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Zvika Klein, editor of the Jerusalem Post and the suspect in contact with a foreign agent in the Qatar-Gate affair, was interviewed for the first time since being interrogated under caution last week. In an interview with Meet the Press, he claimed: "They took my phone, I'm using my neighbor's daughter's phone now," he shared, stating that he still hasn't received his device back despite being interrogated last Monday. Klein clarified that his last contact regarding Qatar was in 2022, and that since then he had no further communication on this matter. When asked about the claim made by the...

It was the performance of a lifetime. Selena Gomez in a stripped-down production: The Tears of a Clown. In a video posted to Instagram earlier this week, the actress pointed the camera at her face and let the waterworks flow as she struggled to eke out words. Women-crying-on-camera has become its own pathetic genre of social media — a transparent and performative plea for attention or sympathy. But this one, aimed at President Trump’s immigration raids, was a doozy. “I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something, but I can’t,” said Gomez, whose paternal grandparents are originally from Mexico....

Miss Universe 1996, Venezuelan-American actress Alicia Machado, joined the critical comments against her colleague Selena Gómez, who was recorded crying in solidarity with the situation of Mexicans affected by the massive deportations of the Donald Trump administration.

As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, some Americans are “dreading” the Republican’s return to office and experiencing increased anxiety, a new report says. Time Magazine reported Friday about 11 “science-backed” activities people can try on Monday to cope with their “sense of hopelessness” about the incoming administration. Psychology experts and therapists suggested a variety of activities that could help those emotional about Trump’s return take their focus off their anxiety and gain a new perspective. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, a psychology expert and science director at the University of California at Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, recommended exercising, doing a creative activity,...

A blistering new report is claiming that Sen.Chuck Schumer was literally crying after some political posturing. ... Schumer met with Biden on July 13 (just a little over a week before Biden formally withdrew) and the agenda was simple: convince Joe Biden to withdraw from his re-election bid. “If there were a secret ballot among Democratic senators, Mr. Schumer would tell the president, no more than five would say he should continue running,” ... Biden was apparently kept in the dark about his re-election chances by his own team. ... Schumer couched his pleas with a veiled threat. “If you...

Chris Wallace is learning a harsh lesson after he abruptly left Fox News after 18 years to join the left-wing outlet at CNN. Wallace was lured onto CNN’s new online streaming service called CNN+ but it’s drawing fewer than 10,000 daily viewers. Wallace is quickly learning that no one is watching him anymore. Sources say Wallace is suffering “daily breakdowns,” and asking his staffers “to count how many times a day his promo is playing.” Without stronger marketing, it appears very few people are tuning in. Jon Nicosia, president of News Cycle Media and former managing editor of Mediaite, says...

Former Democratic Senator turned MSNBC political analyst Claire McCaskill twice wiped away tears while reacting live on-air to Kamala Harris' concession speech Wednesday. "I'm so proud," McCaskill said, her voice breaking, when asked for her thoughts by host Nicolle Wallace during Deadline: White House. Composing herself, she continues: "I'm so proud of her. I don't think people realize how hard it is to get to where she was. As a woman, getting elected DA, it's not easy guys." McCaskill, who represented Missouri from 2007 to 2019, outlined her admiration for Harris's political career and that the vice president had been...

Liberal White Women: STOP CRYING. Nobody Cares Anymore

Avideo of Vice President Kamala Harris embracing a crying woman on Saturday in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state amid this year's presidential election, has taken off online. **SNIP** In a video posted to X, former Twitter, user Julia Hamelburg shared a video of Harris meeting with locals at a small business in Pittsburg as she hugged a woman who began crying. In the video, Harris can be seen embracing the woman and reassuring her that "we are going to be good, we are going to be fine. We are all in this together." As of Saturday afternoon, the video has...

I enjoy sarcastic and cynical humor. I often engage in writing it. However, this post is not sarcasm. We should pity David Suzuki. In a recent interview, he made a comment that is worth noting: TckTckTck: Like so many of us, you express huge frustrations that we are not where we need to be to save this planet from dangerous climate change. Yet you have this indomitable spirit and refuse to get lost in cynicism or despair. Dr. David Suzuki: I do despair. My wife and I huddle at night and weep for our helplessness. We are losing big-time and...

