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Taylor Swift’s $17 million Rhode Island mansion isn’t just a star-studded backdrop anymore—it’s ground zero for a growing tax revolt aimed at the wealthy. Starting next summer, the state will slap a new surcharge on vacation homes worth $1 million or more, a move already dubbed the “Taylor Swift Tax.” The goal: Make deep-pocketed second-home owners pay more, and set the stage for a wave of similar crackdowns from Montana’s mountains to Connecticut’s suburbs. And yet, at the very top of the market, wealthy buyers are still scooping up real estate. As of April 2025, the $1 million-plus category has...

VIDEOBy acting like an idiotic Swiftie Fangirl over the announcement of Taylor Swift's engagement, CBS White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi inadvertently led to the discovery of video of her colleague Scott MacFarlane huddling in terror under the press bleachers in Butler, PA on the fateful day of the assassination attempt upon President Trump. After your humble correspondent saw the Rinaldi Swiftie fangirl video, he started searching for other examples of Rinaldi's idiocy. Right away the Butler video was found in which she recorded on the press aftermath after the assassination attempt including a brief clip of MacFarlane crouched under the...

The defendant was assisting a man in Vienna who was planning on attacking one of Swift's 'Eras' shows in Vienna last summerA 16-year-old boy has been convicted in Germany for supporting a foiled terror attack on Taylor Swift‘s shows in Austria last year. The teenager, referred to only as Mohammed A under Germany’s privacy laws, was convicted of preparing a serious act of violence and supporting a terrorist act of violence abroad. After being charged in June, on Tuesday (August 26), he was given a suspended 18-month sentence. The trial took place behind closed doors because of his age,...

U.S. — Taylor Swift's love story came to an abrupt end after a referee jumped out of the bushes following her engagement to football player Travis Kelce and overturned the proposal. The lovestruck couple reportedly jumped when the ref loudly blew his whistle and gestured wildly from the bushes. "The player's knee did not make full contact with the ground. This engagement is null and void," the referee said, signaling the call with a professional hand gesture. "The ring must be removed from Taylor Swift's finger and returned to its case. Repeat 4th-down." The ruling was challenged but upheld after...

VIDEOAs soon as I heard that Taylor Swift had gotten engaged to Travis Kelce I thought that there was a poor shmoe destined to be immortalized as a monster in one or more of her future record albums. My second thought was wondering what was the reaction to this news from Swift's number one fan, the Liberal Pink Hat Lady. I checked and the answer is "gushing teenybopper" despite the fact she is well into her fifties. As you can see, the Liberal Pink Hat Lady is the comedy gift that keeps on giving. The good news for her, is...

Swift and Kelce started their relationship in 2023, after the NFL player said he tried and failed to meet the singer at an Eras Tour concert.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump had a surprising message for Taylor Swift after the superstar announced her engagement to NFL player Travis Kelce. In the middle of a cabinet meeting with the nation's highest government officials, a reporter popped the question that was on everyone's mind: what was his reaction to the celebrity engagement? In September, Trump declared that he hated SwiftCredit: Reuters "I have to tell you the biggest pop culture news of the year broke while we were in this cabinet meeting: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are engaged," the reporter asked, as the entire table turned to her. "The...

VIDEODid James Comey suddenly become a bizarre Taylor Swift fan like the Liberal Pink Hat Lady or did he have an ulterior motive for his recent wacky video? Brian Craig, co-host of the Steve Kane radio show, thinks that Comey might have been sending out coded messages to his Russiagate co-conspirators such as John Brennan and James Clapper. If Brian is right, perhaps the FBI needs to employ the services of a Taylor Swift codebreaker. Hey, who better to perform that task than the Liberal Pink Hat Lady? Just have an FBI agent pose as a Taylor Swift fangirl and...

Former FBI Director James Comey confessed in a strange video Sunday that Taylor Swift has been his family’s soundtrack — and a source of life advice on handling bullies. He also took swipes at President Donald Trump while bragging about a family "Swiftie" group chat and talking about how he blasts "Tay Tay" while mowing the lawn. Comey opened by accusing Trump of humiliating America alongside Vladimir Putin, calling it "a bad dream you can’t wake up from." "I’m in a family’s Switie group chat. I know all her music and I listen to it in my headphones when I...

