“On any given night, there’s 50 million Trump jokes. So I started to stay away from it,” Cedric the Entertainer told Variety in 2020. The same rule does not apply to Trump’s friend Herschel Walker, it seems.
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Aug. 2 filing from the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office shows that the company has been rejected for a trademark, citing the likelihood of confusion over its name.The documents say that consumers could be led astray because of the similarity of its name to businesses Vero – Truth Social (another social media app) and the Truth Network (a Christian talk radio program). “Trademark Act Section 2(d) bars registration of an applied-for mark that is so similar to a registered mark that it is likely consumers would be confused, mistaken, or deceived as to the commercial source of the goods and/or services of the parties,” the filing reads.It’s the latest blow to the fledgling app, which is in financial trouble over a lack of users, plummeting stocks, the founder’s own political controversies and a report that it’s stiffing one of its largest vendors out of $1.6 million.On Thursday, Fox Business reported that RightForge, an internet infrastructure company that provided Truth Social with its web-servicing platform, was locked in a “bitter battle” with the app for having reneged on its contractually obligated monthly payments.
Three sources familiar with the matter told the outlet that Truth Social stopped making payments in March, just a month after launching in February. As a result, RightForge is threatening legal action.The news comes after an earlier Securities and Exchange Commission filing in May from Digital World Acquisition — the special purpose acquisition company planning to take Trump’s start-up, the Trump Media & Technology Group, public — that Truth Social has yet to build a sustainable and adequate revenue model.
“On any given night, there’s 50 million Trump jokes. So I started to stay away from it,” Cedric the Entertainer told Variety in 2020. The same rule does not apply to Trump’s friend Herschel Walker, it seems.
“The Tonight Show,” the late night host joked that it was actually an excavation party, meant to dig up more classified documents that Trump had buried.On Monday, the twice-impeached former president was photographed at his Virginia golf course, accompanied by several men, all seemingly dressed for golf. But none of them appeared to be wearing golf shoes and also, not one of them had clubs.
Monica Lewinsky is processing the «complicated feelings» she said arose after learning about Ken Starr's death. Starr, who died Tuesday, served as the independent counsel whose investigation uncovered President Bill Clinton's affair with Lewinsky, and ultimately led to Clinton's impeachment for lying under oath and obstructing justice.
and Baylor University, where he served as president from 2010 to 2016. The Texas native most recently served as one of former president Donald Trump’s personal lawyers during his second impeachment trial in the U.S.
James McCoy Taylor, who competed on The Bachelorette season 12, has been arrested, Us Weekly can confirm.
pleaded not guilty yesterday to money laundering, fraud and conspiracy — telling reporters as he was escorted into the courtroom: “This is what happens in the last days of a dying regime. They will never shut me up. They’ll have to kill me first.”“What a little bitch.
pay his lawyer with a horse.“I don’t know why we’re surprised, after all he did describes himself as a ‘stable genius,'” Colbert joked.It was one of many of the CBS late night host’s barbs centering around Trump’s latest legal issues, including putting together a legal team together to defend himself over the Mar-a-Lago search where classified documents were found on the property.“Tomorrow both his lawyers and the Department of Justice are supposed to submit their suggestions for a special master to review the stuff they found at Mar-a-Lago,” Colbert said. “Thing is, [the] former president might not be getting the best legal advice because he is reportedly having a difficult time finding lawyers to represent him.
Vogue.In the piece, the actress discussed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which gave her recurring nightmares about Tucker Carlson and resurfaced political divisions that had existed in her family since 2016. Lawrence said that Trump’s election broke her heart, likening the choice between him and Hillary Clinton to “the choice between a woman and a dangerous, dangerous jar of mayonnaise.”She admitted that years later, she still had difficulty accepting her conservative family members’ political views.“I don’t want to disparage my family, but I know that a lot of people are in a similar position with their families,” said the Kentucky native in reference to the issue of abortion.
This Morning has been criticised as “dystopian” for offering to pay viewers’ energy bills in a segment. The show, with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, offers viewers the chance to win cash prizes such as £1,000 or £3,000 with the presenters spinning a wheel of prizes in the show’s popular ‘Spin to Win’ segment.
