding that the state’s anti-slapp law applied. That law is designed to limit plaintiffs from filing litigation as a way to limit a defendant from exercising the right to free speech and public participation.
Trump filed suit against the Times and the reporters, Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner, in 2021, claiming they caused his niece Mary Trump to take tax and financial documents held by her lawyer and violate a 2001 settlement agreement. Among other things, Trump claimed tortious interference with contract and unjust enrichment.
In Reed’s opinion — read it here — he rejected Trump’s claims against the media defendants, writing that “courts have...
- 5/3/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Anthony Hopkins wants you to be a mensch.
The two-time Oscar winner is the grandfather-with-gravitas in James Gray’s Awards contender “Armageddon Time.” The memoir-ish movie, set in Queens, New York in the 1980s, already received accolades at its debut in Cannes this summer. It heads into the autumn Awards season looking strong.
Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are the working class Jewish parents to the Gray stand-in, played by newcomer Banks Repeta. (Not since Max Records in “Where The Wild Things Are” has a child actor had such a child actor name!) Jaylin Webb is the kid’s African-American school chum, with whom he gets into some prankish trouble that sends the Repeta character to a different school. The heart of the story focuses on whether the prejudice of his new classmates (and even a bit from his own parents) will keep him from maintaining this friendship.
Elsewhere in...
The two-time Oscar winner is the grandfather-with-gravitas in James Gray’s Awards contender “Armageddon Time.” The memoir-ish movie, set in Queens, New York in the 1980s, already received accolades at its debut in Cannes this summer. It heads into the autumn Awards season looking strong.
Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong are the working class Jewish parents to the Gray stand-in, played by newcomer Banks Repeta. (Not since Max Records in “Where The Wild Things Are” has a child actor had such a child actor name!) Jaylin Webb is the kid’s African-American school chum, with whom he gets into some prankish trouble that sends the Repeta character to a different school. The heart of the story focuses on whether the prejudice of his new classmates (and even a bit from his own parents) will keep him from maintaining this friendship.
Elsewhere in...
- 9/7/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
In the lineage of films like “Belfast” and “Roma” and upcoming films like “Bardo” and “The Fabelmans” that chart the nostalgic youth of their directors, James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” stands out as a stark commentary on the current Maga-era of politics.
The first look at “Armageddon Time” shows Anthony Hopkins addressing the film’s young protagonist grandson, who describes his new schoolmates mocking his Black best friend. The boy says he didn’t say anything in response, but Hopkins brings up their own Jewish heritage and the antisemitism their family has faced to inspire him to be better.
“Next time those schmucks say anything bad, you’re going to say something,” Hopkins says in the trailer. “You’re going to be a mensch, okay?”
Also Read:
‘Armageddon Time’ Film Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
“Armageddon Time” stars Hopkins alongside Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway, and...
The first look at “Armageddon Time” shows Anthony Hopkins addressing the film’s young protagonist grandson, who describes his new schoolmates mocking his Black best friend. The boy says he didn’t say anything in response, but Hopkins brings up their own Jewish heritage and the antisemitism their family has faced to inspire him to be better.
“Next time those schmucks say anything bad, you’re going to say something,” Hopkins says in the trailer. “You’re going to be a mensch, okay?”
Also Read:
‘Armageddon Time’ Film Review: James Gray Looks at His Childhood Without Nostalgia
“Armageddon Time” stars Hopkins alongside Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway, and...
- 9/6/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Donald Trump’s niece knew long ago why his daughter Ivanka would eventually betray the former president by turning against him and The Big Lie.
Mary Trump also knew the how — to officials investigating one or more of his many misdeeds.
What Mary Trump didn’t predict when she said Donald Trump’s children would “flip” so officials could “go after a bigger target” was the when and the where — for a Jan. 6 congressional panel that presented Ivanka’s testimony Thursday night to 20 million primetime TV viewers.
Also Read:
Ivanka Trump Rejects the Big Lie and 5 Other Highlights of the First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing
“Donald would never imagine in a million years that his children would do that,” Mary Trump said in June 2021, during an interview with CNN. “Although I’m fairly sure they would. So if that indeed happens, it’s going to be fascinating. Because he would never...
Mary Trump also knew the how — to officials investigating one or more of his many misdeeds.
What Mary Trump didn’t predict when she said Donald Trump’s children would “flip” so officials could “go after a bigger target” was the when and the where — for a Jan. 6 congressional panel that presented Ivanka’s testimony Thursday night to 20 million primetime TV viewers.
Also Read:
Ivanka Trump Rejects the Big Lie and 5 Other Highlights of the First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing
“Donald would never imagine in a million years that his children would do that,” Mary Trump said in June 2021, during an interview with CNN. “Although I’m fairly sure they would. So if that indeed happens, it’s going to be fascinating. Because he would never...
- 6/10/2022
- by Jeremy Bailey
- The Wrap
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