In an unrelenting (for Kathy Griffin) turn of events, CNN officially announced today that it would be cutting ties with Kathy Griffin starting immediately. And so the saga of Kathy Griffin’s rapidly spiraling-out career continues. CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program. — CNN Communications (@CNNPR)…
After Chelsea Clinton criticized him for making a rape joke, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte hit back at her – with a riff about Monica Lewinsky. “I will tell her, when your father, the President of the United States, was screwing Lewinsky… the girl there in White House, how did you feel? Did you slam your…
Jean Wolfman was left with a cut to the head that required 10 stitches to close after stepping in to prevent a group of subway dancers from harassing an older Jewish couple. According to Wolfman, the dancers started menacing an older man and his wife after the man did not tip them after they did…
Anthony Weiner is moving back in with Huma Abedin, according to a report in the Murdoch-owned New York Post today. That’s just days after Weiner, the disgraced former Congressman and onetime New York City mayoral candidate, pled guilty in federal court to sending explicit sexual images to a minor and Abedin, on the same day,…
President Trump’s early morning tweet about “covfefe” got many in the media guessing about what the indecipherable typo referred to. But it was no mystery to Al Franken – who humorously interpreted the nonsense word as Yiddish. “A covfefe is a Yiddish term for ‘I got to go to bed now,’” the comedian-turned-Minnesota senator joshed…
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is in the midst of constructing what will become the world’s largest aircraft, a blimp that will supposedly double as both a luxury “air yacht” and a humanitarian aid carrier able to bypass road traffic and airport congestion. Sources close to the project peg the eventual cost at up to $150…
Sean Hannity was roundly condemned for fanning conspiracy theories about the death of Seth Rich, even after the Fox News Channel retracted a story about supposed links between the slain Democratic National Committee staffer and Wikileaks. Now, after pledging to stay away from the fake news, Hannity is back at it, with more erroneous claims…
Another Israeli corruption scandal has honed in on another billionaire. According to Haaretz, an inquiry into Interior Minister Arye Deri’s finances by police has led to the questioning of Michael Mirilashvili, a Russian-Israeli billionaire. Mirilashvili funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Mifalot Simha, a charity suspected to have siphoned off funds to Deri, who…
Amid a new round of buyouts, the New York Times is getting rid of the position of public editor, according to a report in the Huffington Post. Inaugurated amid a plagiarism scandal over a decade ago, the public editor position was first held by Daniel Okrent, the inventor of the most popular form of fantasy…
(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — A San Francisco teacher hired to translate into Hebrew President Trump’s speeches in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem said she’s proud of her work — but not working for him. Merav Rozenblum, a Hebrew teacher at Jewish Community High School of the Bay, is a contract…
Scandal, schm-andal. That’s how Jared Kushner was dealing with rising questions about his ties to Russia on his first day back at the White House. The presidential son-in-law held at least three major staff meetings on the first work day after the Memorial Day weekend — without once mentioning the explosive probe rattling the Trump…