Charles Fruit thinks Nikki Haley would make a good president. He thinks she did a good job as governor in South Carolina, and he was impressed with her work as United Nations ambassador during the Trump administration. “She was just tough, and I like that,” the Mesquite, Nev., resident said. “She was common sense. She was well-spoken. She was respectable.” That’s why Fruit was upset to learn that he couldn’t really help her become the Republican nominee. Haley — the second most popular Republican candidate next to former President Donald Trump — is not participating in the Feb. 8 Nevada...

The solitary swan lost its mate last yearA widowed swan has been crossing a road every day so it can stare at its own reflection in the windows of a Telford school following the death of its mate last year. The solitary swan was snapped waddling across Grange Avenue outside Telford Park School in Stirchley on Thursday [Jan 11] by construction worker Spencer Clayton. Commuters sat bemused and watched as the wildfowl stopped traffic and used the zebra crossing to make it safely to the other side. But locals in Stirchley have said that the swan has been making the...

Former President Trump said in a new interview that police officers and employees at the Manhattan court house were in tears at the sight of the former president appearing for his arraignment. “And I’ll tell you, people were crying, people that worked there – professionally work there – that have no problems putting in murderers and they see everybody,” he told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in an interview that aired Tuesday night. “It’s a tough, tough place,” Trump continued. “And, they were crying, they were actually crying. They said ‘I’m sorry,’ they’d say, ‘2024 sir,’ and tears were pouring down....

A downstate judge on Friday struck down the ban on high-power firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law earlier this year, a ruling the Illinois attorney general’s office immediately appealed to the state Supreme Court. The scope of the ruling was a subject of dispute, with the attorney for the state lawmaker who was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit arguing that it applies statewide and Pritzker’s office contending it does not. “We expected political grandstanding from those more beholden to the gun lobby than to the safety of their constituents and today’s ruling comes...

A young woman in New York had been having health issues for some time and when she finally was able to see a doctor, she was so relieved that she had a brief cry. “She has a rare disease so she’s been really struggling to find care,” big sister Camille Johnson said in a tweet thread. “She got emotional because she feels frustrated and helpless. One tear in and they charged her $40 without addressing why she is crying, trying to help, doing any evaluation, any prescription, nothing.” “They charged her more for crying than they did for a vision...

Vladimir Putin today threatened to turn off Europe's gas supplies from tomorrow if countries refuse to pay in roubles. The Russian President, announcing a decree in televised remarks, said foreign buyers would have to 'open rouble accounts in Russian banks' which can be used to pay for 'gas delivered starting from tomorrow'. 'If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either - that is, existing contracts will be stopped,' he said. The...

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that the testimony of Kyle Rittenhouse during his murder trial was some of the “worst acting” she has ever seen. During his testimony, Rittenhouse said, “I didn’t do anything wrong. I was defending myself.” Behar said, “Oh, baloney.” She added, “I mean, from what I’m gleaning from this case, the guy goes across state lines with an AR-15, with his mother and some other idiot in the car to defend himself against what? They’re having a protest in another state, and he takes it upon himself to go there. Then...

During his network’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony, CNN political commentator Van Jones said that he was crying with joy while watching the first few hours of the Biden administration. Jones said, “It’s just memorizing to watch a functional government doing functional government type things. I mean, just a press conference, and there was a human, and the person said words, and the words made sense. Then somebody asked a question, and then the person answered the question, and you are just crying. Oh my God.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that more California counties are poised to move backward on the state's reopening system as COVID cases increase. (Oh Noes!) Earlier in the day, President-elect Joe Biden cheered news about the promising development of a coronavirus vaccine but cautioned that Americans need to be aggressive about mask-wearing and social distancing as infections continue to surge around the country. As of mid-morning Monday, California had more than 976,576 confirmed COVID cases and nearly 18,000 deaths related to the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Nobody said the job was easy. Former North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows, just weeks on the job as President Trump’s chief of staff, has already been brought to tears at work on several occasions, according to a report in the New York Times. The waterworks took place at least twice during meetings with White House staff and in at least one case was witnessed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The burst of emotions resulted from meetings discussing internal staffing changes. Though he was long known for an emotional style in Congress, reps for...