Former FBI Director James Comey once again trashed President Trump in a 5-minute rant posted to his Substack. Comey said pop singer Taylor Swift, who appeals to tweens and juvenile women in their 30s, helps him deal with President Trump. This is the same guy who once ran the most premiere law enforcement agency in the US. Full Comey transcript:

It was quite possibly Taylor Swift’s most intimate and organic interview—and it all happened on a sports podcast. Swift was the guest Aug. 13 on “New Heights,” hosted by Jason Kelce and his brother, Travis, who is, of course, Swift’s boyfriend. Attracting 13 million YouTube views within a day and another 400 million views from social media clips, the episode marked a milestone for video podcasting and showed the platform has transcended its conventional space. It was a power move from one of America’s most powerful celebrity couples. The rarely interviewed Swift broke major news about herself—from her upcoming album,...

No one does Easter eggs quite like Taylor Swift. The singer's back catalogue is peppered with subtle(ish) nods to her lovers and friends - past and present - much to the delight of sleuthing fans

In a clip of the “New Heights” show posted Wednesday morning, Swift made light of the one-way bad blood between herself and face-painting, jersey-wearing haters. “As we all know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” she said. “And we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me.” Her appearance on the football-centric podcast was hyped by a screaming Jason Kelce, calling Swift “the most requested guest in the history of shows!” Swift, of course, has...

THE ICONIC Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM is set to be canceled after a stunning 20-year run, sources exclusively told The U.S. Sun. Stern, 71, who has had a mega-bucks contract for decades at the subscription satellite radio provider, will likely cut some sort of deal for Sirius to keep his catalogue upon his exit, sources said. After nearly 20 years, Howard Stern is set to part ways with SiriusXM, sources exclusively revealed to The U.S. Sun "Stern's contract is up in the fall and while Sirius is planning to make him an offer, they don't intend for him to...

Howard Stern clarified on Monday that he does not hate Donald Trump. He just hates anyone who votes for Donald Trump. "This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don't, you are bad … I've been the victim of this," said Stern when responding to Trump saying he "hates Taylor Swift" over the weekend on Truth Social. "I don't hate Trump. I hate the people who vote for him. I think they are stupid. I do. I have no respect for them." Stern added that if half of his viewers disagree with his opinion about...

<p>Howard Stern claimed that President Trump actually “despises” his biggest supporters and the radio talk show host said he “hates” the people who voted for the commander-in-chief.</p> <p>Hi did label a lot of people as racist for some strange reasons.</p>

Howard Stern has become the latest in a long list of celebrities and power players to be forced to confront their use of blackface. On Thursday a video appeared online showing Stern in minstrel-style makeup, liberally using the N-word. It was cut together with a recent appearance on “The View” during which he claimed he’d never used that word. Sources tell Page Six that the clip — a skit that seems to take aim at Ted Danson’s infamous 1993 blackface performance with then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg — was part of Stern’s “New Year’s Rotten Eve Pageant,” which aired on pay-per-view on...

“The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most, love him the most,” Stern said. “The people who are voting for Trump for the most part... he wouldn’t even let them in a f---ing hotel. He’d be disgusted by them. Go to Mar-a-Lago, see if there’s any people who look like you. I’m talking to you in the audience.”

SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern said Monday that he doesn't "hate" former President Trump, but he hates people who support him. Discussing Trump's "I hate Taylor Swift" post on Truth Social over the weekend, Stern told his listeners, "This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don't, you are bad… I've been the victim of this. "I don't agree with Trump politically, I don't think he should be anywhere near the White House. I don't hate the guy. I hate the people who vote for him. I think they're stupid. I do. I'll be honest...

A young Syrian national has been charged with supporting a foreign terror group over a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last August. Mohamed A, who is described by German authorities as a juvenile and not in custody, is accused of following the ideology of jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and helping another suspect to prepare the attack. Concert organisers called off Taylor Swift's three sold-out gigs on the eve of the first show at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium last year, disappointing tens of thousands of fans during her Eras Tour. Authorities arrested several suspects at...