2019 dinner that Zuckerberg and fellow tech billionaire Peter Thiel attended at the White House. The October gathering, NBC News reports, happened during a trip to Washington, D.C. when the Meta executive testified before Congress about Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra.“‘Sir, I’d love to have dinner, sir.
London’s O2 Arena was rocking Saturday evening as Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock continued their European stand-up tour, including new commentary on their assaults on stage. We were in the crowd.
read more about it here.But that speech was a follow-up to remarks Biden last week, when he described Trump’s supporters and allies, which he called “MAGA Republicans,” as semi-fascist,” a term scholars of fascism say is appropriate. Republicans have of course objected strongly to that characterization, including Jennings, who on Lemon’s show Wednesday acted as if Biden had somehow called him a fascist.In the clip below, Jennings can be heard saying that his conservative viewpoint “doesn’t make me a fascist, and it doesn’t want me to [hurt] our democracy.”“I gotta be honest with you, he did not call all Republicans fascists, he said MAGA republicans, and he made it a distinction, and also pointed out Republicans who were not part of what you’re saying,” Lemon said.
Though traditionally Team Trump, “Fox and Friends” co-host Steve Doocy was candidly shocked Wednesday in response to the Department of Justice’s revelatory Tuesday-night filing. Said filing not only gave greater insight into the FBI’s raid of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, but it provided photo evidence of the top secret documents found at that site.
Fox Business this week, Trump’s social media platform is facing allegations from a vendor of not paying more than $1 million in contractually obligated payments. That vendor is speculated to be RightForge, which entered into an agreement to host Truth Social back in October of last year, but the company declined to comment “on any private matters” to the outlet.
promoted the statement on his own account via Truth Social. Sitting with the news program’s host Trey Gowdy, Graham began by noting that most Republicans, including him, “believe when it comes to Trump, there is no law, it is all about getting him,” nodding to the twice-impeached politician’s track record and ongoing scrutiny from the Democrats.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country superstar Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Aldean have become increasingly outspoken as conservative activists, without too much commentary or pushback from more centrist or liberal-leaning country stars. But when Brittany Aldean posted what many viewed as a transphobic joke to her Instagram account, Cassadee Pope and then Maren Morris jumped in defend the LGBTQ+ community — which then led to a war of words with another conservative Nashville celebrity, Candace Owens. The exchanges got contentious enough that Morris said, presumably addressing Brittany Aldean: “It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.” Responded Brittany: “Karen Morris, thanks for calling me Barbie,” sealed with a kiss emoji.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Amid record-breaking viewership performance for “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons,” Hulu has set the premiere date for its next big doc: the Adam McKay and Billy Corben-produced Jerry Falwell Jr. project, “God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty,” Variety has learned exclusively. Hailing from McKay’s HyperObject and Corben’s Rakontur banner, “God Forbid” tells the sensational story of evangelical leader and former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., his wife Becki Falwell and Giancarlo Granda, the Miami pool boy who had an affair with Becki and claims that Jerry was aware of and involved in the relationship. The streamer says Granda is closely involved with the doc and his point of view is largely the focus of the movie.
Anthony Fauci, a leading epidemiologist who advised seven presidents and had a major role in the HIV/AIDS and COVID epidemics, has confirmed plans to retire from his role in the U.S. government.
reported Monday.According to a statement, WSB-TV general manager Ray Carter said Crane “uttered remarks not aligned with our commitment for fair and unbiased reporting and analysis,” leading the news organization to terminate their relationship with the veteran TV and radio analyst and commentator.Crane discussed Trump’s “orange face” in an analysis of voting trends for the upcoming election in a broadcast aired Sunday.“Labor Day is when undecided voters and nonaligned voters really start focusing on the election ahead and keeping Donald Trump and his fantasy of elections being stolen in November of 2020 in play, keeps Donald Trump and his looming orange face in front of voters at a time when they’re trying to decide how they’re going to vote,” Crane said on air.A day later, Crane was terminated as an analyst at WBS, where he began in 2006.“As a result, we’re ending our relationship with Mr. Crane, effective immediately.